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For No One
(Lennon/McCartney) Originally recorded by: The Beatles Your day breaks Your mind aches You find that all the words of kindness linger on when she no longer needs you She wakes up She makes up She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry She no longer needs you And in her eyes you see nothing No sign of love behind the tears Cried for no one A love that should have lasted years You want her You need her And yet you don't believe her when she said her love is dead You think she needs you And in her eyes you see nothing No sign of love behind the tears Cried for no one A love that should have lasted years You stay home She goes out She says that long ago she knew someone but now he's gone She doesn't need him Your day breaks Your mind aches There will be times when all the things she said will fill your head You won't forget her And in her eyes you see nothing No sign of love behind the tears Cried for no one A love that should have lasted years (total playing time 2:27)
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I was not particularly familiar with the Beatles version but this is one of my favorite tracks off of TDAY. I definitely agree that this song is one of the few on TDAY that identifies with Rick's style of writing and is a good fit for his voice.
I recently saw Paul in concert and I was pretty excited when he sang this one. However, it seemed most of the audience wasn't. I like Rick's version so much more. (And that doesn't come from a biased point of view either ;) I'm not sure if the original is as fast as Paul sang it that night but it was almost like he was doing it in double time. I can see the perfectionist we know Rick to be, coming out on this one. I feel that this song feels very much like one Rick might have written himself. I have never heard the Beatles version so I listened to this completely with the ears of "this is a Rick Springfield song" and it feels like that. "You want her, you need her, and yet you don't believe her..." he could have written that line himself. It clearly shows their influence on his songwriting. I also like that this song does NOT feel dated at all even though clearly it's decades old. Like I'll Make You Happy (from SDAA) it sounds like Rick's because he owns it. I haven't heard the original, but the arrangement here doesn't feel old, it feels like Rick could have put it together last week. I will say that my favorites on this record, are for the most part (with the exception of one or two) are songs that I had never heard before I got this record. I love this one! I find myself identifying to this one also, which is scary. The first few times I heard this song, I did want to cry. It was there ready to happen, I held back. I love those keyboard/trumpet parts in there. So Beatlesque! The way the strings blend with all of the other activity, so.. baroquey/I'm Like a Walrus/Strawberry Fields sound. It has this open ending that leaves you wanting more, is there another verse? Part 2??? |
I really like this song a lot! Kind of a bouncy little tune and very similar to the Beatles version. Love the higher notes & the way his voice in general sounds on it. I envision him doing this in concert (yeah right) sitting on a stool & just goin' with the flow of it!
He'd sing most of it with his eyes closed too. Probably in a small venue, like my living room & sing directly to me ... WHOA! Wake up!!! This is one of my favorites...echos of comic book heroes. It's an incredibly sad song but very interesting. Why is it that my favorite songs are the ones with instruments that no one in the band actually plays (flute, sax, violins, etc)? Just wondering if we will hear any of these live. I think this song is one of Sir Paul's best and it fits so well on TDAY. I feel this song is really one Rick could have written. The sad, soul-searing lyrics could certainly have come from Rick's pen (as he says in Me & Johnny "we were gonna be McCartney clones") I see a lot of similarities to Rick's introspective and slightly "dark" style here, kinda unusual for Sir Paul, who is more often than not "hopeful", as opposed to Rick's "woeful" writting. This only enforces my belief that my two favorite songsmiths should indeed work
together (just the thought of it has my heart soaring and my body "tingling") LOL. I love the symetery of the rhyming: "day breaks/mind aches" "wakes up/makes up", etc. Another great aspect of this song is the little "sonic references" to other Beatle songs, a fitting tribute to the band that shaped our lives ... mine and Rick's that is. I love the music, love the words, love everything about this one. As a child raised on Beatles music, it just makes me giddy to hear Rick cover their tunes. I don't know if it's because they're familiar, or if it conjures up a more simpler time , or both - but I swear I grin from head to toe. (Seriously, the toes do grin - it's quite the sight to see.)
Not only is this a song Rick wishes he had written, to me the words do sound like something he would've written, if Paul McCartney hadn't beaten him to it. You can hear the ache in Rick's voice. It's really there. I think Rick's tweaking of the music, and adding a more beatle-like sound to the beginning (if that's possible, and it does seem to be here) really adds to the song. The original does have it's own melancoliness going on, with just Paul singing with some simple music. However, the new step to the rhythm and additional instruments make it somewhat more dramatic. I think this was an extremely fine salute to a legendary band's catalog of covers. I'd really love to know what Paul would think of it. This was kind of our first taste of TDAY, getting to hear it early on Anthology: Written in Rock. I'm not sure I ever listened to the first disc more than once, because this was on disc two and I played it over and over and over.
OMG, that voice! I wasn't really familiar with the Beatles version. Rick says he tried to pick some songs that were under the radar, and this seems to be one of them. This also seems more in line with Rick's style of writing - being in love with someone that doesn't love him, and he doesn't see it, or doesn't accept it. I think Rick's version of this song is so much smoother than the Beatles version. It's so soothing to listen to, so calm, so peaceful, with the music and the voice. I listened to this one so much, though, when I first got it, that I kind of wore myself out on it. When TDAY finally came, his voice had this same quality to it on a lot of the songs, so it wasn't such a novelty by that point. I had never heard this before - I'm not much of a Beatles fan (OK don't smack me with a wet noodle - I did not say I disliked the Beatles, I can appreciate their music but I've just never been that into them and thus if it's not played on the radio it's outside my radar). My parents love the Beatles and I played this song for them - without saying what it was. And they immediately recognized it as a Beatles song --- but it took me showing my mom the CD for her to believe it was Rick singing it. Both liked his version. Now that I've heard both versions I concur. Rick's version just seems more finished - polished. The original has a very simple almost demo-like quality to it. The thing that's irked me about this song is it's abrupt end. Took me forever to get used to that.
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