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1. The Insipid Song Lovers Association had always believed the early Beatles to be a group of carefree lads with longish hair, happily playing in clubs. That was before "Deep Clean" approached us. Deep Clean believes that the Beatles, from the beginning, had a long-range plan to replace our beloved, albeit hackneyed, Top 40 music with invigorating, inventive songs. What line from the first single on which the Beatles were featured (Tony Sheridan with the Beatles playing as The Beat Brothers) could be construed as indicating that the Beatles were already looking overseas to America?
2. The Beatles began recording their original songs with their second single. The Beatles didn't begin by talking about walruses, revolution, and suicidal women with names like "Eleanor Rigby". According to Deep Clean they were using what conspiracy theorists call "the foot-in-the-door technique" - worming their way into the affections of the masses with seemingly harmless songs. "Love Me Do", the Beatle's first single demonstrated Paul and John's complete mastery of insipid song writing. It was most notable for its economy of words. For example, ISLA applauded Neil Sedaka's lyrical economy in "Oh Carol", a song in which he used only 48 unique words. How many unique words are contained in "Love Me Do"? (Hint: Not very darned many!)
3. Insipid song lovers admire simplicity and concision. The B-side of the Beatles' second single relates only three things about the songwriter: he loves his girl, he wants her to treasure his words, he's coming back. What is the name of the song on the B-side of the second single the Beatles released in England?
4. The Beatles' next single deserves a place in the ISLA top ten. One of the great ironies of musical history is that the man who wrote "Please Please Me" sailed off into seas of previously uncharted creativity in a yellow submarine. "Please Please Me" delivers an eloquent, yet simple plea on behalf of Everyman addressed to every woman. The two words of his entreaty are repeated a no less than sixteen times. What are the two words?
5. Deep Clean believes that the Beatles were only biding their time as they produced their early music, waiting until their popularity was so immense that they could experiment and become creative. Deep Clean points out that the first 42 original songs the Beatles released as singles lacked something and cites this lack as evidence that the Beatles had no personal investment in their early songs. What was missing from all these songs?
6. Deep Clean believes that hidden in several early Beatles' singles is a feature that has no legitimate place in popular music. He cites three lines from three different songs that illustrate this feature:
"She was just seventeen, you know what I mean"
"And when you touch me I feel happy inside"
"Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on."
What feature, potentially inappropriate for popular music, is incorporated in each of these three lines?
7. Deep Clean claims that on Halloween in 1963, a meeting took place between the Beatles and prominent world leaders at Heathrow Airport. He implies that pressure was applied that led to the Beatles appearing on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in February of 1964. Which of the following prominent people was not at Heathrow on October 31, 1963?
8. In 1965 the Beatles released a creative masterpiece. Even the title of this album was ingenious and enigmatic. What was the title of the album?
9. "Rubber Soul" featured murderous rage. "You better run for your life if you can, little girl," John Lennon wrote. For "Rubber Soul", Lennon and McCartney wrote a song "Norwegian Wood" that featured a frustrated lover seeming to turn to arson. The lyrics of one song even included the words "opaque" and "rectify"! One might have expected such a radical change to have scared off many of the Beatles' fans. Deep Clean points out a strategic move the Beatles made to prevent this from happening. How many songs on the "Rubber Soul" (US) album were released as US singles?
10. The song "American Pie" speaks of "the day the music died". Deep Clean would have us believe that this date would coincide with the release of the innovative and imaginative song "Paperback Writer". If he is correct, on what day did the music die?
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