I’ve been on a huge Beatles kick lately, I think it was this month’s Mojo on "The Story of Revolver" that got it started. I haven’t heard any new records I like a whole lot lately (although I just saw The Raconteurs play at The Henry Fonda Music Box here in Hollywood and they were really good) plus you can never go wrong with the Fab Four. So here are two songs from the Beatles that they released as a single in 1966, Revolver era bitch. "Paperback Writer" was the A-side and "Rain" was the B-side. "Paperback Writer" was the first single released by the Beatles which wasn’t about love or some crybaby shit. The story goes that Paul wrote it because he had been challenged by an aunt to write a song not about love. "Rain" is the first song to use backward tape, which Lennon said was the result of being stoned and accidentally spooling up the tape wrong way. See, being stoned is rad! Ringo is psyched on his drums on that one too. He said in an interview "I think I just played amazing…I think it’s the best out of all the records I’ve ever made. Rain blows me away. It’s out in left field. I know me and I know my playing… and then there’s Rain." Dude needs to go hang out with Noel and Liam so they can all talk about how rad they are. You can now find both these gems on a cd called "Past Masters Volume 2" along with other hits like "The Ballad of John and Yoko", "Revolution", "Get Back", "Day Tripper" and others… DO IT!

(Download - "Paperback Writer")

(Download - "Rain")

(Live video of "Day Tripper/Rain")