On this date in 1966, Capitol released the Beatles LP "Yesterday...And Today" solely for North America, with the famous "butcher cover," worthy of a separate post. Capitol demanded some new product for the US, since six months had elapsed since "Rubber Soul" and their next album wasn't ready yet. It was a hodgepodge of various content sources. Our tune was one of three taken from the UK "Revolver" album not due out until August, and was a veiled reference either to the Rolling Stones or Frank Sinatra. Oh, well. There's a rather intricate twin guitar lead part played by George and Paul. Again, I had to use the "Rock Band" video game to get a suitable quality clip.
Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
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"Bird" is British slang for girlfriend, and it's been claimed John wrote this about Mick Jagger's main squeeze Marianne Faithfull. Another school of thought says it's about Sinatra, as he won several Grammy Awards, beating out the Fabs. Frank had his own meanings for everyday words, and in his world "bird" was another term for man parts.
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