Fab Foundations # 49: “On-line-Blog Writer”

(Personal reflections inspired by Beatles songs)

 Song: “Paperback Writer”
Album: Released as a single
Release Date: May 1966

Well, it’s about time I call it a wrap with this Music and Memory blog site. All in all, there will be 350 entries (after next week’s finale), the last 50 being this Fab Foundations series. A significant percentage of the writeups are over 3 pages long (one of the exceptions is this one), which adds up to ~ 1000 pages. 

With all that writing, I think I’ve taken the concept about as far as it can go.

One of the first Beatles songs I ever connected with was “Paperback Writer”, way back in my pre-teen years. As I listened this week, I began thinking that kinship between me and the song may have been a harbinger of things to come, in terms of this website. In other words, I now see a strong correlation between my early love of “Paperback Writer” and my need to write creatively.

And so, in honor of the Beatles (in general), and specifically “Paperback Writer”, I offer up here an alternative take on the lyrics.

Without further ado:

 On-line-Blog Writer

(sung to the music of “Paperback Writer”)

( The Beatles - Paperback Writer - YouTube )

Online-blog writer (Online-blog writer, writer)

Dear Sir or Madame, will you read my blog?
It took me years to write, I’ve reached the epilogue
It’s based on great music and recall memory
And I hope it proves
I’m a well-established online blog writer
Online-blog writer!

There are many stories there are many themes

But without the songs their all just pipe dreams

I’m a guy who grew up in the 70s

When the music ruled

What this called for was an online-blog writer

Online-blog writer!

Online-blog writer (Online-blog writer, writer)

It’s a thousand pages give or take a few

I’ll be writing the last entry in a week or two

I can add more illustrations if they fit the style

I can change it ‘round

And I want to be an online-blog writer

Online-blog writer!

If you get the concept, you’ve got the inside track
With a good case made, I know you’ll have my back
If you must reject it, that is standard fare
But I think there’s something there
And I want to be an online-blog writer
Online-blog writer!

Online-blog writer (Online-blog writer, writer)
(Online-blog writer) Online-blog writer
(Online-blog writer) Online-blog writer
(Online-blog writer) Online-blog writer
(Online-blog writer) Online-blog writer

(Online-blog writer

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Until next week….

- Pete