The Beatles – It’s Only Love (1965)
Not a single but certainly one of the best of The Beatles’ songs from their Help! album which was first released in 1965. Primarily written and sung by John Lennon, the song was amazingly considered one of Lennon’s least favorite compositions and even Paul McCartney once referred to the song is an almost dismissive manner. That both men could frown upon a song as good as this is a great testament to just what they were capable of and why they, along with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are still regarded as arguably the finest group there has ever been.
It’s Only Love may seem a simple song but it has real emotion behind it, not just in the lyrics but in John’s excellent vocal delivery. Rather than just telling us how hard love is, John’s voice manages to emphasize the difficulty of this most important of human emotions. Certainly a romantic song, this one also has something of a shadow over it contrasting the dream-like state of early romance with the long-haul challenge that comes with keeping that spark alive. It’s not often I would disagree about music with Lennon and McCartney but in this instance I think they’re both wrong to dismiss one of the best songs by The Beatles.
Tweedlers’ Jukebox Song of the Week – It’s Only Love | Thank you for reading Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dave
