By Jim Fusco:
Welcome, all, to a late edition of Jim Fusco Tuesdays here on the Laptop Sessions acoustic cover songs music video blog!
I’m back with my friends Steve and Chris for another Beatles video- tonight, we bring you ‘The Fool On the Hill”. Chris C. brought this song to our attention because he has an incredible set of recorders (flute-like instruments) that he wanted to play at our practice sessions. We were going to play “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”, but it looks like Jeff and Chris M. have that market cornered already!
Anyway, when the Acai Berries’ Chris suggested “The Fool On the Hill”, I jumped at the idea- it would give me a chance to do some great Paul McCartney-like singing and Chris a chance to play his recorder in the style of the flutes on the song. Let me tell you- he got it right on, didn’t he?
And how about the great 12-string guitar playing by Steve off-camera. That picking style he’s doing on the D6 chord sounds a lot like “Dream On” from Aerosmith and it adds such a mystical feel to this song. Paul McCartney said he wrote it about people like Maharishi, of whom people said was just a fool standing alone on a hill. Those nay-sayers to the Maharishi’s principles would just discount his teachings and brush him to the side.
Come to think of it, this is a pretty universal theme. I mean, I was just listening to my “old” album “My Other Half” from 2002. I was a senior in high school when I recorded it and high-school “issues” (relationships, etc.) were very fresh on my mind. I had just met Becky at the time, but we didn’t start officially dating until about two weeks before the album came out, so the songs on “My Other Half” reflect previous people I was (or even wasn’t) involved with. There’s a song called “Never Taking Your Chances” (which is so weird, because that song was tuck in my head before I even starting thinking about writing this post) and I say, “Just because I’m not what you see, it doesn’t mean you can walk over me, and never taking your chances with me.”
I was complaining about someone who was a friend to someone I was interested in. Well, looooong story short, she basically prevented me from ever having a chance with that person. Why? Who knows! She knew nothing about me, but just like the “Fool on the Hill”, she assumed things about me and never gave me a chance.
That’s what Paul’s saying in this song: “They never listen to him, they can see what he wants to do.” No they don’t! They just think they see what he “wants to do” because of stereotypes, rumors, conjecture, etc. I’m pretty happy that I made this connection tonight, as it gives “The Fool On the Hill” much greater meaning to me.
And I hope it gives meaning to you, too! Anyway, I’m excited about an exciting weekend of TNA Wrestling ahead- three hours of iMPACT on Thursday (not to mention a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my main man Jeff Copperthite!!!) and then the biggest pay-per-view of the year on Sunday, Bound For Glory. Of course, I’ll be pulling for Sting to beat AJ Styles all the way. Only 15 days left until the house is done, but man, it’s going to be stressful two weeks. I get sick to my stomach just thinking about it.
Well, have a great one and I promise that next week’s video will be on time!
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- “With A Little Help From My Friends” (Beatles Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
- “Eleanor Rigby” (Beatles acoustic cover song) – The Guest Sessions
This is one in a series of acoustic cover songs, original music, and free mp3 downloads here on the Laptop Sessions Music Video Blog.
October 27th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I don’t know this song, but it sounds great, and the flute/recorder is very impressive! Sounds a little Moody Blues-esque.