I started to introduce Lily to the Beatles. They just seem the natural place to start with music. She's already listened to most of the White Album and Revolver, with Sgt Pepper, Abbey Road and Rubber Soul all on deck.
So far, most of her favorite songs are almost too obvious, 'Ob La Di' and 'Yellow Submarine', for example. Some of her favorites confuse me a little - she absolutely loves 'Back in the USSR'. It's also fascinating that some legendary songs are met with ambivalence, like 'Blackbird', 'Eleanor Rigby' or 'For No One'.
I tend to think Lily is more a fan of the 4th Beatle, Ringo, preferring songs with a strong drum presence, and an accessible beat. She just hasn't developed a taste for the work of the 5th Beatle, George Martin, who produced everything the Beatles did (except for 'Let It Be'), and arranged the Baroque Pop classics like 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'For No One'. The strength of the lyrics in a song like Blackbird probably doesn't have as much of an effect on her either - maybe 'Ob La Di' speaks of things more relative, at least for now.
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