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Monday, September 23, 2013

When He's 64 (Like, Now)

When I met Bruce Springsteen on MY birthday in 1972 he had just turned 23.  I remember thinking he seemed a bit younger than that.  Anyway, here we are 41 years later, and he turned 64 today.  Even the president sent him greetings.  So in tribute The Beatles original version of "When I'm 64"--in the proper key as recorded.  McCartney, they say, asked it to get cut in a higher key and/or sped up a bit to sound more "rooty tooty" to fit concerpt of the Sgt. Pepper album.   Much prefer this:

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