Greatest Beatles Covers from YouTube – a Top Ten

10) Regina Spektor: “Real Love”

9) Emmylou Harris: “For No One”

8) Johnny Cash: “In My Life”

7) Sarah McLachlan "Blackbird"

6) tied-Wilson Pickett: “Hey Jude”

6) tied-Cilla Black: “Step Inside, Love” demo

5) Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: “Strawberry Fields Forever”

4) Vanessa-mae: “Because”

3) Jake Shimabukuro: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

2) Fiona Apple: Across the Universe

1) Rick Wakeman: “Help” with “Eleanor Rigby”


Bonus newer Beatley track from Paul McCartney: “English Tea”


Honorable Mentions (good covers, lousy videos)

Will Downing: “Michelle”

Aimee Mann: “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (not much of a video)

Maurice André, Trumpet Master

Here’s an extraordinary performance of Marcello’s adagio:

Maurice with Dizzy:

Yo, Granada!

GraphJam Rocks!

GraphJam is a wonderful idea--a site where you can submit silly graphs like these:

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Some links worth clicking

African tribal fashions

In New York City minor subway infractions can lead to nightmares

North Korea has 14 women and 8 men shot for no good reason

Dude invents new letter and it actually gets added to the alphabet

A Venn diagram that explains Britain’s various names

Awe-inspiring pictures of Dubai developments

"Everyone knew dimethylmercury was bad," says Sugden. "No one knew it was this bad."

Bach’s face reconstructed

Some woman makes a good case for staying in Iraq (but the US still can’t afford to)

Iraq: everybody lost, no matter which side they were on

Your Stuff: If It Isn't Grown, It Must Be Mined

Dick Cavett: Bobby Fischer before he went crazy

The 61-year-old eccentric behind Abercrombie & Fitch

Uber-cute lion-hug video

More cute: before and after