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Title: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 19, 2014, 04:16:44 AM
One day, you'll look
 To see I've gone
 But tomorrow may rain, so
 I'll follow the sun
 Some day, you'll know
 I was the one
 But tomorrow may rain, so
 I'll follow the sun
 And now the time has come
 And so, my love, I must go
 And though I lose a friend
 In the end you will know
 Oh-oh-oh
 One day, you'll find
 That I have gone
 But tomorrow may rain, so
 I'll follow the sun

 And now the time has come
 And so, my love, I must go
 And though I lose a friend
 In the end you will know
 Oh-oh-oh
 One day, you'll find
 That I have gone
 But tomorrow may rain, so
 I'll follow the sun



"I'll Follow the Sun" is a song written and sung by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney

"I wrote that in my front parlour in Forthlin Road. I was about 16. I'll Follow The Sun was one of those very early ones. I seem to remember writing it just after I'd had the flu and I had that cigarette - I smoked when I was 16 - the cigarette that's the 'cotton wool' one. You don't smoke while you're ill but after you get better you have a cigarette and it's terrible, it tastes like cotton wool, horrible. I remember standing in the parlour, with my guitar, looking out through the lace curtains of the window, and writing that one."

Paul McCartney
 The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn


It was released in 1964 on the Beatles for Sale album in the United Kingdom and on Beatles '65 in the United States, but was written long before that year.
A rough home recording of the song exists on bootleg, believed to date from spring 1960. Lasting 1'49", it was performed by McCartney, Lennon and Harrison on acoustic guitars, with Stuart Sutcliffe on bass, without the delicate arrangement of the final version.

The song's lyrics centre around a man who feels he is unappreciated by a woman. The song is believed to be him giving her an ultimatum, and that, as the lyrics state, "One day, you'll look to see I've gone." There is an unwillingness on the part of the song's narrator that adds a tenderness and tragedy to his leaving: "And now the time has come, and so, my love, I must go. And though I lose a friend, in the end you will know"..., as well as a reluctance on the man's ability to finalize the breakup, by the repeated phrase......"but tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun."

One reason they didn't use the song on their previous albums was because it wasn't tough enough for their leather-jacketed early image. By the time they did record it for their fourth lp, the rhythm had changed from a rockabilly shuffle to a gentle cha-cha. And Ringo Starr kept the beat by smacking his palms on his knees.


Personnel

Paul McCartney – lead vocal, bass guitar, acoustic lead guitar
John Lennon – harmony vocal, acoustic rhythm guitar
George Harrison – lead guitar
Ringo Starr – percussion

Personnel per Ian MacDonald
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 19, 2014, 04:47:29 AM
Here ya go!  One of my favorite Paul McCartney songs!  It's worth another listen before I comment...


I'll Follow the Sun-Beatles for Sale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uk_6WWy0RA#)


It's astonishing what came from the mind of sixteen year-old Paul McCartney.  All those feelings put into a song less than two minutes long!  Nothing more needed to be said for he explained it all.

A couple of times in the past, I pulled out my guitar and sang this song for a girl when the relationship was going nowhere.  If in her eyes I saw nothing, then I knew that all my efforts were...well, were like pushing sh*t uphill with a pointy stick.  ;)

I love Paul and John's vocal harrmonies and George's short but elegant lead guitar break.  This song fit the mood of Beatles For Sale so well.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 19, 2014, 04:55:19 AM
And here's how Paul, John and George did it...


The Beatles I'll follow the sun guitar cover & tutorial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_TMHvIO6MI#ws)
Beatles To A Tee    Rob Taylor
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Moogmodule on January 19, 2014, 07:13:44 AM
This was one of the songs I remember hearing as a very young child. I've always enjoyed it. The simple lyrics, understated, but just right, instrumentation and John and Pauls harmonising all provide what gave so many early to mid Beatle songs their appeal.

While its pretty simple song as would befit a young chap in his early writing stages. There's enough interest in the chord progression amd melody to stop the song getting stale.

It seems to get underrated as it's on one of their least popular albums and accused of being grabbed due to lack of material. All I can say is I wish I had such stuff sitting round to plunder when short of new stuff.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 19, 2014, 07:20:59 AM
I've always considered Beatles For Sale one of their finest early albums.

Anyway, here's Paul's bass part...


I'll Follow The Sun -The Beatles (Bass Cover) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjOb8BDEDKc#)
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Moogmodule on January 19, 2014, 08:31:10 AM
I've always considered Beatles For Sale one of their finest early albums.


I think it gets a worse wrap then it deserves. Mainly for perhaps not the best chosen covers. But any album that boasts: No Reply, I'm a Loser, Every Little Thing, I'll Follow the Sun,Eight Days a Week,  and Baby's in Black has a lot going for it from the start.

Oh and I don't want to spoil the party is cool too.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Klang on January 19, 2014, 11:35:07 AM

It is remarkably sophisticated for such a young writer, isn't it? Always liked it.

 :)

Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 19, 2014, 01:03:55 PM
I think it gets a worse wrap then it deserves. Mainly for perhaps not the best chosen covers. But any album that boasts: No Reply, I'm a Loser, Every Little Thing, I'll Follow the Sun,Eight Days a Week,  and Baby's in Black has a lot going for it from the start.

Oh and I don't want to spoil the party is cool too.

Ive never understood the reason BFS gets bad scores, I remember my big brother buying it when it came out, played it to death, loved every song (except Mr Moonlight)
I always think they could've chose  Bad To Me or Leave My Kitten Alone instead, or even One After 909

or even In Spite of all the Danger
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Normandie on January 19, 2014, 04:02:41 PM

Beatles For Sale is one of my favorite CDs, but I usually skip I'll Follow the Sun. I've just personally never cared for it.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Moogmodule on January 19, 2014, 09:41:35 PM
Ive never understood the reason BFS gets bad scores, I remember my big brother buying it when it came out, played it to death, loved every song (except Mr Moonlight)
I always think they could've chose  Bad To Me or Leave My Kitten Alone instead, or even One After 909

or even In Spite of all the Danger

Maybe it was seen as a step back after the all original Hard Days Night. The covers are pulling them back to 1962 while the originals continue their development, making it an uneven selection. 

In addition to Mr M, I've never really cared for Rock and Roll Music. Not sure why. It's an ok song. Sung and played well. Something about it just leaves me cold and I usually skip it. On the plus side Words of Love is a terrific cover. And Leave my Kitten Alone must surely rank as the most criminally discarded Beatles recording. Until Anthology of course. 

It's interesting that as an early original,  Ill Follow the Sun doesn't sound out of place next to more recent originals. Paul was very precocious at putting sophisticated twists into even relatively simple songs.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 19, 2014, 10:45:45 PM
I remember my big brother buying it when it came out, played it to death, loved every song (except Mr Moonlight)

I love that song!
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Moogmodule on January 19, 2014, 11:20:28 PM
I love that song!

I've never cared for it myself. But reading Lewisohns book I note that the Beatles used to sometimes open with it. A fan describes how great the first acappella scream of "Mr Moonlight" was to open a show. Although part of it was wondering whether John would hit the right note without any instrumentation to guide him.

I can get how hearing John rip into that would be pretty cool. But I think a lot if their covers probably worked very well live. Sometimes less so on record.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 20, 2014, 12:00:44 AM
Maybe it was seen as a step back after the all original Hard Days Night. The covers are pulling them back to 1962 while the originals continue their development, making it an uneven selection. 

In addition to Mr M, I've never really cared for Rock and Roll Music. Not sure why. It's an ok song. Sung and played well. Something about it just leaves me cold and I usually skip it. On the plus side Words of Love is a terrific cover. And Leave my Kitten Alone must surely rank as the most criminally discarded Beatles recording. Until Anthology of course. 

It's interesting that as an early original,  Ill Follow the Sun doesn't sound out of place next to more recent originals. Paul was very precocious at putting sophisticated twists into even relatively simple songs.

If Im honest I don't particularly like ANY of the covers on BFS, if someone advised them to put covers on there it was bad advice, they surely had enough home grown material, I agree with you in that it was seen as a step backwards from Hard Days Night, I mean the whole package, from an all original album to one with a few covers was retrograde , and yes maybe this explains the bad scores it receives from fans.
What about an acoustic version of In Spite Of All The Danger with 3 part harmony, they had Bad To Me and World Without Love, 909, and a few others I just cant think of atm.

and Im sure J & P could've gone off for a cup of tea and come up with another in the time it took to record Mr Moonlight and Kansas City  ;)
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Moogmodule on January 20, 2014, 12:40:16 AM
If Im honest I don't particularly like ANY of the covers on BFS, if someone advised them to put covers on there it was bad advice, they surely had enough home grown material, I agree with you in that it was seen as a step backwards from Hard Days Night, I mean the whole package, from an all original album to one with a few covers was retrograde , and yes maybe this explains the bad scores it receives from fans.
What about an acoustic version of In Spite Of All The Danger with 3 part harmony, they had Bad To Me and World Without Love, 909, and a few others I just cant think of atm.

and Im sure J & P could've gone off for a cup of tea and come up with another in the time it took to record Mr Moonlight and Kansas City  ;)

Looking at the sequence of recording (according to Pollack's site) they basically did nine originals in a row ( including the single I Feel Fine and the B side She's a Woman)
. All the covers plus the oldie I'll Follow the Sun were recorded pretty quickly at the end of the sessions. It'd taken two months of recording to get the first nine done. They finished off the remaining in a bit over a week. Does suggest the covers were thrown together pretty hurriedly. Which would make sense to get the album done for Xmas. I seem to recall that as a rationale from one of the books I'd read.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 20, 2014, 01:37:12 AM
Looking at the sequence of recording (according to Pollack's site) they basically did nine originals in a row ( including the single I Feel Fine and the B side She's a Woman)
. All the covers plus the oldie I'll Follow the Sun were recorded pretty quickly at the end of the sessions. It'd taken two months of recording to get the first nine done. They finished off the remaining in a bit over a week. Does suggest the covers were thrown together pretty hurriedly. Which would make sense to get the album done for Xmas. I seem to recall that as a rationale from one of the books I'd read.

Its funny isn't it, they didn't put the singles on the albums so the fans in the UK got value (more) but now it seems the album would be held in higher esteem if I Feel Fine & She's A Woman were on it

They should've resisted the covers, it was like going back to With The Beatles and the covers denude how good the originals are.

Im A Loser
Eight Days A Week
Follow The Sun
No Reply
Every Little Thing
Baby's In Black

all top notch songs imo
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Moogmodule on January 20, 2014, 02:08:27 AM
Its funny isn't it, they didn't put the singles on the albums so the fans in the UK got value (more) but now it seems the album would be held in higher esteem if I Feel Fine & She's A Woman were on it

They should've resisted the covers, it was like going back to With The Beatles and the covers denude how good the originals are.

Im A Loser
Eight Days A Week
Follow The Sun
No Reply
Every Little Thing
Baby's In Black

all top notch songs imo

I think so too. What You're Doing was the only fillerish one. Even that had some appeal.

I wonder if the not putting the singles on the album policy also helped maximise single sales. While there wouldn't have been a huge cohort happy to wait for the album to get any singles ( this was the mid sixties where singles were still king), knowing that if they wanted the singles they had no option but to buy them might have given those sales an extra edge. It does show their confidence in producing material though that they could sacrifice one or two top tunes and still deliver too notch albums.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 20, 2014, 02:27:48 AM
yeah Imagine how much better Pepper would be with Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields on it.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 20, 2014, 06:01:19 AM
I've never cared for it myself. But reading Lewisohns book I note that the Beatles used to sometimes open with it. A fan describes how great the first acappella scream of "Mr Moonlight" was to open a show. Although part of it was wondering whether John would hit the right note without any instrumentation to guide him.

I can get how hearing John rip into that would be pretty cool. But I think a lot if their covers probably worked very well live. Sometimes less so on record.


John had his guitar to help him find the right key to yell "Mr. Moonlight."  But he didn't always start the song that way...


The Beatles Mr. Moonlight StarClub 1962 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dy-qfbGgZQ#)


That was a cool way to rip into the song nonetheless.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 20, 2014, 06:10:29 AM
I'll Follow The Sun

The Quarrymen - I'll Follow The Sun [Original / Early Beatles] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjfKX4yyX0k#)
The Silver Beetles   May 1960
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Moogmodule on January 20, 2014, 06:39:10 AM
I'll Follow The Sun
The Quarrymen - I'll Follow The Sun [Original / Early Beatles][/url]
The Silver Beetles   May 1960

That's cute. Haven't heard that before. The middle 8 is quite different. As is the music hall/rockabilly tempo.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 20, 2014, 09:41:05 AM
Watching those vids ...I feel dreadfully sorry for Pete Best  :(

That guy had such a raw deal, after all the crummy gigs he did in flea bitten venues .......holy sh*t I just cant imagine what he felt when Beatlemania was happening.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Bobber on January 20, 2014, 09:57:37 AM
And here's how Paul, John and George did it...

Beatles To A Tee    Rob Taylor

That Dm at the start of the bridge doesn't seem to be correct.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Bobber on January 20, 2014, 12:18:56 PM
That Dm at the start of the bridge doesn't seem to be correct.

Should be an F or F7 imho.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 20, 2014, 12:46:21 PM
Its a minor you can hear. Definitely goes to Dm imo Cor;


G              F                C            D
 One day you'll look to see i've gone,
     C                     Em    D       G          C     F C
For tomorrow may rain so, I'll follow the sun
G                F                C          D 
 Some day you'll know i was the one,
      C                   Em     D       G          C    C7
but tomorrow may rain so, i'll follow the sun

                    Dm                        Fm                        C   C7
 And now the time has come and so my love i must go
                   Dm               Fm                          C    Dm
and though i lose a friend in the end you will know, oh oh oh

Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 20, 2014, 09:09:32 PM
For years, I played the bridge this way when playing this piece solo...


                  Dm7                    Fm6                       C   C7
And now the time has come and so my love I must go
                  Dm7           Fm6                          C   Dm7
and though I lose a friend in the end you will know, oh.....


...as it appeared in The Compleat Beatles:


(http://i41.tinypic.com/32zklxx.jpg)


(http://i41.tinypic.com/118ovvb.jpg)



It's apparent that Rob Taylor thoroughly researched the songs in his Beatles To A Tee DVD Series and even determined which guitars were used.  I'll Follow The Sun sounds correct with either  Dm7...Fm6  or  Dm...Fm  starting the bridge.  To my ears, Dm...Fm  and Dm on the "Oh......" sounds just a bit better especially when one considers that there is no acoustic lead in this song, as was mentioned in the Personnel Notes by Ian MacDonald, but rather a combination of John playing rhythm on his Gibson J-160E and Paul fingerpicking on George's Gretsch 6119 Tennessean.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 20, 2014, 09:11:53 PM
"Oh....." is a melisma.   ;)
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Bobber on January 20, 2014, 09:43:34 PM
Mmm, alright. I can live with a Dm7, as a mix between F and Dm. :)
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 20, 2014, 10:12:14 PM
F or F7 for the first two bars sound OK too, Cor, depending on picking style.  For rhythm guitar, Dm...Fm sounds best.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 20, 2014, 10:49:38 PM
Look how Paul plays the bridge here...


Follow The Sun - Paul McCartney - Live Olympia - DVD Quality (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbqgF_dd0rE#)




and here...


Paul McCartney (Follow The Sun) sur les plaines d'Abraham 20 juillet 2008 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpdH0ioiia4#)
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 20, 2014, 10:52:14 PM
you'd have made a great detective Bazza       
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 20, 2014, 11:08:45 PM
It doesn't really matter if he's wrong he's right where he belongs.   ;)
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Moogmodule on January 20, 2014, 11:18:00 PM
Look how Paul plays the bridge here



and here...




Thanks HG. They're both really lovely versions. It comes across  well in concert.  You're pointers to videos on all these threads are so good.

I think for the context of the song the minor chord feel to the opening of the bridge is important. The bridge is the sad "time to say goodbye" line which suits having a minor key feel. The verses have that more optimistic tone. even though he's telling her he's going it's got that aura of positive destiny around it.

If only it had modulated fully to Dm which as Nigel Tufnell will tell you is "the saddest of all keys".
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 20, 2014, 11:30:54 PM
I think for the context of the song the minor chord feel to the opening of the bridge is important. The bridge is the sad "time to say goodbye" line which suits having a minor key feel. The verses have that more optimistic tone. even though he's telling her he's going it's got that aura of positive destiny around it.

If only it had modulated fully to Dm which as Nigel Tufnell will tell you is "the saddest of all keys".


Right, Moog.  Paul really phrased the lyrics of this song well with corresponding major-to minor-to major chord changes.  George also made frequent and effective use of minor chords to set a mood.

Kev, this is a great Song Of The Week.  It's amazing the discussion a short song can elicit.  Thanks for starting this series, mate.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 20, 2014, 11:46:18 PM
you'd have made a great detective Bazza       


you'd have fit right in   ha2ha

(http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4519376290317100&pid=1.9&m=&w=300&h=300&p=0)
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 20, 2014, 11:47:36 PM
Right, Moog.  Paul really phrased the lyrics of this song well with corresponding major-to minor-to major chord changes.  George also made frequent and effective use of minor chords to set a mood.

Kev, this is a great Song Of The Week.  It's amazing the discussion a short song can elicit.  Thanks for starting this series, mate.

cheers mate, one of my better ideas hahaha
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 21, 2014, 12:09:52 AM
you'd have fit right in   ha2ha

([url]http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4519376290317100&pid=1.9&m=&w=300&h=300&p=0[/url])


Those guys really knew their job!

Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 21, 2014, 12:31:30 AM
You're pointers to videos on all these threads are so good.


There are some fine videos out there, Moog.  The HD videos of Paul's concerts are fun to watch and learn from.  There are some great guitar and bass guitar players out there who have put out some fine instructional videos. 

The ultimate Beatles instructional videos are by Rob Taylor.  He's issued four Beatles To A Tee DVDs with in-depth discussions of the songs and tutorials showing all guitar parts (except bass).  He explains the opening chord to A Hard Day's Night and how George managed the lead guitar riff...


Beatles To A Tee (A Hard Days Night) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_J76cV4MLM#)





Another one of my favorite tutorials is And Your Bird Can Sing...


The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing (Beatles To A Tee) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N6f6YbHoMI#)



He manages more than just an educated gusss on which guitars were played and takes the initiative to use those same model guitars in his DVDs.  He even dresses in period-correct Beatles wardrobe...


Beatles To A Tee 3 clips! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=533yLP45COQ#)
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: tkitna on January 21, 2014, 01:00:14 AM
I like this song, but its failry mediocre. Its inoffensive enough that I enjoy it when I hear it, but again, I feel its only an average song.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 21, 2014, 05:57:33 AM
Todd, maybe you'd like the song more if it were longer...


Paul McCartney - I'll Follow The Sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoRbIkew1Ck#)



;)
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Bobber on January 21, 2014, 09:17:51 AM
Look how Paul plays the bridge here...


He's just pretending!
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Ovi on January 21, 2014, 11:29:36 AM
I like this song, but its failry mediocre. Its inoffensive enough that I enjoy it when I hear it, but again, I feel its only an average song.

For once I'm agreeing with Todd.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Moogmodule on January 21, 2014, 09:53:05 PM
For once I'm agreeing with Todd.

It's not in my top 20 or even 30 Beatles tunes. I find it's a soothing song that shows how the Beatles could make even simple tunes with enough musical content to keep it interesting. I think the middle 8 in this one makes the song.

The Beatles always seemed to have so much going on in their songs. Whether it was harmonies, instrumentation, twists in the chord progression etc, that I think it elevated what could have been fillerish material  to something more. Overall I'd rate I'll Follow.. as well above filler although maybe not up to the "album gold" status.

Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: tkitna on January 22, 2014, 01:18:27 AM
For once I'm agreeing with Todd.

Only once Ovi?  ha2ha
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: nimrod on January 22, 2014, 01:52:38 AM
Ive always really liked it

Its not one of the greatest songs ever written, but I always loved its mood, and its clever up/down melody

The way the boys do it also gives it a certain melancholy

I always loved The Beatles sad love songs and the way they recorded them;

I'll Be Back
Norwegian Wood
Here There & Everywhere
For No One

Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: Ovi on January 22, 2014, 09:19:05 PM
It's not in my top 20 or even 30 Beatles tunes. I find it's a soothing song that shows how the Beatles could make even simple tunes with enough musical content to keep it interesting. I think the middle 8 in this one makes the song.

The Beatles always seemed to have so much going on in their songs. Whether it was harmonies, instrumentation, twists in the chord progression etc, that I think it elevated what could have been fillerish material  to something more. Overall I'd rate I'll Follow.. as well above filler although maybe not up to the "album gold" status.

Yeah, I can agree with this as well. Nicely put.
Title: Re: Song Of The Week - I'll Follow The Sun
Post by: KelMar on January 27, 2014, 07:41:43 AM
I love this song. It's deceptively simple.