hands down song of the day: Paul & George nailing the tough harmonies of "This Boy" like an asphalt roof in August, Ringo tapping the closed hi-hats, & John channelling Ben E. King, Johnny Ray, the Chantels...

"'This Boy', with its tight three-part harmonies, jumping triplet rhythm, cliche chord progression, and climactic bridge section for the vocal soloist, is a stylized update of the late fifties genre sometimes described as 'the slow wall climber'."