Rob Sheffield Quote
But God is the best song any Beatle wrote about religion, with all due respect to George’s My Sweet Lord. Both were produced by Phil Spector the same year—with Ringo on drums. (Talk about ecumenical.) God is where John does his most beautiful singing, reaching for a doo-wop tremble straight out of his beloved Rosie and the Originals, with that Elvis echo on his voice. It’s one of the two or three songs I’d play if I had ten minutes to convince a jury that John was the greatest of rock and roll singers-as-singers. Along with Girl, and maybe Ticket to Ride. Or You Can’t Do That? Money? I Want to Hold Your Hand? Happiness Is a Warm Gun? Oh My Love? I’m So Tired?
Rob Sheffield
But God is the best song any Beatle wrote about religion, with all due respect to George’s My Sweet Lord. Both were produced by Phil Spector the same year—with Ringo on drums. (Talk about ecumenical.) God is where John does his most beautiful singing, reaching for a doo-wop tremble straight out of his beloved Rosie and the Originals, with that Elvis echo on his voice. It’s one of the two or three songs I’d play if I had ten minutes to convince a jury that John was the greatest of rock and roll singers-as-singers. Along with Girl, and maybe Ticket to Ride. Or You Can’t Do That? Money? I Want to Hold Your Hand? Happiness Is a Warm Gun? Oh My Love? I’m So Tired?
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About Rob Sheffield
He is a long time contributing editor at Rolling Stone, writing about music, TV, and pop culture. Previously, he was a contributing editor at Blender, Spin and Details magazines. A native of Milton, Massachusetts, Sheffield has a bachelor's degree from Yale University and master's degree (1991) from the University of Virginia.
Sheffield lives in Brooklyn, New York.