Top Ten Songs Mentioning the Beatles: Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver) (#10)

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Into the top ten we go in this monthlong celebration of Sir Paul McCartney’s 84th birthday. I’ve had a great time with this countdown, and it’s helped inspire next month’s list. No, not another list of Beatles songs for Ringo’s birthday. Anyway, let’s get the top ten songs that mention the Beatles in some form kicked off…with a Linda? NO!!!!! warning. #10: Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver) - Merle Haggard If you think about it, this song is hilarious. If you know your country music history (and if you don’t, relax, I’ll tell you ), you may remember that, in 1970, Merle Haggard had a big hit with “The Fightin’ Side of Me.” The opening of that song is, “I hear people talkin’ bad about the way we have to live here in this country, harpin’ on the wars we fight, gripin’ ‘bout the way things ought to be.” Fast forward twelve years, and here’s Hag, SINGING A SONG that talks bad about the way we have to live here in this country, harping on the war we fought, and griping about the way things ought to be. In other words, the guy who warned people about “runnin’ down our country, hoss” turned around and ran our country down!!! The only truly sad thing about this is the reference to when “Nixon lied to us all on TV.” Every politician does that now and we don’t bat an eye. Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver) Written by Merle Haggard Recorded by Merle Haggard From Big City, 1982 BEATLES REFERENCE LYRICS: Before the Beatles and “Yesterday”