The Beatles are certainly too old for us to play on 107.9, but they are responsible for some of the most classic pop songs of the rock & roll era.  I recently heard a fun little story about the inspiration behind one of their most famous songs, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”  Turns out Lucy was an actual person, a schoolmate of John Lennon’s son Julian, named Lucy Vodden.  Lennon got his inspiration for the song one day when his then 4-year old son came home with a drawing and described it to his father as “Lucy in the sky with diamonds.”  Evidently just that phrase alone started the creative process!  Maybe our grandparents knew all of this already, but I certainly hadn’t heard it before.  The cool part of the story though, and the reason it’s resurfacing now more than 40 years after the song originally came out, is that Lucy has recently become ill with Lupus.  Upon hearing this, Julian actually tracked down his old friend Lucy, and sent her flowers and gardening vouchers from his home in France.  The two plan on staying in touch mainly via texting.

So I sent one of my interns, Kirsten, out to the Boardwalk this past Saturday night to check out the Let’s Make A Mess tour headlined by Hey Monday, who recently opened up for Fall Out Boy when they were through town a couple months ago.  Here’s what she had to say about the show:

For fans of bands like Paramore and Boys Like Girls, start paying attention to the up-and-coming band Hey Monday, who just performed at the Boardwalk last Saturday.  The band played a fun energetic show, even throwing red cups to audience members to “party and make a mess!”  The real magic of the band lies in their lead singer Cassadee – with her edgy look and awesome vocals, she’s the reason why boys and girls alike are craving more from Hey Monday.  She only stopped dancing around singing at the top of her lungs to slow it down for a couple songs, showing the band’s sensitive side.  Their great balance of ballads and pop-rock songs were great for the audience as well as the band.  The large turnout of fans at the Boardwalk who knew all the words to the songs shows the band’s already huge following.  Hey Monday has potential to become the new “it” band – watch out for them!  If you missed the show, you can check out their website at www.heymondaymusic.com for music and videos.  Listen to these in particular: “Homecoming” and “How You Love Me Now.”