Can it be true? The Prime Minister of Canada covering a tune from my favorite Beatles album: "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band". The tune in question "A Little Help from My Friends". The Prime Minister played the piano and belted out the song on stage with Yo-Yo Ma playing pizzicato on the cello at the NAC Gala in Ottawa on Saturday night. By all accounts it sounded pretty darn good too, even Jack Layton was impressed! It is refreshing to see a Prime Minister that can go out on a limb and do this kind of thing. Can you imagine Michael Ignatieff doing this? It was a pretty good choice of music too, considering the digitally remastered Beatles catalog was only released a few weeks ago, not to mention the new Beatles Rock Bank game also released in September. Another good choice would have been "Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds", also from Sgt Peppers. This song was inspired by a nursery school drawing done by John Lennon's son Julian. The drawing included a classmate named Lucy O'Donnell with diamond-shaped eyes. Tragically, she died of infection while on vacation on 22 September 2009, aged 46.
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