Natalie Merchant - Beatles Nowhere Man, Live

Natalie Anne Merchant, 47 y old, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993.

"Nowhere Man" is a song by The Beatles, from their hit album Rubber Soul (in the United States on the Yesterday ... and Today album). The song was written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon-McCartney).

It was recorded on 21 and 22 October 1965. "Nowhere Man" is among the very first Beatles' songs to be entirely unrelated to romance or love, and marks a notable instance of Lennon's philosophically-oriented songwriting.

Lennon claimed that he wrote the song about himself. He wrote it after racking his brain in desperation for five hours, trying to come up with another song for Rubber Soul. Lennon told Playboy: "I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and lay down. Then 'Nowhere Man' came, words and music, the whole damn thing as I lay down".

McCartney said of the song: "That was John after a night out, with dawn coming up. I think at that point, he was a bit...wondering where he was going, and to be truthful so was I. I was starting to worry about him". 

The Beatles Live in Munich - 24 June, 1966

"Thank you so much for posting this. I have loved Natalie for over 25 years and I have never seen this. Love YTube."  

Was that a skip I just heard?   hehe

This song was on the North American-release Yesterday and Today.  One of my first albums.  That album and Revolver probably changed my outlook on popular music forever.

great song...  love it...