If you’ve listened to the lyrics in the Beatles‘ Help, you know that the fast, lighthearted music obscures a much darker lyric.  Brooklyn born (although he lives in Manhattan now) Garland Jeffreys, accompanied only by piano and accordion, sings the s0ng like the plea for help it actually was in the music video waiting for you today at Now I’ve Heard Everything.

Tomorrow, the CMJ Music Marathon begins.  From Tuesday to Friday there will be hundreds of bands performing (usually in shorter than usual sets) all over Manhattan and Brooklyn.  Check in with Now I’ve Heard Everything each day during CMJ for recommended shows.

–Eliot Wagner