When I was 9 years old I had a pastel pink and purple bicycle, which I would ride around my block all summer long to my neighboring friends' houses. I also had a little off-brand walkman, and I can distinctly remember listening to my cassette of Rich Mullins's The World as Best as I can Remember it, Vol. 1 while cruising over the gravel roads on my way home to dinner. The year before, we had gone as a family to a Rich Mullins concert, and, though I fell asleep for part of it

This summer, I'm covering artists who have influenced me, and this band was almost too obvious. The Beatles haven't just influenced me; they've influenced everything. The only problem was choosing a song. I went with something iconic in a brand new a cappella version. While enjoying the song below, here are 5 reasons I LOVE the Beatles: 1. The music is deceptively simple. Those early songs especially sound like easy bubblegum pop. But try to play any one of them, and you'll s