Just thought I'd mention, while I was trying to figure out which came first, "MacArthur Park" or "Hey Jude," I stumbled across this site, which features really excellent, in-depth analysis of every single Beatles tune ever recorded, done by musicologist Alan Pollack:
<http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/awp-notes_on.html>
Worth a look if you have any interest whatsoever in serious analysis of popular music.
- Darcy
I don't know if his analysis is up to academic musicological standards (some mis-analysis at times, reliance on sugary liner-note-style hyperbole at times), but he is engaging and thorough.
One I looked at, "And I Love Her", compares some harmonies to Schumann, but missed the Ravel quote in the intro ("Pavane pour un enfant defunte").
Also, in the 20th century I would have called a ii-I (F#m to Emajor) chord progression plagal, even though it isn't strictly IV-I as it was in the previous century. I don't know about that, though, is it worthwhile keeping terms like "plagal" around when harmony has changed so much? I use them with my students, perhaps wrongly, but it functions so similarly...
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