I screamed my voice box out of my throat on Saturday night at karaoke. I screamed for two and a half minutes The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” at a dive bar in downtown Charleston, and only now, on Thursday, does it not require effort to emit sound from my lungs and throat.
“Twist and Shout” was the last song recorded at the end of a very long recording day for those young Beatles, who smoked a lot of cigarettes and drank a lot of beer. They were from Liverpool, after all. Anyway, Lennon had to record “Twist and Shout” at the end of something like a 14-hour long recording session and his voice was fully shot.