This Country-Style Beatles Song Inspired One of Marvel's Most Iconic Characters

From Liverpool to the world, The Beatles sang across nearly every genre and explored countless corners of the globe. The quintessential British quartet — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr — started out as a working-class band, juggling their music with blue-collar jobs. By the latter half of their careers, however, they had seen much of what the world had to offer, providing more than enough inspiration to write over 200 songs in just eight active years. One of those songs would later find an unexpected home with one of this generation's most influential pillars of pop culture: Marvel Comics.  "The White Album" Jumped from British Blues to Country Tales Like "Rocky Raccoon". Surrounded by press, The Beatles wave at fans as they arrive in New York City in 1964.

"Rocky Raccoon" is far more narrative than introspective, telling the story of a young, feisty boy named Rocky Raccoon. Set in the "black mining hills of Dakota," the song follows Rocky after his woman runs off with another man, leaving him humiliated and nursing a black eye. Refusing to let the slight go, Rocky checks into a local saloon, armed with a gun, and storms into the room next to his. When he bursts through the door, he finds his woman and the other man in hiding. The man, known as Dan, becomes Rocky's opponent in a tense showdown. Although Rocky initiates the challenge, Dan draws first, and Rocky meets a tragic end.

"When you're sitting around with an acoustic guitar, often the natural thing to do is to get a bit folky. I was doing a bit of a spoof on records I'd heard, kind of talking blues songs. Bob Dylan was doing that kind of thing...I just started imagining this little story, and for me, it's like going on a train ride or something — a train ride of the mind. And because I was doing it sort of tongue-in-cheek, it was quite pleasant to write and sing."

Source: Dyah Ayu Larasati/collider.com

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