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Their hiatus in India brought new found awareness to their writing and creativity. The psycadelic and erie "Glass Onion" does the same in a mix of political statements (see how the other half lives) and their own lives. Yet the beatles somehow make the most simplest melodys and hooks sound great. Good luck trying to play the end of "I'm so tired" backwards to hear john say "Paul is dead man".
So i'm experiencing this album all over again. I think that what the Beatles had that no other group has been able to accomplish is to get to the roots of Rock and Roll. Or maybe the mysterious words should probably stay that way.Overall the CD is great. Blues, Country, and Jazz = Rock and Roll. Listen for the classical strings they add to their songs.My original white album has the ware and tear of endless hours of listening fun. Yes, Beatles play crountry ie: "Don't Pass Me Buy" a la Ringo.Some Blues "Yer Blues", a mix of a lot of fun songs "Obla De Obla Da", and what would the Beatles be without their Love songs: "Julia", "I Will" (my personal favorite). But that is a minor setback compared to the content of this massive collection of creativity.
But it does seem a little forced by the computer age. And they don't forget that. Let's all look through a glass onion. They shared their personal lives with us through their music. And it has the scratches to prove it.
This album contains ballads (ie: "The Continuing Story of Bugalow Bill" and "Rocky Racoon") and some country. And that they did.Hope you enjoy "The Beatles" LOL Why didn't they make a seperate section on the CD for that kind of stuff, that would be really cool, all cleaned up, we'd be able to clearly hear what john said. Ob-la-de, Ob-la-da is also asking you to see things from the other side as our rolls in life change. So much so that they ended up making the album a two record set. There's something about siting on the floor crossleg and going through the album's paraphanailia while it's playing on a stero phonograph that is missed these days. The content is anything but that.What a prolific album and musical group.
With this CD i hear much more than i ever knew was there. Some very raunchy and rough rock-and roll (ie: "Why don't we do it in the road" which is one of my least favorites on the album and "Helter Skelter")to 1920's Vaudeville (ie: "Honey Pie")not to be confused with "Wild Honey Pie" which is nothing more than a 52 second dity of scales. This CD has it all. I like it better than Sgt. Pepper, because its raw and not as finely finished as St, Pepper was. There's a little documentary about them which is nice but i thought it could have been more detailed, longer, and more creatively done. The content was so extensive and fresh that they didn't want to leave anything out.
With so much content the album still manages to have some sort of cohesiveness. With the likes of "Birthday" and their own tribute to the Beach Boys with "Back in the U.S.S.R." As a matter of fact, i originally thought it was the Beach Boys when it fist came out. That's my own personal feeling. But they were always about change and moving foward. Don't let the minimalism of the all white album cover fool you. Political statements with "Revolution", "Blackbird" and Harrison's "Piggies" and their addictions with drugs, ie: "Happiness is a warm gun", "Everyone's got something to hide except for me and my monkey" and if you want some fun, take Ob-la-de, La-da. The cleanliness of the music makes it sound too contrived.
Yes, you can barely hear her on any of the tracks, and yes those other guys are really annoying, but you must get past the clutter to find the gem inside. This is one of Yoko's best albums. This is Yoko's best work.
I got it with a few days to spare. I decided to look online and take a chance for it to be delivered before Christmas. He loved it. I was a little late getting around to buying this album. I went to every store in town trying to find it with no luck. The CD was new and sounds great.
I saw these while buying bo diddley & said "hey its remeastered" but im a fool to realize they used a stupid flimsy cardboadr design to hold the CD's & second of all the old plastic CD holders wouldnt be detroyed if a bit of water fell upon them but if you do so with this it soaks it all up & ruins everything ( i didnt try this but ive seen the cases.). listen up everybody & i mean everybody. dont get unless you dont care.@@@###$$$%%%^^^&&&***((()))___+++///'''"""{{{}}}[[[]]]\\\|||===~~~```OMG I HATE THE NEW DESIGN OF THE CD CASES.
So instead, I'm going to use this handy pictogram to show how much I like The Beatles self-titled album. 5 stars. I'm not good at expressing myself in words. I like it this much: :-D Super happy face.
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