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DIV'S DESULTORY ROCK REVIEWS

THE BEATLES

Bigger than Jesus.

The Beatles

Band/Artist Logo

Years

1957 - 1970

From

England

Styles

  • Rock

 

Members

  • George Harrison
    vocals, guitar, bass, sitar, percussion
  • John Lennon
    vocals, guitar, bass, harmonica, piano, organ, percussion
  • Paul McCartney
    vocals, bass, guitar, piano, drums, percussion
  • Ringo Starr
    vocals, drums, percussion

 

Albums

 

Please Please Me

A Hard Day's Night

Help

Rubber Soul

Revolver

Magical Mystery Tour

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The White Album

Abbey Road

Let It Be

 

 It was my Chemistry exam today,so yesterday I was studying non-stop ,which always makes me feel down.So it was 12'o clock in the night and I couldn't sleep because I was tense.You know ,these idiotic pyschologist tricks don't work for me.Counting sheep,taking deep breaths,thinking positively and the rest of the crap.I know,I have tried them all.So as I said,I couldn't sleep.I put on Abbey Road  in my cassete player and suddenly it was all right.The song was Here Comes The Sun .I felt happy ,as happy as if the exam was over.Happier infact.Specially when Lennon sings "It's all right".

You know,there is nobody who can take you through such a variety of emotions in 40 minutes like the Beatles.Sadness,optimism,joy,dissapointment,its all here.The greatest thing is that they changed their sound so much in their short career as the Beatles.From happy,catchy  60's pop to the dark hues of pyschedelia,they tried to experiment with every mood possible.The lineup............well  3 very talented songwriters and Ringo Starr who was according to John Lennon "the greatest rock'n'roll drummer ".Even he could write songs(Octopus's Garden).

I am only going to review the major albums(names written above).I am not going to review the odds and ends ,Anthologies,compilations(maybe insert a line here and there).

Short introduction?Well,apart from the fact that i like to keep things short and sweet,everybody knows everything about the Beatles,so i don't need to elaborate.(Who reads what I write anyway?)

                                                          A Hard Day's Night    A

Side 1

1 A Hard Days Night 2:28
2 I Should Have Known Better 2:42
3 If I Fell 2:16
4 Im Happy Just To Dance With You 1:59
5 And I Love Her 2:27
6 Tell Me Why 2:04
7 Cant Buy Me Love 2:15

Side 2

1 Any Time At All 2:10
2 I'll Cry Instead 1:44
3 Things We Said Today 2:35
4 When I Get Home 2:14
5 You Can't Do That 2:33
6 I'll Be Back

Happy,Happy,Happy,Happy! 13 songs,none of them above 3 minutes,each of them

  as sweet as  .........really there are no words by which I can describe the catchiness of the songs.The  best early Beatles you will find,the first album to have all original  tracks,10 by John Lennon.It starts with uptempo title track  ,a signature Beatles tune.Short and Sweet is the Beatles mantra throughout this short album.Pretty much the lovey-dovey stuff  ,you know  "I love you ',"If this is love you gotta give me me more",love is pretty much the main theme in the whole album.Very much early  60ish stuff.

This is Rock'n'roll in its youth!Some songs are not as catchy (When I get home) but the thing sounds so fresh!So innocent,dammit.I love this album and if you have got any sort of musical sense you will too.(This to the youth of today(of which I am a part) ,reared on rap with all its senseless profanity.)

Drumming is pretty much the same .Ringo seems to like giving those cymbals a spin.They keep changing the pace ,a fast one is immediately followed by a sad ,sweet,slow,mellow song.

 

Rubber Soul

Cover Art
 
Released: 1965
Formats: LP
Genre: Rock, Pop
Studio/Live?: Studio
1 Drive My Car 2:25
2 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 2:00
3 You Won't See Me 3:19
4 Nowhere Man 2:40
5 Think For Yourself 2:16
6 The Word 2:42
7 Michelle 2:42
8 What Goes On 2:44
9 Girl 2:26
10 I'm Looking Through You 2:20
11 In My Life 2:23
12 Wait 2:13
13 If I Needed Someone 2:19
14 Run For Your Life

 More mature than Hard Days Night.The songs are catchy ,melodic,tuneful... I don't really want anything more from this album.There is some filler material like What Goes On and......well i guess that is it(Ok, Run For Your Life sounds like a Hard Days Night leftover and I don't dig the opener Baby,You Can Drive My Car)The rest of the songs are glorious.Oh man!I love the way Lennon  does the ssssssssss on Girl ,don't you?

I find this album more fullfilling than Hard Days.... because there is more diversity in the way the songs sound.They are still short and happy and sad but there is something extra to these songs ...you can see the extra on one of the most celebrated Beatle tracks ,In My Life,it has a haunting sound,lyrics which in the right frame of mind could easy as easy bring tears to your eyes and has a haunting piano line in the middle...what a song!!
I won't tell anybody other than kids gorging on Backstreet kids and Westass and N'Sink(the pussy teen girls) and SlipkDonot and Korn-Y and Linkin Pork(the pussy boy brats) to buy this album 'cause  I will assume all the other people have this .
Oh,Norwegian Wood sees the first of "George Harrison  on sitar" tracks.(Well its news to me if it isn't ).I needn't tell you that it sounds good,do I?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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