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 Yesterday, 02:05 PM
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Revolution Voters: Severin 40 Notorious D.O.T. 39 Bjork 36 dandy* 35 Jade 34 jimwatts 30 popchartfreak 23 danG 20 Brer 14 Chez Wombat 12 WhoOdyssey 5 JulianT 1 This is a song from the “White Album”. Multiple versions were recorded, including the best known rocky version, a slower bluesy version called “Revolution 1” and the abstract blend of sounds and noises called “Revolution 9” which doesn’t really bear any relation to the song people know. The Beatles rarely involved themselves with politics, “Taxman” being an exception. This was a response by John to some of the political left at the time putting pressure on them to be revolutionaries. |
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Yesterday, 02:10 PM
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 Rob aah
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'I Feel Fine' is grand.
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Yesterday, 02:26 PM
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'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' is gorgeous, such a tender and moving John ballad
 I find the Help! project underrated in terms of Beatles album discourse - it'd probably scrape into my top 5 of theirs, plenty of great songs even if not quite as ground-breaking as later work. 'With A Little Help From My Friends' has grown on me exponentially over the years, I find it really charming these days. 'Revolution' is awesome - what an attention-grabbing, unhinged intro *.* I used to be obsessed with one of the slower versions of it as well, 'Revolution 1 Take 20', as someone used the entirety of it in the background of their Beatles collection video on YouTube - it was instantly lodged in my brain. That version was 11 minutes long and I apparently have 70 scrobbles of it on my last.fm, which I think would've all come from my iPod during sixth form days, the fixation was real  I absolutely love the riff throughout 'I Feel Fine' and that intro feedback is indeed a standout feature too <3 |
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BuzzJack Legend
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deep into Beatles classics now! You've Got To Hide Your Love Away was written about gay manager Brian Epstein, apparently, which adds pathos given what happened to him, and it certainly had an emotional impact on me in my teens, there weren't any other obvious songs offering support until Killing Of Georgie in 1976 (thanks Rod).
I Feel Fine I bought in 1976, amongst the Beatles chart invasion as all the singles were out with new (awful) sleeve covers - plus Yesterday for the first time. I was mad on those riffs and the intro! Revolution lived in the shadow of Hey Jude, but it got some airplay in the 60's, It was the Blue Album Xmas 1975 that got me into it big time. Rifftastic, and John as always had his finger on the pulse of what needed saying at the time. |
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