After "Revolver" the pop was never the same. On this, no discussion.
The Beatles who'd touched the water with his foot by publishing "Rubber Soul", this time he dived for fish in the musical and thematic research and experimentation in sound .
scatter the live shows during which they ended up parodying themselves could not even hear what sounded lost their marbles by the screams of fans, the four dedicated fully to the work of composition and, crucially assisted George Martin, of realization in the room.
and have fun. Touching all topics, from taxes to Buddhism, exploring all genres of music, from childhood song ("Yellow Submarine"), the R & B ("Got To Get You Into My Life", where "you" do not is a lady, but, apparently, cocaine), to psychedelic pop ("She Said She Said", "Tomorrow Never Knows"), the Eastern music ("Love you to") to romantic song ("For No One") to blues ("Taxman"). And since
we are talking about good songs. Then there are the masterpieces .
"Eleanor Rigby ", written by Paul with the decisive contribution of the other three and masterfully arranged by George Martin they have cleverly used a string octet , is one of the classics of the group: a beautiful text that in concluding part, with the death of the protagonist and the priest who cleans his hands from the earth away from the burial, did not fail to shock the public.
" Here, There and Everywhere " Paul is considered by his best song that manages to combine melody and lyrics in a sweet honey absolutely no .
" Tomorrow Never Knows" is the song most experimental never recorded by the Beatles up to that point, the text inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead "is sung by John with a plaintive voice filtered through a guitar amplifier to obtain an almost mystical atmosphere. This is a song written (by Lennon) under the direct influence of ' LSD at that time was experiencing (the "Book of the Dead" is a reference text of culture LSD) speaks acid and its universe, and in this sense it was certainly one of the most socially influential songs ever made by the Beatles. It must be said, that because of LSD, Lennon would have spent the next two years in a constant state of mental deterioration that eventually reduce it to almost a wreck. Only with great mental and physical strength he managed to get out. Unlike many that the acid had literally burned the brain.
"Revolver" album was a critical for the Beatles, but especially for the pop with her insights found himself confronted. It would not be easy. It just started to digest all these new developments, would come the Sergeant Pepper and his band of lonely hearts ...
rating 8
Lucio Mazzi 
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