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I was fortunate enough to recently be gifted the Beatles stereo remasters boxset after hearing part of it at a friends house. My parents had most of the the albums , Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, Revolver et al and played them while growing up, but if it wasn’t Hall&Oates, Prince or Duran Duran when I was kid I wasn’t trying to hear it. I’ve only ever owned two Beatles album in my record collecting history. Of course I’m familiar with all the hits and the classics same as the rest of the world, those songs are ubiquitous. But I am very excited to listen to the complete albums as they were intended to be heard (except for in stereo).
I’ve started with Abbey Road only because that was the album that came up 1st in itunes. Already I’m overwhelmed with my familiarity to the music. I recall singing “Octopus’s Garden” with my hippie counsler’s on the way to day camp as a child. Inversely there are songs titles that given just the name I would be hard pressed to come up with the melody. At the same time the Beatles reach is so deep within popular culture that this past summer I officiated a friends wedding and recited a quote from “The End” I found on the internet. I don’t think I had ever actually heard that song until today. “Mean Mr. Mustard” is a song that some tie-die wearing friends of my used to talk about ALL THE TIME in high school. Easy to overlook their opinions due to their fashion choices, but not a bad song.
From a song writing and production stand point by 1969 obviously the Beatles have co-opted the styles of many that have come before them. And that’s cool… that’s cool. But arguably EVERYONE who has written a pop/rock song since, has bitten a little piece off the Beatles. It’s weird to me how much ” I Want You ( She’s So Heavy) ” would fit so well on the Black Keys – Brothers lp.
And of course all this has been said before, books have been written about it, college courses ( I’ve taken) have been taught and people more learned than I have spoke about this, But my point, is have you actually listened to this stuff LATELY?
I’m going to listen to the entire boxset, should I be inspired I will write about it. Up next Let It Be.
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M.I.A Free Mixtape Vicki Leekx
Maya’s new mixtape available here is MUCH more interesting than her last traditional release Maya. Vicki leekx ( rhymes with wiki-leaks get it? Zietgeisty) is not nearly as”noisy” as the MAYA release and has much more beats that you can cling to. Which leads me to believe the Ms. Arulpragasam should work outside of the major label system more often. It’s difficult to single out tracks because it is available as a single 36 minute mix here for the price of your email address.
And we love the Book of Love “Boy” sample at the beginning and end!
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