Thursday, March 13,
2025
Time: 8:30 AM
Song: You’re Going to Lose that Girl
Artist: The Beatles
Mode of Consumption: Listening to “Liked” Songs playlist on Spotify
Link to Song: https://open.spotify.com/track/70HNt0eoBVqr4ss68U8x3B?si=0ca1c2293e07497e
I have a lot of thoughts on the Beatles. Most of them nonsense.
One of them is that “Help!” may be their most underrated and
pivotal album. Sure, people will point to Sgt. Peppers and say that it’s the greatest.
Sure, it deserves that and certainly has a greater impact on music and culture.
“Help!” is the preamble to psychedelia, though. Drugs and
Bob Dylan were influencing the group, but the music maintained the melodies and
arrangements that had marked the group’s rise to fame.
I am also a sucker for the albums of “Revolver” and “Rubber
Soul” as being the transition albums from their pop start to their experimental,
psychedelic period.
Of course, there is also a place in my heart for the
sometimes gritty, sometimes saccharin moments of “Let It Be” and “Abbey Road.”
With all that being true, “Help!” was the group’s last and
best purely pop album. It’s loaded with catchy jams and successful singles. Maybe
it’s link to the hokey movie hurts its place in the discography, but I don’t
know if that really matters. The reality was the movie was just a series of
music videos strung together by a loose, goofy storyline and slapstick British humor.
Most people probably haven’t seen it.
I always think of this as a John album. I guess it’s because
he’s the lead on the title track and another hit in “You’ve Got to Hide Your
Love Away.” In reality, Paul and George
make lasting contributions, and Ringo covers “Act Naturally” nicely.
I was thinking that I should rank my favorite Beatles albums
here, but that’s something I’d really have to study. Maybe later in the year.
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