The Beatles
Rubber Soul
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AMG Review of Rubber Soul
Richie Unterberger
All Music GuideWhile the Beatles still largely stuck to love songs on Rubber Soul, the lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds. The group and George Martin were also beginning to expand the conventional instrumental parameters of the ock group, using a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Greek-like guitar lines on "Michelle" and "Girl," fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and a piano made to sound like a harpsichord on the instrumental break of "In My Life." While John and Paul were beginning to carve separate songwriting identities at this point, the album is full of great tunes, from "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Michelle" to "Girl," "I'm Looking Through You," "You Won't See Me," "Drive My Car," and "Nowhere Man" (the last of which was the first Beatle song to move beyond romantic themes entirely). George Harrison was also developing into a fine songwriter with his two contributions, "Think for Yourself" and the Byrds-ish "If I Needed Someone."
When I should've been born... musically
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First off, I feel as though I have to vent about my irritation with my internet. Something about our internet access prevents MOG from working on my computer, which keeps me from writing as often as I'd like (and especially, from commenting on most of your very thoughtful posts.) MOG doesn't recognize my password, so to log in each time, I have to do the "forgot password" and wait for the email...
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Pilgrimage
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Ever felt the need to visit the place where your favorite band came together, your favorite music was recorded, or your favorite musician was born, forged his or her career, or got that first big break?This past weekend, I was flipping through a packet of old, as yet undigitized vacation photos, and I came across a few shots of me in front of various London landmarks – and I don’t mean the Hou
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Beat the Meetles
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Is there a more iconographic rock band in history than the Fab Four themselves - The Beatles? I'd give that a hearty N-O. It might be said that, since the dawn of rock and roll, images of Elvis and Bob Dylan are the only others with as much resonance as those of Beatles John, Paul, George and Ringo together in their 1960s heyday. (And record sales notwithstanding, forget about including Michael...
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Pilgrimage
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Ever felt the need to visit the place where your favorite band came together, your favorite music was recorded, or your favorite musician was born, forged his or her career, or got that first big break?This past weekend, I was flipping through a packet of old, as yet undigitized vacation photos, and I came across a few shots of me in front of various London landmarks – and I don’t mean the Hou
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A song from my mother
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Taylspin posted a question about mothers and music. My mother is a huge music fan and introduced me to all kinds of music. She also supported anything I ever wanted to listen to, and never, ever censored my musical tastes. I remember when I was eight years old and wanted to check out the musicals "Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" from the library. My mother was a strict Catholic, but she neve...
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The Beatle's Digital Catalog
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I happened to notice just now that the Beatles are listed as one of the top artists here on MOG (not surprising) and got to wondering what happened to the remastered digital catalog that we heard so much ballyhoo about? They seem to have become invisible.I did a quick (and admittedly not thorough) Google search just now and came up with stories from 2007! I'd heard at one point Sir Paul had d...
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Norwegian Wood
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"(Lennon/McCartney)I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had meShe showed me her room, isn't it good, norwegian wood?She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhereSo I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chairI sat on the rug, biding my time, drinking her wineWe talked until two and then she said, "It's time for bed"She told me she worked in the morning and started to laughI...
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Run For Your Life
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(Lennon/McCartney)Well I'd rather see you dead, little girlThan to be with another manYou better keep your head, little girlOr I won't know where I amYou better run for your life if you can, little girlHide your head in the sand little girlCatch you with another manThat's the end ah little girlWell I know that I'm a wicked guyAnd I was born with a jealous mindAnd I can't spend my whole lifeTryi...
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When I should've been born... musically
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First off, I feel as though I have to vent about my irritation with my internet. Something about our internet access prevents MOG from working on my computer, which keeps me from writing as often as I'd like (and especially, from commenting on most of your very thoughtful posts.) MOG doesn't recognize my password, so to log in each time, I have to do the "forgot password" and wait for the email...
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The Word
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(Lennon/McCartney)Say the word and you'll be freeSay the word and be like meSay the word I'm thinking ofHave you heard the word is love?It's so fine, it's sunshineIt's the word, loveIn the beginning I misunderstoodBut now I've got it, the word is goodSpread the word and you'll be freeSpread the word and be like meSpread the work I'm thinking ofHave you heard the word is love?It's so fine, it's ...
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Girl
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"(Lennon/McCartney)Is there anybody going to listen to my storyAll about the girl who came to stay?She's the kind of girl you want so muchIt makes you sorryStill, you don't regret a single dayAh girlGirlWhen I think of all the times I've tried so hard to leave herShe will turn to me and start to cryAnd she promises the earth to meAnd I believe herAfter all this times I don't know whyAh, girlGir...
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In My Life (rare with alternate piano solo)
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Track:In My Life (rare take with alternate piano solo)
This is an alternate take with a different piano solo than the official version.
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What a Drag it Is Gettin' Old
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It seems like only yesterday that you were cool if you wore your Beatles t-shirt or dragged your Beatles lunchbox to school (you know, the one with the broken handle), and if you happened to idly hum "Hey Jude" while walking down the street you were sure to meet someone who would hum along. As kids, girls loved The Beatles, the guys were into the Stones, it was as simple as that. Although,...
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The Beatles - Girl
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is there anybody listen to my storyall about the girl who came to stayshe's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorrystill you don't regret a single dayoh girl girlwhen i think of all the times i tried so hard to leave hershe will turn to me and start to cryand she promises the earth to me and i believe herafter all this time i don't know whyoh girl (iç çek)girlshe's the kind of girl.
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the bridge
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so we went to the presidio today and we stumbled upon the Golden Gate Bridge...even though I have been many times before...i havent been since ....well he tried to ruin it...he knew it was my favorite thing...it symbolized me being far away from you....until you came to it...i just want to tell you...it didnt work! How can your ugly face in front of the golden gate hurt me? I think it should ha...
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Legal and Free Mp3 Downloads at Ez-Tracks
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Like most other people on this site, I love music! Unfortunately, I’ve yet to become a millionaire, and until then I’ve had to get creative with how I get my music. Thankfully my good buddy Google turned me onto this amazing website called EZ-Tracks.com which offers Free MP3 Downloads! I don’t want to gush too much, but Ez-tracks.com is just so good! I love to dance and this is my favor
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