An Unabashed Appreciation
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In the New Yorker, Jordan Orlando praises "The Beatles" on its 50th anniversary. A few questions, RE: Beatles music:
* Was it intentional, or do the opening few bars of their Sgt. Pepper's recording just happen to sound Native American? Curious, when the opening lyric on their next effort is "Back in US, back in the US, back in the USSR".
* As for the White Album's best..., that clanging cowbell sound revving up "...Me and My Monkey"... isn't that an old-fashioned fire alarm?
* And isn't the real emergence of Beatle politics found in "Bungalow Bill"? It seems like a pure anti-imperialist, anti-war song to me. Whereas "Revolution" can actually be seen as the other side of the coin...or perhaps, both sides.
* Isn't "Sexy Sadie" perfect as a humming-to-oneself spirit booster? It's a patient locomotive that keeps pulling, no matter how grim one's circumstances.
* And finally, wouldn't the brash, aggressive, wasteland of rock 'n' roll excess yet to come, be a lot easier to listen to if it had followed the Beatles' mix of melody with climaxing sound, witness "Helter Skelter"?
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