Apparently, they're number one. According to Billboard. According to Rolling Stone. According to RAII. They top all the lists. They are, irrefutably, number one.
I don't know why. Ok, I really shouldn't confess this, but I don't get it. Of course, I've only sampled a few songs, but the lyrics are shallow . . . Maybe I just need to find the right songs?
"We all live in a yellow submarine" sounds like a kid's song. That's fine, but really, all we need is love? "Yesterday" was a bit better lyrically, but still seemed simplistic.
Exactly! Simplistic. Idealistic. Happy. I suppose those aren't bad things, probably the very things that made them famous. Just feels immature to me? Man, I'm such a cynic!
I'm not saying I don't like them, I just don't get why they're number one. Truth is, I think I just need to keep trying them.
Today's song is . . .
The Beatles's "Help!"
Definitely my favorite out of the five or so I listened to, although the song's opening is a bit too much. (Wasn't that used for some commercial? I think that ruins it for me.)
Also, I like this video of it (maybe from the film? I dunno). For one thing, it gives me a close up of their faces, although I don't know which is which. Also, it has a nice aesthetic simplicity.
I don't know why. Ok, I really shouldn't confess this, but I don't get it. Of course, I've only sampled a few songs, but the lyrics are shallow . . . Maybe I just need to find the right songs?
"We all live in a yellow submarine" sounds like a kid's song. That's fine, but really, all we need is love? "Yesterday" was a bit better lyrically, but still seemed simplistic.
Exactly! Simplistic. Idealistic. Happy. I suppose those aren't bad things, probably the very things that made them famous. Just feels immature to me? Man, I'm such a cynic!
I'm not saying I don't like them, I just don't get why they're number one. Truth is, I think I just need to keep trying them.
Today's song is . . .
The Beatles's "Help!"
Definitely my favorite out of the five or so I listened to, although the song's opening is a bit too much. (Wasn't that used for some commercial? I think that ruins it for me.)
Also, I like this video of it (maybe from the film? I dunno). For one thing, it gives me a close up of their faces, although I don't know which is which. Also, it has a nice aesthetic simplicity.
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well, they were kind of the first big "boy band", in a sense, so i wouldn't expect too much depth. also, i'm pretty sure "yellow submarine" was written when they were drugged-up.
Hmm, classifying them as a "boy band" totally changes their image in my mind. But probably helps me understand a bit - because I get the modern boy band phenomena. It's strange, I never would have thought "boy band" could be the number one band. I guess it's like literature today that was trashy romance novels in its time (like Dracula).
Give "Eleanor Rigby" a whirl and see what you think of the lyrics. It's just the Beatles singing over a string quartet, so it's pretty easy to hear the lyrics.
After that, try deciphering "I Am The Walrus".
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