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Paul is dead. The evidence would allegedly hide in the details.
If you look at the now famous cover depiction of the album, you will understand that Sir McCartney is the only one differing from the other FAB 4. In other words, the only one whose stride begins with the right foot and not the left, and moreover, he walks on the crosswalk barefoot.
These are only two of the distressing clues that would confirm the demise of the baronet. As they say, the devil is in the details. And here we go again.
The conjectured loss of McCartney represents one of the darkest legends concerning the Beatles universe. For the most cynical, a simple and clever gossip meant to raise the hair of the unsuspecting fans. But if it were mere mythology, it's worth saying, it is nothing short of meticulous. Because you need to know that in every album of the "Beatles" (from "Yellow Submarine" onwards), apparently, numerous riddles and hints about it would be concealed. A real case indeed.
So, let's see.
Paul allegedly disappeared in a car accident and was then replaced by a look-alike particularly similar to him (please!!!). But even if that were the case, the substitute contender makes us not miss the best McCartney (a harsh truth since his most inspired phase is precisely that of the period following the supposed disappearance!).
This "Abbey Road", in fact, is dominated first and foremost by Paul's particular state of grace, as he tests himself in the album's authentic pillars. The final medley. From four incomplete and disconnected compositions, that genius builds a sober but flashy, essential, and majestic mosaic. As if that weren't enough, "You Never Give Me Your Money", a little splendor built on some piano phrases and placed in the middle of the lineup, whose is it? Yes, still his, the genius of the moment.
Elsewhere, there is subtle glory for George Harrison who signs here two of his most successful songs ever. "Something" is a small pop fresco with perfect writing and execution, while "Here Comes The Sun" is a little electro-acoustic gem born from the direct influence of a certain Eric Clapton (according to the author himself).
Lennon, particularly discontent with the project, contributes his part with the song that opens the album. The explicitly erotic nature of "Come Together" draws a brilliant example of a song destined to worm its way into your head, thanks to a very sharp and circular bass riff (who could have played it?). While the avant-garde masterpiece "Because" is said to have been inspired by none other than Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", played backwards. After all, in the state he was in, John was not really able to make him sing a chart-topping tune. All the better.
Poor Starr tries, but his contribution as an author is anything but unforgettable. In compensation, his percussion performances, here like in no other of the baronets' albums, render wonderfully and even ooze a lot of creative impulse.
Special mention also for the mantra of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", a sort of psychedelic experiment that from an expressive point of view torments just like a nightmare you can't escape from.
I was thinking. But what if today's Paul, the abundant pampered of the star system, really died more than thirty years ago?
The math doesn't add up.
Paranormal situations that even the very strange little green men (argh...) from far-off worlds would have gotten exhausted by, delivering themselves in despair to the earthly world.
Then again, a pair of headphones, a little less than an hour available, and the journey is complete. With the awareness that each time can lead you to different experiences, in millions of fragmented and upside-down visions impossible to describe. So immense, gloomy, and mysterious when not visionary and excruciating.
But it is really indispensable.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Come Together (04:21)
Here come old flat top
He come groovin' up slowly
He got ju-ju eyeball
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knees
Got to be a joker
He just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine
He got toe jam football
He got monkey finger
He shoot Coca Cola
He say I know you, you know me
One thing I can tell you is
You got to be free
Come together, right now
Over me
He bag production
He got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard
He one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knees
Hold you in his arms yeah
You can feel his disease
Come together, right now
Over me
He roller coaster
He got early warning
He got muddy water
He one Mojo filter
He say one and one and one is three
Got to be good looking
'Cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now
Over me
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
02 Something (03:03)
Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around and it may show
I don't know, I don't know
Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
04 Oh! Darling (03:27)
Oh, darling
Please believe me
I'll never do you no harm
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
Oh, darling
If you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I beg you
Don't ever leave me alone
When you told me
You didn't need me anymore
Well, you know, I nearly
Broke down and cried
When you told me
You didn't need me anymore
Well, you know, I nearly
Broke down and died
Oh, darling
If you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
Believe me, darling
When you told me
You didn't need me anymore
Well, you know, I nearly
Broke down and cried
When you told me
You didn't need me anymore
Well, you know, I nearly
Broke down and died
Oh, darling
Please believe me
I'll never let you down
Oh, believe me, darling
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
06 I Want You (She's So Heavy) (07:47)
I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
I want you
I want you so bad, babe
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
I want you
I want you so bad, babe
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
She's so heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy
I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
I want you
I want you so bad, babe
I want you
You know I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
Yeah, she's so heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy
I want you
I want you so bad
I want you
I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
I want you
You know I want you so bad, babe
I want you
You know I want you so bad
It's driving me mad
It's driving me mad
Yeah
She's so
12 Polythene Pam (01:13)
Well you should see Polythene Pam
She's so good looking but she looks like a man
Well you should see her in drag
Dressed in a polythene bag
Yes you should see Polythene Pam
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Get a dose of her in jackboots and kilt
She's killer-diller when she's dressed to the hilt
She's the kind of a girl
That makes the "News of the World"
Yes you could say she was attractively built
Yeah, yeah, yeah
14 Golden Slumbers (01:32)
Once there was a way, to get back homeward
Once there was a way, to get back home
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Golden Slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Once there was a way, to get back homeward
Once there was a way, to get back home
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
15 Carry That Weight (01:37)
Boy, you're gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
I never give you my pillow
I only send you my invitation
And in the middle of the celebrations, I break down
Boy, you're gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
16 The End (02:20)
Oh yeah
Alright
Are you gonna be in my dreams
Tonight
Love you
Love you
Love you
Love you
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to
The love you make
17 Her Majesty (00:23)
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
But she doesn't have a lot to say
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
But she changes from day to day
I wanna tell her that I love her a lot
But I gotta get a belly full of wine
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
Someday I'm gonna make her mine
Oh yeah, someday I'm gonna make her mine
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By pinkoSpallino
This album is mainly famous for its cover, which portrays the 4 boys from Liverpool as they were heading towards their futures.
In short, a great album that demonstrates how this group created unforgettable things.
By Jack Darko
"Abbey Road is the true masterpiece of rock music, it is certainly the album that has influenced rock music the most."
"The track 'The End' is of astonishing beauty because it mixes a sort of primitive punk, rock, and a beautiful slow bit at the end. Absolute masterpiece."
By Braindamaged
Abbey Road was released, the last (but not last) of the 12 albums published by the Beatles.
Come Together has become a generational anthem and is electrifyingly beautiful.
By enbar77
"Abbey Road, despite everything, is a work of overwhelming charm, rich with exceptional pieces of pure rock."
"In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make."
By whereismymind
Between this record and any other, there is a chasm not to be found in the individual songs but in the magic and surreal balance of the whole.
With side B of Abbey Road, music reaches the top and from that moment on, it can only descend.
