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Rating: Why buy this record, since we already know the Beatles by heart?
- ... because it’s that group from the '60s where John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr played together;
- ... because the remastered tracks have an AMAZING sound, the intro of "I Am The Walrus" is a movie for the ears (to quote Zappa), while the wonderful yet refined three-part harmony of "Because" reminds you of the Beatles. Damn, they ARE the Beatles!
- ... because it’s a unique 78-minute suite (the younger ones will pretend to fall asleep but then will listen to it secretly);
- ... because while you listen, you forget that this new financial bill is quite heavy;
- ... because there's "Something", "my favorite Lennon-McCartney piece," as Frank Sinatra once said live. (Actually, the piece is by Harrison, but after all, singers are made, not born).
- ... because the solo in "The End" by Ringo Starr is heard in stereo, with guitar solos starting on both channels and dissolving into the opening chord of "A Hard Day's Night", while the American groove of "Get Back" begins;
- ... because they are songs that still rock today and send shivers down the spine to everyone who has loved the original vinyls for years or the tapes recorded from rented CDs when there were still rentals. I remember, there was one here in Rome near a place selling croissants for 500 lire, then it was shut down. (The rental, not the croissant place);
- ... because they are the most rightfully valued group in the world, even Hegel and his cultural operators could not think otherwise;
- ... because George Martin's son, one of the curators of the operation, was a member of Kula Shaker;
- ... because it does not in any way undermine the previous and official discography, it rather elevates and exalts it to a work of absolute art;
- ... because they are the presentation of the remasters of the back catalogue coming out next year, and if the sound is so crystal-clear... everyone will be ready with their checks!
- ... because the finale of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" has never sounded so metal;
- ... because there's "Here Comes The Sun";
- ... because there's the Indian melody of "Within You Without You" sung over the bass and drums of "Tomorrow Never Knows". (how does it feel to be a copycat, Chemical Noel?)
- ... because Ringo was the funniest of them all, and not such a bad drummer. Damn, in forty years what will we say about Jonas Wanigen then?
- ... because "Gnik Nus" is not a side project of Gnarls Barkley, but "Sun King" backwards;
- ... because there's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in an acoustic-demo version with strings that reportedly moved Harrison's widow to tears;
- ... because there's "Strawberry Fields Forever" which unfolds in a triumph of quotations, from the harpsichord of "Piggies" to the speed-varied solo in "Penny Lane", from the little voices in "Hello Goodbye" to the merry and somewhat poppy horns of "Sgt. Peppers";
- ... because there's "Sgt. Peppers reprise", my friend Jollyman's favorite track;
- ... because the solo in "Taxman" was played by McCartney (here inserted in a bold mix of "Drive My Car", "What You're Doing", and "The Word";
- ... because the drums on "Back in the USSR" were played by McCartney after a fight with Starr;
- ... because "Hey Jude" was written by McCartney (here in an almost "gospel" version with a renewed ending);
- ... because "Come Together" is "Come Together", and John Lennon had talent to spare;
- ... because the distorted guitar that opens "Revolution" makes Don Caballero seem like Den Harrow's backing band;
- ... because it kicks ass, AND THAT'S IT!
In short, not buying this record automatically qualifies you as IDIOTS.
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Yesterday (02:09)
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it look as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Why she had to go
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
02 I'll Follow the Sun (01:52)
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Little darling
It's been a long, cold lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Little darling
The smiles returning to the faces
Little darling
It seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Little darling
I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling
It seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
It's all right
It's all right
04 Girl (02:31)
Is there anybody going to listen to my story
All about the girl who came to stay?
She's the kind of girl
You want so much it makes you sorry
Still you don't regret a single day
Ah, girl, Girl, Girl
When I think of all the times
I tried to hard to leave her
She will turn to me and start to cry
And she promises the earth to me
And I believe her
After all this time I don't know why
Ah, girl, girl, girl
She's the kind of girl who puts you down
When friends are there
You feel a fool
When you say she's looking good
She acts as if it's understood
She's cool, ooh, oo, oo, oo
Girl, girl, girl
Was she told when she was young
That pain would lead to pleasure
Did she understand it when they said
That a man must break his back
To earn his day of leisure?
Will she still believe it when he's dead
Ah, girl, girl, girl
Girl
07 Here, There and Everywhere (02:28)
To lead a better life,
I need my love to be here.
Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there.
There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there.
I want her everywhere
And if she's beside me I know I need never care.
But to love her is to need her
Everywhere, knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there.
I want her everywhere
And if she's beside me I know I need never care.
But to love her is to need her
Everywhere, knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there.
I will be there, and everywhere.
Here, there and everywhere.
08 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
10 If I Fell (02:23)
If I fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
'Cause I've been in love before
And I've found that love was more
Than just holding hands
If I give my heart to you
I must be sure from the very start
That you would love me more than her
If I trust in you, oh please
Don't run and hide,
if I love you too, oh please
Don't hurt my pride like her
'Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad
If our new love was in vain
So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
'Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad
If our new love was in vain
So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
If I fell in love with you
13 Yes It Is (02:42)
If you wear red tonight
Remember what I said tonight
For red is the colour that my baby wore
and what's more it's true
Yes it is
Scarlet were clothes she wore
Everybody know I'm sure
I would remember all the things we planned
understand it's true
Yes it is, it's true
Yes it is
I could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride
Yes it is, yes it is, Oh, yes it is, yeh
Please don't wear red tonight
This is what I said tonight
For red is the colour that will make me blue
in spite of you it's true
Yes it is, it's true
Yes it is
I could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride
Yes it is, yes it is, Oh, yes it is, yeh
Please don't wear red tonight
This is what I said tonight
For red is the colour that will make me blue
in spite of you it's true
Yes it is, it's true
Yes it is, it's true
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