The Beatles
The Magical Mistery Tour

After "Sgt Pepper", the four from Liverpool decided to further expand their perceptions of the world. The use of hard drugs, LSD above all, led baronets Lennon and McCartney on increasingly uncharted paths with unique results. Let's say the sacrifice of quite a few neurons was worth it, as we can now enjoy beautiful and timeless works. The crazy idea of the "Magical Mystery Tour" came to Paul, who, after illustrating the project for the film to Lennon, obtained full approval and fruitful collaboration.

The film directed and produced by the four is a hallucinating journey through amusing sketches, like the famous dream where John shovels spaghetti onto Ringo's chubby aunt's table, and moments of absolute Acid Trip, such as the execution of "I'm The Walrus". The film was panned by critics but became a cult in film universities, where two students named Steven Spielberg and George Lucas found it ingenious and a huge source of inspiration. The soundtrack, originally released only in the USA, is excellent as it features songs from the film and famous 45s, such as "Penny Lane" finally available on 33. The opening track, the title track, is a driving and powerful bass and drum melody, with horns crowning Paul's and John's interventions. The song also works live, as McCartney demonstrated in 1993 by including it in his world tour setlist. "The Fool On The Hill" is a Beatlesian page of immense poetic richness, an extraordinary McCartney confirms the best moment of his artistic life by crafting a perfect melody, with the recorder highlighting the dreamy effect of the song. Once again, Paul offers a song for the famous staircase descent finale, "Your Mother Should Know", which harks back to the 1920s and 1930s musical genres so loved by McCartney. It takes the best Lennon to produce the psychedelic age masterpiece, "I'm The Walrus", an eternally impactful song, hallucinatory in its music mixed with radio interferences, voices, screams, and laughter that enhance a text inspired by Carroll's work. The work is completed by an excellent example of Harrison's mystical vein, "Blue Jay Way", and the great classics, "Strawberry Fields Forever", "All You Need Is Love", and "Hello Goodbye".

In this album, Lennon and McCartney still write songs together. From the subsequent "The Beatles" onwards, Yoko Ono's arrival would almost irreparably separate the two, as they would live in the group together, respecting each other but hardly ever writing four-handed songs again. Then, the painful separation would occur during the "Let It Be" sessions, and the two would attempt a rapprochement in 1974, the infamous Lost Weekend of Lennon. But only in 1976 would the opportunity for a peace both wanted arise, then everything ended on December 8th twenty-five years ago.