katiediddler
(one of the dominoes, hopefully near the back) | | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 12:01 | |
romeotuma wrote:
"We were talking about the space between us all
And the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion..."
With this song, the Beatles define the literal meaning of the thematic structure of the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band... the entire album is about the barriers people put between each other, and the illusions people hide behind...
the cover of the album, which shows the Beatles as real people alongside the Sergeant Pepper's band in full consume, symbolizes the masks people hide behind— the real image of the Beatles versus the image of them in costume playing a part...
this is the best album of all time, not only because the music is soooo good, but because it is so profound...
Pink Floyd touches on the same theme, with The Wall representing the barriers that people wrap around themselves...
both albums are like Shakespeare in their high art...
Thanks, Romeo. Beside the wonderfully varied and vital music on RP, the reason I tune in is to learn something about the music I love and am being introduced to. Comments like yours make this a very fulfilling experience, day in and day out. It's grease for the grind. |
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Rooney
(Near Paradise) | | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 11:57 | |
ziakut wrote:Gee...if this were not a Beatles tune...and NOT on Sgt. Pepper's album...it would most certainly NOT get such a high rating. These same voters would bow out of a high score for the tune if it were written and performed by some unknown middle eastern artist. Hmm..."It's the Beatles, man...gotta give it a high score!"....I personally like this...but it's not because it's Beatles.
Yeppers.  |
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d-don
(Oregon) | | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 11:56 | |
This music is timeless. George, you are still, and always will be, within us.  |
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Rooney
(Near Paradise) | | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 11:56 | |
I'm a huge Beatles fan. Yet, when this song came on when I played the album, I always skipped it. So sue me....  |
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jackiebd
(Massachusetts) | | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 11:55 | |
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Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida) | | Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 22:33 | |
Inexpressibly subtle, beautiful, spiritual, emotional, sublime...
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 10:00 | |
"We were talking about the space between us all
And the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion..."
With this song, the Beatles define the literal meaning of the thematic structure of the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band... the entire album is about the barriers people put between each other, and the illusions people hide behind...
the cover of the album, which shows the Beatles as real people alongside the Sergeant Pepper's band in full consume, symbolizes the masks people hide behind— the real image of the Beatles versus the image of them in costume playing a part...
this is the best album of all time, not only because the music is soooo good, but because it is so profound...
Pink Floyd touches on the same theme, with The Wall representing the barriers that people wrap around themselves...
both albums are like Shakespeare in their high art...
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gabrielle7nt
(4.7 miles from my summer home) | | Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 09:53 | |
I need something to cheer me up, too.
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Dave_Mack
(Homeward bound, I wish I was) | | Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 09:52 | |
I was thinking earlier I needed some George to cheer me up. Thanks, Bill. It's funny though, I always used to skip this song when I was a kid playing Sgt. Pepper's on my parents' "low-fi". For me, the side started with "When I'm 64". I dig it now.
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skibbenr
(halifax, ns, canada) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 19:52 | |
And maybe all it takes is an appreciation for 'world' music. I think George opened me up to that way back when and I've never looked back. Man, there is so much great music coming from Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America that I still don't get those folks stuck in the greatest hits of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00's.
Carl wrote:
Maybe that's what it takes to appreciate this song.
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evenflower
(On a pillow made of concrete) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 19:51 | |
The song "Half" by Soundgarden sounds like an (unbelievably awesome) evolution of this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHh-2T84gL8
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 19:50 | |
Cruithne3753 wrote:Apparently, George Martin is to release an album of Beatles stuff mixed up... this to be "mashed" with Tomorrow Never Knows... Not sure if it is a good or bad idea.
Hopefully by now you've heard it. IMHO it's stunning. |
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Carl
(The Summit City) | | Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 10:01 | |
romeotuma wrote:
"Within You Without You" was written on a harmonium at the house of long-time Beatles friend Klaus Voormann, while "there were lots of joints being smoked..."
Maybe that's what it takes to appreciate this song. |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 10:00 | |
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shutter
(You can't get here from there) | | Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 09:59 | |
Rates a 9-at least- just for the cool uniqueness factor. Quintessential hippie stuff ;^)
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Cachatons
(Califas) | | Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 09:59 | |
suebee3 wrote:The only Beatles tune I could do without. Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, |
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Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida) | | Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 09:58 | |
My favorite Beatles piece from my favorite Beatle. What a great arranger and student George was!
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xtalman
(What dimension?) | | Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 09:58 | |
This was the first album I actually bought. I had heard it many times since my uncle was a hugh Beatles fan, he was the prime age for it. Still have it some where, also was the first CD I got many years later.
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1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California) | | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 16:34 | |
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Rafter101
(Davis, California) | | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 16:32 | |
It gets a 10. Just cuz—that's the benefits for being a Beatle song.
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tulfan
(One of the last ones in SE MI) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 05:04 | |
Usually found myself gravitating toward George songs for a bit of the "alternative" on Beatles efforts. Have grown to greatly appreciate his vision and ability to relay it through his timeless music...
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mandolin
(...drifting...) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2010 - 07:43 | |
...surprisingly, this is the first time i've heard the original played on RP, rather than that abomination from love - kudos!..
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2010 - 07:43 | |
"Within You Without You" features only Harrison and a group of uncredited Indian musicians, although producer George Martin arranged the string section, and Harrison and assistant Neil Aspinall played the tambura... according to Prema Music, dilrubha player Amrit Gajjar played on the track... it is the second of Harrison's songs to be explicitly influenced by Indian classical music, after "Love You To", and Harrison's only composition on Sgt. Pepper... "Within You Without You" was written on a harmonium at the house of long-time Beatles friend Klaus Voormann, while "there were lots of joints being smoked..." love it...
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calypsus_1
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Antigone
(A house, in a valley, Virginia) | | Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 11:04 | |
peacockangel wrote:Who is the guy at the top on the album cover ~ second from the left?
This website has a diagram of the cover photograph. |
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oldviolin
(Esse quam videri) | | Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 11:03 | |
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suebee3
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The only Beatles tune I could do without. |
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ziakut
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 11:03 | |
Gee...if this were not a Beatles tune...and NOT on Sgt. Pepper's album...it would most certainly NOT get such a high rating. These same voters would bow out of a high score for the tune if it were written and performed by some unknown middle eastern artist. Hmm..."It's the Beatles, man...gotta give it a high score!"....I personally like this...but it's not because it's Beatles.
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keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 21:10 | |
Walrus_Gumbo wrote:Quite a touchy wanker as well!  Not really ... I just think that namecallers should take their act to their local schoolyard and leave the RP comments pages to the adults. |
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gjr
(boston, ma) | | Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 05:24 | |
could never get into this song...............
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