The Beatles
Within You Without You
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1967)

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lemmoth
Apr 16, 2013 - 12:44
Allright.

All comments from the fall of 2012 must now be expunged from the official record.

This is the Beatles and this is manifestly brilliant.

Look - I can't be objective because I fell in love at 12, explored every aspect of the band deeply and the songs, the albums, the phenomenom and the individual lives mean so much more to me.

But the folks who were negative this fall are entitled to their er... opinions.


Johray63
Feb 12, 2013 - 21:34
Of course I listen to it differently than I used to, but that doesn't mean it can't be meaningful, anymore.

BTW: If the cynical, blase comments represent what's new, than I maybe prefer what's dated.


philbertr
Feb 12, 2013 - 17:02
Oh my! The haters are out in force. But they're wrong. This is genius.


Lazarus
Jan 12, 2013 - 09:04

This is a brilliant song from the single best album of all time... Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a theme album— all of the songs have collective meaning for the overall message of the album...

"Within You Without You" is the first song on the second side of the good old LP... the lyrics are literal and they sum up the meaning of the songs on the first side of the album—

We were talking—about the space
between us all
And the people—who hide themselves
behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse the truth—then it's far
too late—when they pass away.
We were talking—about the love we all
could share—when we find it
To try our best to hold it there—with
our love
With our love—we could save the world
—if they only knew.

the original vinyl LP for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has the lyrics printed on the back— a list of poems that define the plot of the album...




tutakea
Jan 12, 2013 - 08:52
dated???? this is the most ridiculous remark posssible!
had to raise this from a 9 to a 10...

i was never a true fan of the beatles, but genius is genius is genius. period.


southcoastsounds
Dec 11, 2012 - 23:53
It sounds terribly dated now - and boring!


fredoki
Oct 10, 2012 - 06:23
Boring


ycb661
Oct 10, 2012 - 06:21
pass the hookah


joelbb
Sep 08, 2012 - 16:55
C'mon, Bill. This cut was only interesting back in the day when the Universal Light was lit and spinning along with the doobies. Don't think I can listen to it without a lava lamp in the room. There is FAR better Classical Indian to be played than George "Mediocre Guitarist" Harrison's efforts. And the lyrics... "What trippy words, man! Far out, man! Just dig on the MESSAGE**, man! I mean, like, I am one, you are one, we are one, The West is Won, man!" This is where John Lennon went all fatuous on us.

**We are wealthy occidentals who bought into this guru bullshit.


jocelynsart
Sep 08, 2012 - 16:44
I know I'm in the minority, but I've always found this gimmicky sounding.


wlpendley
Jul 07, 2012 - 19:07
Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ


(former member)
Jul 07, 2012 - 19:04
katiediddler wrote:

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.


Somehow I missed your post— thank you! Hope you are having a great time right this minute...

love this song... love this whole incredible album...

EDIT: Now I see that I did respond to your post... well, I mean it all again!



(former member)
Mar 02, 2012 - 21:24
haretic wrote:
Certainly, one of the greatest songs of all time.
The very epitome of "Godlike."



Yes... love it...


Bozo
Jan 31, 2012 - 05:33
How amazing this song was due to the fact that less than two years before they were those loveable mop-tops: the impact of George Martin upon their maturing musicianship can never be underestimated


marmelock
Jan 31, 2012 - 05:06
what a relief after Jane's Addiction


haretic
Dec 30, 2011 - 10:42
Certainly, one of the greatest songs of all time.
The very epitome of "Godlike."



romeotuma wrote:


This song sums up the thematic meaning of the album... this is a seminal song from the greatest album in the history of humanity... love it...








1wolfy
Dec 30, 2011 - 10:39
This song has traveled through time very well.




(former member)
Dec 30, 2011 - 10:36


This song is soooo good for the external auditory meatus...



Canlistener
Dec 30, 2011 - 10:36
Painful...


Templar13
Nov 28, 2011 - 17:07
All bow to George's superior Kung Fu! He was soooooooo far ahead of his time.
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