This is The Beatles 7th album if I'm not mistaken. Released in the middle of glorious year 1966. As George Harrison said before, REVOLVER is a sequel to the Rubber Soul album. The fab four is an adult now. They are playing a different kind of music, musical aura and of course their appearance. As we all know, George Harrison is so addicted and devoted to traditional Indian music. His contribution in this album was so BIG. No doubt, the dynamic duo Lennon/McCartney was still handling the steer of the Beatles ship.
Their last last UK concert was right after the Rubber Soul promo and the straight back to Abbey Road Studio, London. We all remember the single Pepperback Writer. Such an obvious changes in sound appearance. The legendary Geoff Emerick was the sound engineer for that song. Since that song came to Beatle' Mania's head, we all knew what will be the sound like. HUMONGOUS.
This album was the first Beatles album I've ever heard. I found the CD on the CD shelf inside my mom's bedroom. My fragile egg-shelled mind was possessed by the greatness of them.
Believe it or not to make this great album, they took ONLY 2 (two) funking months!! Unbelievable! The producer was the one and only George Martin. But can you believe this? Make a comparison now now now! Pick 1 band the 21st Century era and compare to Revolver. In my head, I found a large sum of similarities. Pick the track And your Bird Can Sing and compare it to Coldplay for example. It's the same! Crazy!
The other amazement of this album was the track called Yellow Submarine. The song was pure unconscious imagination. It was Paul McCartney who made this song. He took a nap on his sofa and he had a dream about a life in a yellow submarine. There you have it, He wrote it and make it catchy, let Ringo sing the song, and TARAAAAAA!! WE ALL LIVE IN YELLOW SUBMARINE!
They were on drugs in this album. The truth is, Got to get you into my life was a story about Paul's addiction to uncertain drugs. Paul was the key of this album (certainly HE IS THE BEATLES!). Here there and everywhere, Elanor Rigby and the humongous bass pattern in Harrison's Taxman, was an absolute key that He is the key of this album.
BUT, the one and only thing that make this album was so special was Lennon's Tomorrow Never Knows. The song was so psychedelic. This song was the big bang of the psychedelic era for The Beatles. I remember what Paul said on Anthology III. John came to the studio, picked up his guitar and start to sing. The lyric was straight to the point, the chord is only C major all the way, Ringo's drum pattern was malapropism (brutal), and the ambiance of the song was so thrilling. We can hear John's voice was like singing in the top of the mountain. He took a multi track recording and combine it into one track and make a chorus effect to the song. Another brilliant vision of George Martin and Geoff Emerick.
And of course, the most important of all about this song is the tape loop effect by George Martin. Tape Loop was a recording tape that being played backwardly. This was a big experiment by Lennon/McCartney and Martin. It sounded like a slow-motion guitar play but has a big meaning, tearing and swearing somehow.
This album was one of the greatest album of all time. The album was ranked number 3 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Album of all time. Which, for me is so relevance and acceptable (#1 is Sgt. Peppers and #2 is Beach boys : Pet Sounds). Totally acceptable :)
And in the end, we all must know that tomorrow is still unknown and God is here, there and everywhere. Taxman is a pure bullshit and and your bird can sing well. In the morning we say Good day sunshine and some of us saying, I'm only sleeping! Hehe. click here for another info about this amazing album!
We'll see each other again somewhere and somehow :)
Abz.
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