07-12-2005, 04:38 PM
For those not in the know ("Hmmm... Beatles... yeah, i think i've heard of 'em"), here's a cut and paste review from an amazon poster that describes Side 2 of Abbey Road pretty well...
Pretty much sums it up.
source: Karl Rove... just kidding! I'm sure even he's heard of the Beatles (while burning their albums in the 60s).
The review is actually from some dude named Sal Neudo. You can find it at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/...52-6224737
What's shocking about Abbey Road, as eluded to above, is when you consider how many classic Beatles songs there are throughout their catalogue. Then, to finish it up, they decide to rattle off this 20-minute suite just in case anyone didn't think they had it in them, as if to go, "yeah, we could make Dark Side of the Moon, if we felt like it, but let's call it a day instead."
I'm not a huge Beatles fan, but Abbey Road (especially Side 2) is something special.
Quote:Starting at "You Never Give Me Your Money," the album transforms into a hot-potato medley of one inherently melodic song after another, as if the guys went composition-crazy and miraculously melded some of their best songs into one boiling pot and spewed everything out in one shockingly creative assembly line of tracks that just blend together magically. It's like a movie score with words or a spur-of-the moment "best of" mixture. Undoubtedly, Paul McCartney and John Lennon deserve the lion's share of credit for creating some of the best songs in the history of rock and roll in a span of twenty minutes on the second side of one album. The guys sound excited, joyful, happy to be alive, inspiring, crazy, and willing to experiment.
Pretty much sums it up.
source: Karl Rove... just kidding! I'm sure even he's heard of the Beatles (while burning their albums in the 60s).
The review is actually from some dude named Sal Neudo. You can find it at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/...52-6224737
What's shocking about Abbey Road, as eluded to above, is when you consider how many classic Beatles songs there are throughout their catalogue. Then, to finish it up, they decide to rattle off this 20-minute suite just in case anyone didn't think they had it in them, as if to go, "yeah, we could make Dark Side of the Moon, if we felt like it, but let's call it a day instead."
I'm not a huge Beatles fan, but Abbey Road (especially Side 2) is something special.