Comments on: The Beatles Mono Reviews 8: Revolver

By: TAD

TAD — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:46:56 +0000

Yeah, that’s always been my impression of Run For Your Life. I suspect John just dashed off the lyrics without much thought.

By: Andrew Hickey

Andrew Hickey — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:25:38 +0000

No problem. I just hope you’re OK.

By: monstermike

monstermike — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:40:32 +0000

I think that’s the problem. Run For Your Life sounds like it was written without any intent at all…

By: Andrew Hickey

Andrew Hickey — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:58:35 +0000

Because it’s meant as a joke, whereas Run For Your Life is intended to be serious…

By: TAD

TAD — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:41:49 +0000

If Run For Your Life gets singled out for its misogynism, how can you neglect Maxwell Silver Hammer, and it’s serial killerness?

By: David Allison

David Allison — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:30:20 +0000

Andrew, just to say — thanks for the kind words and thoughts. It’s been a tough week, and the support of my fellow bloggers has been very much appreciated!

That sounds kind’ve hollow and empty, but that’s just because I’m too wiped out to express myself properly right now.

I’ll look into the situation with the possible virus on my blog over the weekend, if I get the chance.

Thank once more.

Take care.

David

By: monstermike

monstermike — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:19:46 +0000

That was the US release of [i]Revolver.[/i] All of the Lennon songs save “She Said” and “Tomorrow Never Knows” were left off, which had to have been fascinating for the American market – a real sense that Something Was Up With John (and not for the last time).

By: Andrew Hickey

Andrew Hickey — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:45:29 +0000

Oh yeah, FAAB (which I’m sure was chosen at least in part for the acronym) is interesting on that level (though the middle eight just *asks* for negative criticism), but it’s just a not-very-good track. Not bad – there’s a base level of competence there which you’d expect from those involved – but not good either.

Always thought they should have got Roy Wood rather than Jeff Lynne to produce…

And the comment form’s doing that for me too. I think this new style doesn’t like threading much.

By: pillock

pillock — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:32:01 +0000

Amazingly, then he goes and does it one better in “Real Love”! I always think “Free As A Bird” is best appreciated as a metatextual marvel of a post-Beatles song…those verses are John in the Seventies, that middle eight’s all Paul now, etc…

Hmm, your comment form’s doing something funny, Andrew…do I need HD?

By: Justin Zyduck

Justin Zyduck — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:49:27 +0000

Ooh, I want to defend Jeff Lynne but I’m not so sure I can in this instance. I do actually really *really* like Free As A Bird as a song, but yeah, I’d have thought he’d want to lay off the trademark production style just a bit to let the Beatle-y-ness breathe. The worst thing that can be said of it, I think, is that he really mechanizes Ringo with the sound and that insistence on the 2-4 snare beat.

It does have one of my all-time favorite George solos in it, though. Very simple, but the sound on the held notes is fantastic.