Welcome back... So now that you're acquainted with the characters of the story, now it's time to jump head first into the content. Content seems to be the ultimate word of the 2020's. The zeitgeist of every social media influencer, video maker, musician and podcaster is making content, and wether or not that content is good, meaningful or even exceptional is for us consumers to ultimately decided and reject. Given the short time the Beatles were together, and the Swinging London and Apple Record apparatus, not including the films, other music and books during their life time, they produced a lot of "content". To sort thru the "muck and the mire", I'm going to walk thru the Beatles Essential albums, films, and books to get one more involved in the Beatle world. Essential Beatle Books The Anthology Project brings the entire lifespan in a cohesive narrative, aligning the Beatles story to Joseph Campbell's hero's journey. It's a great icebr...
I have a lot of free time on my hands as of right now, so I've been thinking a lot about God, life and, of course, the Beatles. I'm ressurecting this blog during downtime to put down random thoughts on what it entails to be a Beatles fan. One thought I keep coming to is that the music of the Beatles is synonymous with the lives the Beatles lived. Their work is one of the few cultural sparks that is not only formed by the past, the present, as they were crafting thier work and the future of what-could be. We don't get to Sgt. Pepper without Revolver, and we don't get to "I Feel Fine" without "Love Me Do". Then, we don't get "My Sweet Lord" without "Long, Long, Long". Nor do we get Rose Red Speedway without Abbey Road, or we get the Bee Gees's Sgt. Pepper film without Danny Boyle's Yesterday. This is a critical analysis of work compounded on work to create work or to undo work in other cases. Her...