Monday, January 9, 2017

"Tomorrow Never Knows" Album cut

IMHO, this track (the first recorded for the "Revolver" LP) represents all that was good and bad about the Beatles from then up until their end in 1970. Almost everything they did, drug-influenced or not (and this was pretty LSD-trippy) was sheer brilliance. The bulk of this song consists of tape loops the four of them put together individually, which George Martin assembled into a finished product. From a technical standpoint, their recording process was absolutely groundbreaking. They did things in the studio nobody else had even attempted at the time. But a few songs, like this one, came off as very self-indulgent. Apparently I hold a minority view because a sizable number of people say this was one of the greatest Beatle tracks ever. I respectfully disagree.


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