Tag: rubber soul
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90: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Norwegian Wood is a track from Rubber Soul. The original idea from the song came from John Lennon – it tells the story, cryptically, of a real-life extramarital affair. Lennon began working on the song while on a skiing holiday in Switzerland with his wife Cynthia and with George Martin and his wife Judy. The…
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94: Wait
Wait is a track from the Rubber Soul album, believed to have been written mainly by Paul McCartney. I’ve always enjoyed this song but, I admit, I don’t think I’d listened to it for a few years. For me it’s one of those that shows the Beatles really hitting their stride as writers and performers.…
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113: Think For Yourself
Think For Yourself is one of two George Harrison songs on the Rubber Soul album (the other being 57: If I Needed Someone, which by accident I reviewed yesterday, out of sequence). Musically, Think For Yourself has an unusual chord progression, which musicologists find hard to pin to a specific key. As Allan Pollack comments:…
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57: If I Needed Someone
If I Needed Someone is one of two George Harrison songs on Rubber Soul (the other being Think For Yourself). The story of this track sheds light on George’s continued growth as a songwriter, his relationship with other artists and aspects of his personality as he came to terms with fame. Musically the song is…
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137: Run For Your Life
Run For Your Life is a song written by John Lennon that appears on the Rubber Soul album. On the surface it is a catchy song with a very slight country flavour, beautiful guitar parts and harmonies, entirely in keeping with the rest of this excellent album. The crisp sound was innovative and plainly influential,…
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165: I’m Looking Through You
I’m Looking Through You is a Paul McCartney song from the Rubber Soul album. It has the crisp, clean production and cheerful, upbeat sound that characterises that album. So precise that were later imitations that you could be forgiven for thinking that you’re listening to the Monkees in 1966. But the superficially sunny tone masks…
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196: What Goes On
The first entry from Rubber Soul and another Ringo vocal. What Goes On has a country feel coming mainly from Harrison’s lead guitar. Like some of the other Ringo songs mentioned earlier in the thread it has a fairly static melody, but in this case it is brightened by strong dual harmonies throughout (fantastic throughout…