avant garde<\/em> composers like Stockhausen, but if so Revolution 9 doesn\u2019t really connect with me, although I admit it does have a unique, dark and unsettling texture\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\nLennon perhaps still thought he had to prove that the Beatles were not the loveable mop-top teen idols they had been taken for. Fine: Revolution #9 is the very opposite of pop and as accessible as James Joyce – we\u2019ve got the message!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, I think the real genius of the Beatles was the way they redefined popular music. And Revolution 9 is a step too far from \u201cpopular\u201d and \u201cmusic\u201d for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the Beatles started to work independently of one another during 1968 I wonder if there was a bit of a passive-aggressive \u201cF*ck You\u201d in the decision to include them on the album? \u2018If you’re going to insist on “Revolution 9” then I’ll insist on \u201cWild Honey Pie\u201d\u2019 (and so on)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spoiler: the next two selections are also from the White Album, so there’s a pattern here. It’s down to a quirk with my bizarre rating system. But perhaps after 210 I will say more about the album and the feelings that it evokes for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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