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“Greensleeves” has disappeared from the end of the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” – and that’s just the beginning.
“Greensleeves” has disappeared from the end of the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” – and that’s just the beginning.
The Beatles premiered their blatantly weird, critically savaged ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ film 55 years ago today on the BBC.
“Your Mother Should Know” may not break new musical ground, but it further exemplifies how the Beatles drew from seemingly unlikely sources in their compositions.
While “Flying” may seem like an inconsequential instrumental, it demonstrates the influence the Beatles had on a popular music form: electronica.
Pity the poor Brits, who didn’t initially receive the full 11-song U.S. version of the Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour,’ released on Nov. 27, 1967.
A kind of sibling to “I Am the Walrus,” George Harrison’s “Blue Jay Way” is a perfect snapshot of the Beatles’ most unusually creative artistic phase.
The B-side to “All You Need Is Love,” “Baby You’re a Rich Man” stands as one of the Beatles’ most innovative, funky, and underrated tracks.