This was weird.
All the newer stuff is significantly lighter in tone than the original tracks/lyrics so the constant jump between the two just dulls the entire experience.
Plus Ravenous House has some cool lyrics but the ending being pretty much a metaphor for finding God kinda throws away the whole all encompassing “teens given a world that doesn’t suit them” theming I resonated so hard with in high school. This album generally feels like it went from being about ... read more
these songs are always so abstract but somehow deeply relatable in an unexplainable way. this song sounds how the act of starting a new routine to better yourself and loving the results feels
it starts tense but builds on itself and grooves on itself and by the end i’m hearing harmonies i never thought possible and a strange love for the world i never knew I was missing and I just lingerrr on that feeling and it’s sooo nice.
“i wonder if i might be going crazy” part in ... read more
Listened after watching the Get Back documentary and yikes I think I finally get the Phil Spector hate. He didn't 'ruin' the album or anything but his maximalist production on the slower tracks takes away a bit from the original composition and songwriting.
There was a part I think towards the beginning of part 3 of the documentary where they try to get a good recording of The Long And Winding Road down, and Paul's vocal performance, with the context of The Beatles being on ... read more
bangers upon bangers upon mid upon more bangers
this might be my second favorite beatles album behind abby road, the fuck it we ball energy within this entire album is so fun i don't even mind when the songs are bad. it's like they couldn't settle on a vision for the album so they said fuck it and released a homunculus mesh of every deranged sound they could've gone with, they throw every idea at the wall and let you the listener decide what should've been cut and ... read more