The Beatles. We all know of them. They are considered by many to be one of the great musical groups of all time. I have been hearing their songs since I was a small child. However, Revolver is the only Beatles album I have ever listened to from start to finish.
I decided over the last week to finally take a listen to The Beatles albums. No hits compilations, no "lost tapes" compilations. Just their studio albums. I came away from the experience realizing that I had just listened to three entirely different bands.
The first band released a flurry of albums, from Meet the Beatles through Rubber Soul. This version of the Beatles was basically a 1960s equivalent of New Kids on the Block. They were told what to wear, how their hair would be cut, and in some cases, what songs they would sing. They were a pop band who relied on catchy hooks.
The second band starts with Revolver. Individually, the Beatles were discovering new music and new religions, but mostly, they were discovering drugs. Now, I'm not promoting drug use, but the period from Revolver through Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is my personal favorite, because it was the period that produced the most creative, experimental music. Many of today's bands that list the Beatles as an influence draw their inspiration from this period.
Finally, we come to the third band, the one who just didn't give a damn anymore. They had lives outside of the band, and had better things to do than release more Beatles albums. It shows. The white album is a double album that really should have been a single album. I'm sorry, but the world is better off without excess filler material like "Rocky Raccoon". As uninterested as I was, there are still many gems during this period from the white album through Let it Be. Just ask Oasis. They wouldn't have a career without these albums.
So there you have it, my take on the Beatles after listening to all of their albums. It was an interesting experiment. I wound up discovering some songs outside of the singles that I really enjoyed. I also picked out elements in some songs that other bands I listen to were clearly trying to imitate. I've come away with a better understanding of why people hold them in such high regard.
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*Did I say we like music?
*We Love Music!
*We Think We Might Actually Know what Good Music Is.
*Dallas needs a blog that doesn't bash shit all the time!
*Because if we don't who the fuck will?
*Cause we enjoy pain, straight up purple nurpels.
*Cause it gets El Macho the ladies (Macho: "No it doesn't"), and MŮDI already has a hot lady.
*William Shatner's toupee told us in a dream.
*My mother beat me with a slinky
*I huffed too much glue in the 80s
*We apparently like the city we live in called Dallas
*Did I say we like music?
WHAT IS FEVER?
Before you cooled out, before your flashes were hot, before you disqoed, and well before the days of the hipster rsvp, there was FEVER.
FEVER was started many moons ago at The Cavern by DJ MŮDI with a shitty Peavy PA system, one home stereo bass speaker (that would cut off when it got too hot), and a laptop that crashed two years later. DJ MŮDI can say that he was one of the first DJs in Dallas to play his sets through his laptop before the hipster revolution caught on to this. MŮDI decided to change the name of the night up to UP! because the owner didn't like FEVER. After one year UP! became FEVER again, and the rest is history. Well, almost. We haven't even touched on Macho yet.
DJ MŮDI kept it going for about 1 year before bringing on his partner DJ EL MACHO. He invited Macho in for a guest appearance in the summer of 2005, and a remarkable partnership was born. Soon people caught wind, and the duo was moved to Fridays. MŮDI and Macho left The Cavern for Fallout Lounge in the summer of 2006 for a three year run of legendary nights which put Fallout Lounge on the map. MŮDI & Macho decided it was time to shift gears in July of 2009, and brought the night to a close. But like Brett Favre, they just don't know when to say "enough is enough". So, FEVER returned for a short run at a spot in Oak Cliff called Tradewinds Social Club. While the FEVER name might disappear, you can be sure that MŮDI and Macho will still be seen around town playing music that people like to hear.
FEVER was started many moons ago at The Cavern by DJ MŮDI with a shitty Peavy PA system, one home stereo bass speaker (that would cut off when it got too hot), and a laptop that crashed two years later. DJ MŮDI can say that he was one of the first DJs in Dallas to play his sets through his laptop before the hipster revolution caught on to this. MŮDI decided to change the name of the night up to UP! because the owner didn't like FEVER. After one year UP! became FEVER again, and the rest is history. Well, almost. We haven't even touched on Macho yet.
DJ MŮDI kept it going for about 1 year before bringing on his partner DJ EL MACHO. He invited Macho in for a guest appearance in the summer of 2005, and a remarkable partnership was born. Soon people caught wind, and the duo was moved to Fridays. MŮDI and Macho left The Cavern for Fallout Lounge in the summer of 2006 for a three year run of legendary nights which put Fallout Lounge on the map. MŮDI & Macho decided it was time to shift gears in July of 2009, and brought the night to a close. But like Brett Favre, they just don't know when to say "enough is enough". So, FEVER returned for a short run at a spot in Oak Cliff called Tradewinds Social Club. While the FEVER name might disappear, you can be sure that MŮDI and Macho will still be seen around town playing music that people like to hear.