Comments on: Music Notes: The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour

By: kjevb

kjevb — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:08:54 +0000

The only song i would really disagree with your rating here is Hello Goodbye. It has the same Pop feel as many of Mccartneys other hits, but the melodies make it spectacular (Guitar part mimicing the “hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye”) i also love the way the song stops and starts back up at the end.
Also, Penny Lane and SFF on Sgt Peppers… one can only imagine. Penny Lane is perhaps my favorite song of theirs.

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By: Uncle Albert

Uncle Albert — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:42:30 +0000

Only two stars for Your Mother Should Know? Although it may lack the depth of The Beatles’ bigger hits, I think it is one of McCartney’s best. Maybe it just comes down to aesthetic taste, but I think that the song is both extremely nostalgic and haunting, and the chorus is extremely catchy. The song may be simple, but, like most Beatles songs, there is an underlying feeling/theme that is hard to put your finger on: It’s a song that you can listen to again and again and draw something new from.

I felt that you were a bit hard on the first half of MMT. Sure, the actual tv special was pretty bad, but I think that these songs epitomize The Beatles during the psychedelic stage as a band– The songs are trippy and the lyrics are fun. One star for Flying is extremely rough; It’s a great song for just chilling (or smoking), the chant in the second half is great, and this song shows some of the versatility of The Beatles.

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:45:23 +0000

The Fool On the Hill = 1 star ?????? This song must bring back bad memories for you or something because from a strictly musical point of view there is no way this song can be less than 3 stars. I personally would give it a 4 stars myself. However I do enjoy reading your reviews of all the albums and like your iTunes ranking system. I am still going through the ranking process myself.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Fri, 18 May 2007 23:28:43 +0000

Uh yeah. I think the other point I would like to add, is that if I did this project and gave every song five or four stars just because it was by The Beatles, that would be an even more pointless exercise, not to mention rather dull reading.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:59:03 +0000

Hmm…you must be ignorant. Surely?!? If you cannot see that EVARY song they did is PARFEKT. Wild Honey PIE is as gud as Hey Jood and Revolootion Niner.

The thing that gets my goat is when the non-critical fanboy/fangirls out there accuse other fans who might not grant “exalted” status to every bit of work from an artist’s ouevre as “ignorant”. As if any criticism towards your object of affection would make you a “non-fan” or an unappreciative listener. Gimme a break.

As before, everyone is entitled to an opinion. But the ignorant listeners are those too deaf to consider the fact that the Beatles, like any other artists, had their share of hits and misses. What makes the Beatles “exalted”, imho, is the fact that their hit-to-miss ratio far exceeded that of their peers (both past and present).

Oh, and lest there be any mistake. I am a huge Beatles fan.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Fri, 18 May 2007 03:11:34 +0000

Hi Mike, thanks for commenting. I think you might be slightly misunderstanding the point of this project. I listened to every single Beatles song in more or less chronological order and some are definitely better than others, in my humble opinion of course. Each song was rated relative to the other Beatles’ songs.

Thanks for visiting and commenting!

By: Mike Davis

Mike Davis — Fri, 18 May 2007 01:34:05 +0000

You know what, I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion, But I think that anyone who can’t appreciate beatles music is just to ignorant to see the beauty of their craftsmanship. It’s not just the songs, their personality and their souls are eched into every record they have created.