heyjude8288
07-07-2004, 01:12 AM
Magical Mystery Tour, in my opinion, defintly rivals Srg. Pepper's. I'm not saying by any means that it's better, that it's got the better songs on it, I'm just throwing out the idea that both are quite alike when you compare. Although, I must admit, I couldn't tell you which would be my favorite of the two, nor which Beatles albulm is my favorite, but, here it goes:
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: A nice little frumpy straight rock song letting you fall into the Beatles' idea of a magical mystery tour (dur). Nothing much but a very decent starter for the albulm. 5/5
THE FOOL ON THE HILL: A beautiful McCartney song. The story told, I'm sure, many people can compare with themselves, as if they were the fool. The flute solo add's a nice happy tone to an otherwise pretty dim/sad song. 5/5
FLYING: A short, basiclly needless, filler of a song. At least it does give the sensation as if you were flying, but really it didn't need to be there. 3/5
BLUE JAY WAY: One of my favorite Harrison songs. Dark, trippy, and full of weird and crazy sounds lagging onto an ever-changing chorus (one that makes you feel as if you were coming up from underwater, as if you were at once drowning). This song demonstrates how both words and music tell the tone and story of the artist. 5/5
YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW: Short but great waltz. It seems as if skeletons could get from their graves, don top-hat's and canes, and dance around doing house-chores in this song. McCartney's voice on this song, in my opinon, is nearly flawless. 5/5
I AM THE WALRUS: A Beatles classic, one of the best of Lennon (of which there were many). I like how Lennon basiclly spits when he dictates the "P" on "pretty little policemen" really tapping into that controversial way of thinking he always had. 5/5
HELLO, GOODBYE: McCartney's genius shines once again in this one. This is basiclly a foot-tapping good time of a song which seems to be written about a depressing topic. Ringo's little fills towards the end do the song very well. 5/5
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER: Lennon's lyrics are flawless and so is the overall tone as well as Ringo's back-beat again. The tone taken is spacy, but not spacy enough to let you easily forget the tune. You'll be whistling this one way after the albulm's finished. 5/5
PENNY LANE: A proclaimed classic, but to me, it dragged on and on, as if you really cared about Penny Lane and it's uninteresting characters. However, the arrangement is well done and it was all very well executed, I just don't understand why anybody would care about the barber on Penny Lane. 4/5
BABY YOU'RE A RICH MAN: A bit needless, but regardless, a decent song. 3/5
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE: Again, Lennon's lyrics take the cake. His overall tone and personality shines as the song ranges out. It also shows that The Beatles have a comic tone after such a seriously dark albulm with Paul singing out towards the end of the song "She loves you yeahhhhh, yeahhhh, yeahhhh". A classic even if you don't believe in the message.
OVERALL: An excellent albulm which varies by the song and truly show that The Beatles have got range (as if you wouldn't find that out within their next albulm....the White albulm). 5/5
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: A nice little frumpy straight rock song letting you fall into the Beatles' idea of a magical mystery tour (dur). Nothing much but a very decent starter for the albulm. 5/5
THE FOOL ON THE HILL: A beautiful McCartney song. The story told, I'm sure, many people can compare with themselves, as if they were the fool. The flute solo add's a nice happy tone to an otherwise pretty dim/sad song. 5/5
FLYING: A short, basiclly needless, filler of a song. At least it does give the sensation as if you were flying, but really it didn't need to be there. 3/5
BLUE JAY WAY: One of my favorite Harrison songs. Dark, trippy, and full of weird and crazy sounds lagging onto an ever-changing chorus (one that makes you feel as if you were coming up from underwater, as if you were at once drowning). This song demonstrates how both words and music tell the tone and story of the artist. 5/5
YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW: Short but great waltz. It seems as if skeletons could get from their graves, don top-hat's and canes, and dance around doing house-chores in this song. McCartney's voice on this song, in my opinon, is nearly flawless. 5/5
I AM THE WALRUS: A Beatles classic, one of the best of Lennon (of which there were many). I like how Lennon basiclly spits when he dictates the "P" on "pretty little policemen" really tapping into that controversial way of thinking he always had. 5/5
HELLO, GOODBYE: McCartney's genius shines once again in this one. This is basiclly a foot-tapping good time of a song which seems to be written about a depressing topic. Ringo's little fills towards the end do the song very well. 5/5
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER: Lennon's lyrics are flawless and so is the overall tone as well as Ringo's back-beat again. The tone taken is spacy, but not spacy enough to let you easily forget the tune. You'll be whistling this one way after the albulm's finished. 5/5
PENNY LANE: A proclaimed classic, but to me, it dragged on and on, as if you really cared about Penny Lane and it's uninteresting characters. However, the arrangement is well done and it was all very well executed, I just don't understand why anybody would care about the barber on Penny Lane. 4/5
BABY YOU'RE A RICH MAN: A bit needless, but regardless, a decent song. 3/5
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE: Again, Lennon's lyrics take the cake. His overall tone and personality shines as the song ranges out. It also shows that The Beatles have a comic tone after such a seriously dark albulm with Paul singing out towards the end of the song "She loves you yeahhhhh, yeahhhh, yeahhhh". A classic even if you don't believe in the message.
OVERALL: An excellent albulm which varies by the song and truly show that The Beatles have got range (as if you wouldn't find that out within their next albulm....the White albulm). 5/5