Review Summary: "Egotistically, we like to think that we created the idea, but actually what we did was no less noteworthy: we channeled the idea from the source....." - the i-ching
Us as human beings, like to pursue inspiration(some of us, at least). On this trail to inspiration, we tend to cross paths with two things: our interests and the people that share and build up constructive criticism. Once these two different ideas collide, they, naturally, influence each other. People, such as me, apply this concept to the meeting of the Beatles and possibly one of the greatest song-writer, Bob Dylan(or Robert Zimmerman).
Bob Dylan turned the Beatles onto many things, such as pakalolo(research what that means, if you don't already know). More importantly, he basically gave the message that if you don't turn your sound, you're going to fade. You have to remember this was the climax of Beatlemania at this time. This gave the dynamic duo, John and Paul, food for thought, as well as Ringo and George. Over the course of the albums Beatles For Sale and Help!, the fab four pondered this thought more and more; trying to come up with more intriguing lyrics and experimenting with different compositions, was indeed working to some extent, but they were masking the inspiration or couldn't grip the idea of going past the boundary. To help in developing this sense of freedom, they stopped touring. This gave them the time to, in a sense, get sense of how to squeeze the lemons to make good lemonade. They took the time to take in the influences and paint the first masterpiece, which resulted in Rubber Soul.
