on 3/20/06 4:00 AM, t3rinity at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Freeze time at just the moment before Maharishi came into the lives of >>> the Beatles and extrapolate from there: where would they and their >>> music have been without the creative influence MMY had on them? >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band >> >> Sgt. Pepper came out before the Beatles met Maharishi. It is widely > regarded >> as the greatest rock album ever. Way better than the White Album, > IMO. If >> they had done nothing after Sgt. Pepper, they would still be > remembered as >> the greatest rock band ever. > > Not to take anything away from Sgt. Pepper. It was for a long time the > most *successfull* album, if it was the best ever is a matter of taste > of course. You seem to forget that right after Sgt Pepper, Magical > Mystery Tour came out, which was a total flop, and was regarded as one > of their worst albums, *before* they went to India with MMY. Also, Sgt > Pepper success and quality was partely due to the involvement of the > London Symphoney Orchester, the orchestration for which was almost > exclusively written by George Martin.The effort that was put into the > album was immense.
Which songs were they involved with? I can't think of any other than "A Day in the Life" >After that, and after the failure of Magical > Mystery Tour. the Beatles wanted to go back to a more basic style, > which was done in the white Album. But the white album was a double > album and contained many more songs, many of them where very simple, > some just using acoustic guitar and voice, like 'Blackbird' According > to George Martin the material should have been edited to just one > album, working more on a selection of the better songs. So clearly, > the problem was not a lack of creativity and song material. In fact > the Beatles had written so much material in Rishikesh, that it still > was used for two more albums, Let it Be and Abbey Road. Some of the > compositions were only released after the Beatles had split, like > 'Jealous Guy' one of the most beautiful balads of John next to > imagine. 'Across the Universe' was also written in Rishikesh. So all > in all, the period of Rishikesh itself, and after it was extremely > creative, 'Hey jude' was just written right after the Indian visit by > Paul and is regarded as one of the Beatles biggest success. Just the > White Album was badly edited and contained too many songs. I agree with your observations. I was just responding to Peter's assertion that the Beatles would have been nothing without Maharishi's influence. I think one could argue the opposite: that none of us would have heard of Maharishi, wouldn't have learned TM, and wouldn't have been having this discussion because this forum wouldn't have existed without the Beatles' influence. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
