The Beatles "Revolver"

Decided to listen to the Beatles "Revolver" today. If this isn't the best Beatles album, it is very close. It marks a really great period of time where they transformed from the early Beatles to a more sophisticated drug-experimenting Beatles. The songs are magnificent, just stunning. Paul, John, AND George clearly were quickly and visibly evolving as songwriters.

Sometimes it makes me sad to listen to the great Beatles classics. Sad that George and John aren't with us anymore. Sad that the truly great Beatles music came in a period of about 5 years where magic happened and hasn't quite been replicated. Sad that they are not young, vibrant and innocent anymore. Sad that I wasn't with them. Sad that I could never write a song like "For No One" and certainly not "Eleanor Rigby". "And Your Bird Can Sing"? Forget about it!

Hearing the opening bass line and the guitar "chink" on the backbearts of "Taxman" still take me back to my Dad's reel-to-reel copy of the album - one of the first full length albums I had ever heard in my life. I guess in a way, that makes me sad too - I no longer have the joy of discovering the Beatles for the first time.