Magical Mystery Tour, the song and the album both are definitely on my favorite list. I saw an article from Kyle Smith a few years ago arguing that it was better than Sgt. Peppers. I'm neutral on that and could argue either way, but I personally like MMT better. Let me think about what I might say in the Beatles--certainly for me I appre…
Magical Mystery Tour, the song and the album both are definitely on my favorite list. I saw an article from Kyle Smith a few years ago arguing that it was better than Sgt. Peppers. I'm neutral on that and could argue either way, but I personally like MMT better. Let me think about what I might say in the Beatles--certainly for me I appreciate discovering them as a child after their time. This for me lent a certain distance to their work and how it was perceived politically and culturally at the time. I was able to judge all that independently.
Magical Mystery Tour, the song and the album both are definitely on my favorite list. I saw an article from Kyle Smith a few years ago arguing that it was better than Sgt. Peppers. I'm neutral on that and could argue either way, but I personally like MMT better. Let me think about what I might say in the Beatles--certainly for me I appreciate discovering them as a child after their time. This for me lent a certain distance to their work and how it was perceived politically and culturally at the time. I was able to judge all that independently.
Reminds me of the theory of scent, and how it's associated deeply with memory.
I remember hearing specific music at specific times in my life. This is actually worth another blog entry in and of itself.