Yes, Cage and Ono’s friendship goes back to the mid 50’s. He dedicated a piece to her in 1961. She and Lennon used to visit Cage at his home in Stony Point NY, an artist commune known colloquially as The Land. A couple miles from where I grew up. I’m sure Ono would have turned him onto it, perhaps even Paul who was big on Stockhausen at the time.
In the reversed Revoloution 9, at about 6:O3, we hear “turn me on dead man” repeated 6 times because John had reversed that in the original track
The book, The Beatles As Musicians has a full breakdown of Rev 9, including all of the spoken bits by John and George.
Then it's a good thing somebody started a thread on the exact same subject, so the exact same people could contribute the exact same opinions, to make the forum experience that much richer. Upcoming Thread to leap over while looking for fresh discussion: "What if, instead of blisters on his fingers, John had callouses on his pinkies..."
It’s like a surprise scary ending to a generally normal movie. Genius. (Good Night is like the credits)
The song may not be genius....but....putting Can You Take Me Back before and Good Night after as the end of side four surely was.
Exactly. This was recorded conversation with George Martin and an associate. No mention of "mom" to my years.
I'll try and remember to listen to this later because I like The Shazam but don't believe I've heard it before.
Genius? I don't think so. One of my favorite tracks in the Beatles discography? Absolutely. Someone else despises it? More power to them. Many also don't get 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Exorcist, classic art, Jazz, coffee, or The Beatles in general (let alone Revolution 9). Art is supposed to be polarizing. It's what makes the world go round.
What especially caught my eye in the quote was how Cage’s tape loops could be up to 45 feet in length, which reminded me of Lennon dashing from room to room while engineers guided open spools with pencils, or something to that effect.
I never liked it but when I was younger I thought it was groundbreaking. But it hasn't aged well, of course, IMO. Nowadays I would say that any other Beatles tune -- original or cover -- in the original canon is both more entertaining and more significant than Revolution 9
Steady, rojo! There's always everyone's favourite ' Mister Moonlight' to kick to the curb. Or the totally cornball 'Act Naturally', my least liked Beatles track.
Yes, I certainly need to read more Beatles threads. (also - note to gorts...we could really use a smiley preparing a noose in "just kill me now" fashion...)