volume 1
january 1999 |
 Notes on ... Series 65 - 103
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Becoming artists (1965 - 1966) |
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by Alan W. Pollack |
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In the middle of the sixties rock musicians began to see themselves as artists. The Beatles stood at the front of this movement, treating their music as an artistic expression of their emotions and a serious reflection of their feelings. The Beatles already departed from their image as teenage stars with their first single of the year 1965 Ticket To Ride / Yes It Is, which appeared in April. This tendency became stronger in their summer single Help! / I'm Down, released in July, and the sound tracks on on the album with the same name, released in August. December saw the album Rubber Soul and the single Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out. The Beatles started late in 1966. In July they released the single Paperback Writer / Rain. One month later, in August, the album Revolver followed step. As Pollack shows in his analyses the development of the group in these years is ruled by a growing independency from their musical roots. |
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| 065 |
Ticket To Ride |
(1992) |
47 |
| 066 |
Yes It Is |
(1992) |
50 |
| 067 |
Tell Me What You See |
(1992) |
54 |
| 068 |
You Like Me Too Much |
(1992) |
52 |
| 069 |
I'm Down |
(1992) |
58 |
| 070 |
The Night Before |
(1992) |
51 |
| 071 |
I Need You |
(1992) |
49 |
| 072 |
Another Girl |
(1992) |
48 |
| 073 |
It's Only Love |
(1993) |
60 |
| 074 |
I've Just Seen A Face |
(1993) |
57 |
| 075 |
Yesterday |
(1993) |
59 |
| 076 |
Cover Songs on 'Help!' and 'Beatles VI' |
(1993) |
60b, 56c, 56b |
| 077 |
Drive My Car |
(1993; 2001) |
64 |
| 078 |
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) |
(1993) |
63 |
| 079 |
Nowhere Man |
(1993) |
69 |
| 080 |
Think For Yourself |
(1993) |
73 |
| 081 |
The Word |
(1993) |
74 |
| 082 |
Michelle |
(1993) |
71 |
| 083 |
What Goes On |
(1993) |
72 |
| 084 |
Girl |
(1993) |
76 |
| 085 |
I'm Looking Through You |
(1993) |
70 |
| 086 |
In My Life |
(1993) |
67 |
| 087 |
Wait |
(1993) |
61 |
| 088 |
If I Needed Someone |
(1993) |
66 |
| 089 |
Run For Your Life |
(1993) |
62 |
| 090 |
Frequently Asked Questions About the 'Notes on...' Series |
(1993) |
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| 091 |
'Paperback Writer' and 'Rain' |
(1993) |
80, 81 |
| 092 |
Taxman |
(1994) |
84 |
| 093 |
Eleanor Rigby |
(1994) |
86 |
| 094 |
I'm Only Sleeping |
(1994) |
85 |
| 095 |
Love You To |
(1994) |
79 |
| 096 |
Here, There, and Everywhere |
(1994) |
91 |
| 097 |
Yellow Submarine |
(1994) |
88 |
| 098 |
And Your Bird Can Sing |
(1995) |
83 |
| 099 |
For No One |
(1995) |
87 |
| 100 |
Doctor Robert |
(1995) |
82 |
| 101 |
I Want To Tell You |
(1995) |
89 |
| 102 |
Got To Get You Into My Life |
(1995) |
78 |
| 103 |
Tomorrow Never Knows |
(1995) |
77 |
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Copyright © 1989-2001 by Alan W. Pollack. All Rights Reserved. This article may be reproduced, retransmitted, redistributed and otherwise propagated at will, provided that this notice remains intact and in place. |
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In case you want to quote these pages, please refer to the original sources. So for Pollack's remarks on "Free As A Bird" refer to: Pollack, Alan W. (1995), Notes on "Free As A Bird". Notes on ... Series no. 194, 1995. The 'Official' rec.music.beatles Home Page (http://www.recmusicbeatles.com). |
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Conversion to HTML by Ed Chen, Mike Markowski, Bruce Dumes, and Maurizio Codogno. Indexed and adapted for Soundscapes by Ger Tillekens. |
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The numbers in the last column refer to the second, updated edition of Ian MacDonald's book: Revolution in the Head. The Beatles' Records and the Sixties. London: Random House (Pimlico), 1997. |
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