so what the hell is it about Abbey Road...
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acroyearI hear it, and the stronger songs on it, and as much "Love" is on that album, it is not the love between lovers. There is, here at the end with all that cynicism and all that experience, an innocence that is unbearable to think of anything "alone" to. I don't think of past girlfriends and that kind of innocence, nor do I think of my wife.
I think of my cat.
I think of myself as a kid relating, through this very accessible work, to my parents.
I think of the child I might someday have.
That the band could have, in creating what was well known to be the last album, a work that so speaks to the very heart of our *real* future - the children we raise (be they human or pets), is just astounding and overwhelming.
As a 5 year old, I lived the "silly" and accessible, sentimental works of Abbey Road, the musical means by which I had bonded with my parents, given that to them, that was "the latest beatles record", really only out for a few years and very fresh in their memory.
As a 12 year old, I loved the pop love songs of the early days and reliving the innocence of young love.
As a 16 year old, I loved the objectivity within art that was the Sgt Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour albums, reliving the innocence of awareness.
As a 28 year old, I loved how well I could finally understand that "middle way" that was Rubber Soul and Revolver, reliving the innocence of the loss of innocence. Ironic, but that's life at its truest.
As a 35 year old, I finally realized why the White Album could not be anything other than what it was, as it transformed in my mind from a chaotic mess of bickering and noise to a gelled masterpiece of sophisticated ingenuity, all innocence given way to the grit of reality most openly expressed.
But now, as 40 looms far too close, I hear and feel the pain that was Let It Be, and then truly understand the redemption expressed in Abbey Road, that redemption that, without which, without that restoration of innocence that only such grace can give, no future is possible.
such an odd band, the likes of which will truly never be seen or felt again...'cause we'll never be that innocent again.
I think of my cat.
I think of myself as a kid relating, through this very accessible work, to my parents.
I think of the child I might someday have.
That the band could have, in creating what was well known to be the last album, a work that so speaks to the very heart of our *real* future - the children we raise (be they human or pets), is just astounding and overwhelming.
As a 5 year old, I lived the "silly" and accessible, sentimental works of Abbey Road, the musical means by which I had bonded with my parents, given that to them, that was "the latest beatles record", really only out for a few years and very fresh in their memory.
As a 12 year old, I loved the pop love songs of the early days and reliving the innocence of young love.
As a 16 year old, I loved the objectivity within art that was the Sgt Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour albums, reliving the innocence of awareness.
As a 28 year old, I loved how well I could finally understand that "middle way" that was Rubber Soul and Revolver, reliving the innocence of the loss of innocence. Ironic, but that's life at its truest.
As a 35 year old, I finally realized why the White Album could not be anything other than what it was, as it transformed in my mind from a chaotic mess of bickering and noise to a gelled masterpiece of sophisticated ingenuity, all innocence given way to the grit of reality most openly expressed.
But now, as 40 looms far too close, I hear and feel the pain that was Let It Be, and then truly understand the redemption expressed in Abbey Road, that redemption that, without which, without that restoration of innocence that only such grace can give, no future is possible.
such an odd band, the likes of which will truly never be seen or felt again...'cause we'll never be that innocent again.
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