Mason,
I want to give you a birthday gift that you can't buy with money, only the kind that the father will give to the son, like a family heirloom. This is the best I can think of. Apologies in advance.
For you: "The Beatles' Noir Album".
Of all the things I have done, this is the only one that gives me a sense of honor due to being in it. It comes from a kind of spiritual collision-not me or his or her idea, but When the energy is active, an unpredictable magic happens creatively.
This is the best solo work of John, Paul, George and Ringo in the post-Beatles era. Basically I have put this band back for you. When you listen to too many solo works separately, you will—too many Lennon: suddenly there is too much ego in the room; too much Paul becomes a little sentimental—put it straight, on the verge of stupidity ; Too much George: I mean, we all have a spiritual side, but that only lasts six minutes, right? Ringo: He's funny, cynical, and cool, but he can't sing—he had a lot of hits in the 70s (even more than Lennon), but you won't go home and pick up a Ringo Starr When I started listening to the album, I just won’t. But when you mix their works, put them one after another—they sublimate each other, and then you start to hear: The Beatles.
Just go and listen to the entire CD, okay?
I think it’s because Lennon was shot and killed at the age of 40. , I still can’t laugh because of this irony) and I myself just happened to be in the 40s, that’s why I made this "Black Album". I listened to the music, and for some reason (perhaps the pain of constant change caused by my divorce from your mother), the friendship between John and Paul became bitter and fell into sorrow. I know, know, know, it doesn't matter to me, but damn, tell me again why love can't last. Why should we surrender to trivial things? Why do they do this? Why do we always treat gifts as a threat? Treat differences as shortcomings? Why can't we see that friction can actually polish each other brighter?
I have heard a story about John's mother when he died: He was an angry young man-with a razor in his pocket, a cigarette in his mouth, and thinking about sex. At the memorial service for his sudden death and "unreliable" mother (Lennon only recently became acquainted with her), he-furious and drunk-punched a bandmate in the face Then slammed the door out. Paul, a few years younger than him, a teenager, honestly, doesn't care much about girls, and is obviously "not cool". Based on his ability to play the guitar at the age of 14, he knows that he is not very good at making troubles. Lack of pick-up skills, despite this, he still entered the band-he chased John into the street and said, "John, why are you such a bastard?"
John said, "My mother is fucking dead!"
Paul said, "You I never asked my mother."
"What's wrong with her?"
"...My mother is also dead."
They hugged in the middle of the street in the suburbs. John was obviously saying, "Shall we form a fucking rock band?"
This story answers a question that has lingered in my mind throughout my music listening career: If the Beatles only existed for 10 years and all the band members were so young then, how did they write "Help" and "Fool on" "The Hill", "Eleanor Rigby", "Yesterday" and "A Day in the Life"? They are just 25-year-old boys, groups of girls outside their hotel rooms, drinking as much champagne as they can. How can they pursue this true artistic goal?
They will because they hurt. They know that love will not last forever. They knew it from a very young age.
From the black album, we began to listen to these boys writing about adult life: marriage, fatherhood, soberness, desire for spiritual life, emptiness after material success-"Starting Over", "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Beautiful Boy" "The No No Song" and "God"-they are still sharply reminding the fact that love will not last forever.
I don't want this to be true. I want Lennon/McCartney to write beautifully together forever, but does it really matter? I mean, if the most important thing is to let the rose bloom forever, then it has to be made of stone, right? So how do we deal with this problem gracefully and maturely? If you are as romantic as I am, it is hard not to yearn for signs of healing between the two. All sighs came from this.
Paul recently went to SNL (Annotation: American Variety Show "Saturday Night Live"), and he performed almost all of Lennon's songs. And he sang very happily.
Listen to "Here Today" by McCartney.
Can you listen to "Two of Us" (the last song they made together) without feeling sad at all? The two boys who lost their mothers a long time ago and hugged in the middle of the road, when they wrote, "The memories we have are longer than the road ahead", what did they think of?
Their dramatic dissolution, like any separation, is full of puzzles. Some people say that the student Paul has surpassed the mentor John, and they cannot reach a new balance. Some people say that Paul is a despicable man who bought the copyright from the other three. Others said that without Brian Epstein, their souls would have lost their mediator. Who knows.
I played "Hey Jude" to Samantha the other day, and she didn't unexpectedly listen to it over and over again. I told her that this song was written by McCartney to Lennon's son after Lennon's divorce, and she listened more attentively. George once said that "Hey Jude" was the beginning of the end of the Beatles. After the death of Brian Epstein, John and Paul were left to run the new Apple company. They recorded the singles "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" respectively. Normally, Brian decides which one is on side A and which one is on side B. , But now it's up to the boys to decide. John believes that "Revolution" is a very important political-related rock, and they can establish the image of a mature rock band. Paul thinks "Revolution" is really good, but the Beatles are mainly a pop band, so it should start with "Hey Jude". He knew that this song would be super popular and political stuff should be placed on the flipped side B. They voted. "Hey Jude" won 3-1. George said that John felt that Paul had completed some kind of coup. He didn't show displeasure but he began to shrink. This is not his band anymore.
The most ironic and wonderful thing in this story is another story I heard: After "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" were freshly released, the boys had a prank idea, which is to bring their new single to the Rolling Stones. New album release conference. Mick Jagger said that as soon as the Beatles arrived and released the latest single—it just happened that the side of the Rolling Stones new album had just finished—everyone yelled to listen. As soon as the Beatles’ song was played, they kept playing it over and over again. No more stitches can be found on the other side of "Beggar's Feast" (Annotation: The Rolling Stones album).
So no matter how crazy John is, he is not that crazy yet...
Once John was asked if he would sing with Paul again, he replied: "The question should be'What to sing?' This is a musical matter. We cooperate very well-if he has an idea that needs me, I will Interested."
I really like it.
Perhaps the lesson we have learned is that love does not last forever, but the music created by love may do.
Your mother and I couldn't make love last, but you are music, my child.
"Finally, the love you get is with you..."
I love you, happy birthday.
Your dad
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This is an article from BuzzFeed, a US news aggregator site, and the author is Victor Tatum. After reading it, I felt that the writing was really good. Although it imitated the tone of the father in the movie, it did not feel far-fetched at all. There were some stories of John and Paul’s acquaintance, division and fusion. For intellectuals, this is very embarrassing. However, the author did not stop the topic at this point. "Love will not last forever, but the music created by love may be possible." Indeed, the Beatles know each other because of music. After meeting and disbanding, they were still engaged in music separately. They would not refuse to cooperate in music. Even 15 years after Lennon's death, Paul got the master tape that Lennon hadn't released, and still worked with the other two of the band to complete the production. "Free as a bird" and "Real Love", making them the last 25 years of the Beatles' works. Time flies, only two members of the Beatles are still alive today, and Paul, who is in his seventies, is still active in the music scene. Whether as a band or as an individual, the songs they create endure for a long time and have gone through generations after generations. , Still flowing out of today's headset.
The article was translated by me, born non-professional, although I have tried my best, fallacies are inevitable, I still hope to bear it. I'm not very grateful if you have been enlightened.
Original link: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ethanhawke/boyhood-the-black-album?spm=a1z1s.6626001.0.0.Qmsgde A list of songs from "Black Album" is attached to the article.
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