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Monday, June 15, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The End
"once there was a way to get back homeward...once there was a way to get back home.. sleep pretty darling do not cry, and I will sing a lullaby."
Reportedly, Paul McCartney wrote this after sitting down to a piano in his father's house, shortly after his mother's death. Paul couldn't read music, (hard to believe), and noticed this piece of musical score on the piano. It was written by his stepsister Ruth. He then needed to lullaby himself in the absence of his mother, kept the words, but changed the melody to something more suitable to him.. That's genius in itself. It was also telling of far more.. his grief of the knowledge that the Fab4 would soon be ending their time together creating magical music and memories . As he states, "once there was a way to get back homeward.." Paul, I believe, is insightful enough of a lyricist to see what was happening to this great thing known as, "The Beatles."
The Beatles, probably one of the most legendary bands of our day..and frankly, I believe days to come. Their 5-6 year "Magical Mystery Tour" was wrapping up and they had been down the long and winding road one too many times. Its very hard to produce and maintain that stamina and momentum when you have 4 very talented lads, brothers, now reaching out into new directions musically. Each had been touched through their brief years of fame. Each had been one..one group collectively... John and Paul being the lead singers, writers, composers, and true funny men of the grouping. George and Ringo, more under shadowed, none the less equally important and certainly a contributing factor to their success as a whole. However,as George, (the most gentle and introverted), was piquing, and Ringo was showing his truer colors in more solo singing and drum pieces, John and Paul were worn down and certainly tired of co-creating all the time...collectively. The Beatles were all secretly crying our for "HELP!" As brothers do, they goofed, laughed, cried, partyed, prayed, traveled, and yes sometimes bickered... but produced countless classic pieces of rock-n-roll music that will forever mystify the world. How genius. How brilliant. How clairvoyant their lyrics and ageless melodies and harmonies. They were the ones! The bad asses. They were what was being "foretold" if you will. Yes, Elvis, and Chuck Berry were the earlier prophets.. much like Moses and Elijah before the coming of Christ.. but musically, The Beatles were the Messiah of Rock-n-Roll!
It's got to be hard having all that creative talent amalgamated in recording studios, writing rooms, flats all over the world, Buddhists gardens, airplanes, etc. Its hard when your goal is to produce a song, an album, and "out-do" what is already perfect. What has already been done. But they had fans who deeply loved them and wanted for their sticking together. They wanted their genius. It made them feel good! Yes, The Beatles were a feel-good band to start. Happy music to get you dancing 8 days a week! It was the early1960's and the real troubles of that era were just coming to light. The days were light and whimsical in the beginning. They were enjoying their top of the world status. Must be surreal. The boys, however, were experimenting with their own styles of musical insight.. (and experimenting with other things too ;) and John and George were now new members of the enlightenment age of the 1960's. Influencing the Beatles were Indian musical instruments, bright colors, and humanistic-fantasy stories such as the tales of Uncle Albert and Yellow Submarines. Black straight suit and ties were forfeited for the Sgt. Peppers brilliant Technicolor uniforms..and the hair continued to move into sideburns and long shaggy bang sections. A rebelling band for sure. Yet fun! The Beatles were confident enough now for silly creative ca rteblanche! They weren't afraid, they were the Beatles.
Confidence and growth make strange bedfellows. Its a relationship I've always struggled with. The Beatles couldn't have been any brighter, (literally and figuratively), in those days. For sure they knew that mistakes, musically, would happen less frequently. Confidence is a result from a job well-done. The hard work paying off. Some folks admire in others, and some loathe it , or misconstrue it as ego-inflated, or narcissistic tendencies. The Beatles were struggling with this as a group and as individuals. The Beatles were becoming more unique and individualized singularly. They were becoming long-haired musicians, ( a nickname for musical giants such as Bach and Beethoven)..and they were both literally and figuratively. They were all itching down the road less traveled .. not only collectively but individually. Growth we call it. And quite often growth happens during moments when our confidence in our abilities allow us try all those groovy things! Why not? Growth is good, but it is also challenging collectively.. it hard to resonate as a whole.. what everyone wants from you when the rules change. Those rules can either make or break the creative force of the whole, or straighten it. Perhaps, at times the road is only supposed to be traveled for a brief time collectively in order to make room for the "solo careers?" Perhaps some want to change, and others do not. Perhaps... Perhaps people simply grow apart, take the other direction in the fork, or accept that Source/God/Universe is opening up new doors for the talent to surge in other ways.
The End, (in video and musically), reminds us of those bittersweet times when something so perfect can't be re-done. When the other paths are beckoning our footsteps. When anyone of the following scenarios/shifts in feelings, doubts, confidences, jealousies, religious experiences all listed above can no longer sustain a group. (Not mentioning anything about mixing in real-life.. marriages, divorces, children, lovers, substance abuse or the switching of managers and the like, that The Beatles actually encountered during those magical years). Because the magic is only magical for brief times in life and the reality is, all you need is love.... and a little help from our friends. That's all that is required for those uncertain days ahead. If you say goodbye, then I'll say hello.. don't know why you say goodbye.. I say hello!
....and in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make!
The End, Miss Dawn
Reportedly, Paul McCartney wrote this after sitting down to a piano in his father's house, shortly after his mother's death. Paul couldn't read music, (hard to believe), and noticed this piece of musical score on the piano. It was written by his stepsister Ruth. He then needed to lullaby himself in the absence of his mother, kept the words, but changed the melody to something more suitable to him.. That's genius in itself. It was also telling of far more.. his grief of the knowledge that the Fab4 would soon be ending their time together creating magical music and memories . As he states, "once there was a way to get back homeward.." Paul, I believe, is insightful enough of a lyricist to see what was happening to this great thing known as, "The Beatles."
The Beatles, probably one of the most legendary bands of our day..and frankly, I believe days to come. Their 5-6 year "Magical Mystery Tour" was wrapping up and they had been down the long and winding road one too many times. Its very hard to produce and maintain that stamina and momentum when you have 4 very talented lads, brothers, now reaching out into new directions musically. Each had been touched through their brief years of fame. Each had been one..one group collectively... John and Paul being the lead singers, writers, composers, and true funny men of the grouping. George and Ringo, more under shadowed, none the less equally important and certainly a contributing factor to their success as a whole. However,as George, (the most gentle and introverted), was piquing, and Ringo was showing his truer colors in more solo singing and drum pieces, John and Paul were worn down and certainly tired of co-creating all the time...collectively. The Beatles were all secretly crying our for "HELP!" As brothers do, they goofed, laughed, cried, partyed, prayed, traveled, and yes sometimes bickered... but produced countless classic pieces of rock-n-roll music that will forever mystify the world. How genius. How brilliant. How clairvoyant their lyrics and ageless melodies and harmonies. They were the ones! The bad asses. They were what was being "foretold" if you will. Yes, Elvis, and Chuck Berry were the earlier prophets.. much like Moses and Elijah before the coming of Christ.. but musically, The Beatles were the Messiah of Rock-n-Roll!
It's got to be hard having all that creative talent amalgamated in recording studios, writing rooms, flats all over the world, Buddhists gardens, airplanes, etc. Its hard when your goal is to produce a song, an album, and "out-do" what is already perfect. What has already been done. But they had fans who deeply loved them and wanted for their sticking together. They wanted their genius. It made them feel good! Yes, The Beatles were a feel-good band to start. Happy music to get you dancing 8 days a week! It was the early1960's and the real troubles of that era were just coming to light. The days were light and whimsical in the beginning. They were enjoying their top of the world status. Must be surreal. The boys, however, were experimenting with their own styles of musical insight.. (and experimenting with other things too ;) and John and George were now new members of the enlightenment age of the 1960's. Influencing the Beatles were Indian musical instruments, bright colors, and humanistic-fantasy stories such as the tales of Uncle Albert and Yellow Submarines. Black straight suit and ties were forfeited for the Sgt. Peppers brilliant Technicolor uniforms..and the hair continued to move into sideburns and long shaggy bang sections. A rebelling band for sure. Yet fun! The Beatles were confident enough now for silly creative ca rteblanche! They weren't afraid, they were the Beatles.
Confidence and growth make strange bedfellows. Its a relationship I've always struggled with. The Beatles couldn't have been any brighter, (literally and figuratively), in those days. For sure they knew that mistakes, musically, would happen less frequently. Confidence is a result from a job well-done. The hard work paying off. Some folks admire in others, and some loathe it , or misconstrue it as ego-inflated, or narcissistic tendencies. The Beatles were struggling with this as a group and as individuals. The Beatles were becoming more unique and individualized singularly. They were becoming long-haired musicians, ( a nickname for musical giants such as Bach and Beethoven)..and they were both literally and figuratively. They were all itching down the road less traveled .. not only collectively but individually. Growth we call it. And quite often growth happens during moments when our confidence in our abilities allow us try all those groovy things! Why not? Growth is good, but it is also challenging collectively.. it hard to resonate as a whole.. what everyone wants from you when the rules change. Those rules can either make or break the creative force of the whole, or straighten it. Perhaps, at times the road is only supposed to be traveled for a brief time collectively in order to make room for the "solo careers?" Perhaps some want to change, and others do not. Perhaps... Perhaps people simply grow apart, take the other direction in the fork, or accept that Source/God/Universe is opening up new doors for the talent to surge in other ways.
The End, (in video and musically), reminds us of those bittersweet times when something so perfect can't be re-done. When the other paths are beckoning our footsteps. When anyone of the following scenarios/shifts in feelings, doubts, confidences, jealousies, religious experiences all listed above can no longer sustain a group. (Not mentioning anything about mixing in real-life.. marriages, divorces, children, lovers, substance abuse or the switching of managers and the like, that The Beatles actually encountered during those magical years). Because the magic is only magical for brief times in life and the reality is, all you need is love.... and a little help from our friends. That's all that is required for those uncertain days ahead. If you say goodbye, then I'll say hello.. don't know why you say goodbye.. I say hello!
....and in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make!
The End, Miss Dawn
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