MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

Some songs are very proggish and the some of the pop ones like All You Need Is Love uses an unusual meter 7/4 for a pop song. Penny Lane uses classical string interludes along with brass instruments for a big production psychedelic pop-rock song. Uses some uncommon recording techniques like recording a piano through an guitar amp. It's has a wonderful melody, rich chord sequences,and brilliant key changes. Flying is a space rock instrumental that is blues influenced complete with electronic music and tape-reversed effects. I wish one day they will release the full version of this track called AERIAL TOUR INSTRUMENTAL. George Harrison contributes Blue Jay Way organ drones, the backward vocals, Indian raga influence, vocals through leslie speaker and discordant cellos the use of the diminished dominant root can only be George Harrison and the Beatles. I Am the Walrus is Lennon composed the avant-garde song by combining three songs. The song again has a strange melody with a strong avant feel. The vocals were recorded by overloading the mic amp. Illogical lyrics, with electronic music, strange sounding choirs, cello parts, with sampling from a radio broadcast, a song that surely influenced many proggers. Then there is Strawberry Fields Forever a psychedelic classic complete with electronic music and tape- reversed effects, in a maze of odd time signatures. Two different takes were recorded and spliced together using variable tape speed techniques that uses different tempos, in different keys, different instrumental backing. Then the song ends, and then fades back in backwards then in it fades out again. There are also some fine pop nuggets in songs like Baby You're a Rich Man and Fool on the Hill. Magical Mystery Tour is one of those albums that defined on how you can merge progressive elements, obscure elements with pop music. The only rock band in rock history who seemed to have mastered this concept.

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