The wife of Kanye West has been headlining the news, despite all the wars and conflicts going on right now.
Her name is Bianca Censori. We know nothing about her, in fact we barely know anything about him.
Anyway, they were at the Grammys the other day and she was wearing a fur coat that she removed to reveal, well, a completely shear see through dress and nothing else.
Pictures in the press are mostly censored, as are videos:
We know there are people out there who hate the fact that we call them the Fab Four even years after they had moved on from that phase of their careers. But we have a reason. The one thing John, Paul, George and Ringo enjoyed more than anything else was playing together. They were true friends, enjoyed each other’s companies and it wasn’t just work.
So, after the failure of Let It Be/Get Back they wanted to go out on a high with a true band album, just like the old days. George Martin and no Yoko
There were issues: John wanted his songs on one side and Paul’s on the other – didn’t happen. Paul got even more bossy and demanding and songs like Maxwell’s Silver Hammer became a chore. There were bits of songs that no-one really wanted to flesh out. And Harrison was writing some of the best songs of his life, though we can’t bear Something.
By side two there is a scramble of ideas trying to find space. So there’s a ‘medley’, starting with You Never Give Me Your Money. The tracks run together… except they don’t. After She Came In Through The Bathroom Window it all stops, then starts again. That’s not a medley.
In the end, sorry The End, there’s a display of band unity: Ringo gets a solo, then the guitar solo is shared by the other three together. We enjoy playing together, it says, we’re a band, this is fun.
The album is named after the road. The recording studios had the name changed many years later, to cash in on the record’s success (which continues).
The last album for The Beatles. Going out on a high.
For the film, The Beatles produced a complete collection of songs and the film makers chose the ones they liked that fit best. This is side one of the album. The rejects are side two.
It’s the first Beatles’ album to be all self-composed. No covers here. It’s also the last until Rubber Soul.
There’s something about the production on this album that sets it apart. It sounds more dense, clearer (if that’s not a contradiction), like more time has been spent on it.
