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Personal Tightness
One of the things that the
Beatles have always done that other
groups seem to have forgotten
about, is to have fun. They are four
friends whose music reflects their
personal tightness. Rock is mostly
about having fun; when it gets away
from this, it's in big trouble, the
sort of trouble it's in now. Has
anyone ever seen Eric Clapton
smile? His groups are loose concoctions
whose personal looseness is
often reflected in their music, even
though he is a great musician, but
that is no reason for him - and he's
look like someone's put glue in his
mustache. Rock, at least serious
rock, has gotten so serious and
self-consciously intellectual that it's
stagnating.
All of which brings us back to
the Beatles, and their two new
albums "Abbey Road," (released
last week) and "Get Back," out for
Christmas. Everywhere that Mary
went the lamb was sure to go, so
what the Beatles are doing has
important ramifications for the
whole scene.
Neither album is out at this
writing, although semi smuggled
tapes of both are circulating freely
through the Boston underground.
They are two very interesting, and
very important albums.
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