The Beatles: The White Album

The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album), Part 1

Album #92 - December 1968

Episode date - August 9, 2017

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    I know that we have all had five decades to consider this, but isn’t it unbelievably amazing to consider the stylistic changes that took place in the five short years from January 1964 to December 1968?

    Has there ever been a period in music history where the changes were so drastic? Compare “Till There Was You” with “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road”, or “There’s a Place” with “Happiness Is a Warm Gun.” These are songs written and performed by the same human beings only five years apart, but the latter songs eclipse the stylistic relevance of the earlier compositions (although not the historical relevance).

    The Beatles grew up before our eyes, and the world grew up with them. The entire world felt significantly less innocent in 1968 than it did in 1964, and no album better captures that restless sense of unease more than The Beatles double album.

    This show features music from the first two sides, including;

    Back in the U.S.S.R.

    Dear Prudence

    Glass Onion

    Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

    Wild Honey Pie

    The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

    While My Guitar Gently Weeps

    Happiness Is a Warm Gun

    Martha My Dear

    I’m So Tired

    Blackbird

    Piggies

    Rocky Raccoon

    Don’t Pass Me By

    Why Don’t We Do It in the Road

    I Will

    Julia

    December 1968 - Billboard Charted #1

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