Amy: Cool.
Me: The title is The Beatles' Second Album.
Amy: Very creative.
Me: Well, they WERE creative geniuses.
Plays good. Had some weird crud on it but cleaned up nice. Couple minor skips.
The cool thing about this one is, you can really see where they were coming from. This is basically 1950's sock-hop rock-and-roll. Came out in 1964, but still. It's got like, Roy Orbison style guitars. It kind of puts Sgt. Pepper in perspective you know? This was... it might as well have been Rock Around the Clock. But just four years later they'd be some seriously psychedelic motherfuckers. It's a thing.
I mean... fuck 'em. They're the Beatles. Old people music. Whatever. Right?
But in four years they went from sharkskin suits and Beatle boots to Apple Bonkers and Blue Meanies. It's a thing. It's... a... big deal.
Words fail me. Go read a book about the Beatles. Maybe you've heard of them. They were something of a big deal at one time.
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