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The "Odd Song Out."
Omnicide:
--- Quote from: jcknbl ---I don't think there is such a thing as an unusual Beatles song
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Helter Skelter?
KharBevNor:
Blackbird? Wild Honey Pie? A Day In The Life?
I think he is basically implying that the Beatles just did odd songs. If a band is particularly experimental than one doesn't expect things that necessarily sound like their other songs.
A lot of off-kilter songs are actually absolutely brilliant. Take December Song by Sol Invictus, which is a foray into Jazz with fully female vocals, totally at odds with everything else in their catalogue. Or Current 93's 'christmas single', Crowleymass, which is probably pretty much one of the wierdest songs ever recorded anyway. It's like a novelty seasonal rap song from some sort of post-punk hell. It's also extremely at odds with the rest of Current 93's catalogue, which is strange, eerie, solemn, mystical and harrowing. And it has some of the best lines of all time
"And his name is Crowley it rhymes with holy
It isn't Crowley that rhymes with fouly! Ew!"
Incidentally, Helter Skelter is one of my top five favourite Beatles songs.
jcknbl:
Yeah, thats what I'm saying. Half the Beatles' catalogue are odd songs...which means there ARE no odd songs. Though Helter Skelter is probably the outer limit of odd Beatle's songs.
Omnicide:
True, but even for all their experimentalism Helter Skelter has a dark edge to it (Charlie Manson aside) which makes it stick out. There's a rawness and chaos to it (improvised trumptet outros etc.) that's rare in the Beatles cannon. Like Happiness is a Warm Gun, but even more of a 'odd song' feel because McCartney wrote. Paul 'Obla-Di Obla-dah' McCartney fer chrissake!
jcknbl:
Or they did hear the tape that the Velvet Underground sent them.
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