My favorite Dylan album to my favorite Beatles album. When I said I would look for the moment when The Beatles overtake the Stones, this is it.
They went from British boys next door to drug-using artists with something to say. You can tell by the pictures on the back, dark black & white portraits of tortured souls and for some reason, George Harrison dressed as a cowboy.
John and Paul became real songwriters on this album. The simplistic narrative of "Norwegian Wood" is supposedly emulating Dylan and I can see it. It helps, having just listened to him. Probably the most interesting thing about doing this is hearing the influence of artists on each other proliferate from album to album.
As is the case with all Beatles albums from here on out, every song is a classic. Picking a favorite becomes hard when every song on the album made you say "fuck, that's good" the first time you heard it. But I'll have to go for "Run For Your Life" only because the notably dark lyrics move them furthest away from their previous, unoffending image.
favorite song: "Run For Your Life"
AHHHHHHHH. rubber soul is MY favorite, too! and run for your life, great great song. it'd be my favorite, but i think it was someone elses* favorite too.. eh.
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i'm going to comment on every album i know!