But me? Although I adamantly include 1966 within my toppermost/poppermost, I insist that the wonder of вЂ™64 and вЂ™65 belongs right up there with it. The work isnвЂ™t dismissed outrightвЂ“that would be dumbвЂ“but itвЂ™s not held in as high regard as the perceived masterpieces of 1966, or вЂ™67, et cetera. Pepper taught the band to play.ДЇew will speak as fervently on behalf of the groupвЂ™s output prior to Rubber Soul. With Rubber Soul, Revolver, вЂњNowhere Man,вЂќ вЂњPaperback Writer,вЂќ and вЂњRain,вЂќ it is perhaps understandable that 1966 dominates the discussion of The Beatles before Sgt. 1966 is the natural habitat of вЂњNowhere ManвЂќ and the non-LP вЂњPaperback Writer,вЂќ irresistible singles that further the argument on behalf of вЂ™66 a 45 B-side, вЂњRain,вЂќ is The Greatest Record Ever Made. Beatles вЂ™66 includes both Rubber SoulВ and Revolver, two perennial candidates for Best Album Ever. Rubber SoulВ was released at the very end of 1965, so itвЂ™s really a 1966 album by most consideration. And man, itвЂ™s difficult to argue with that. Among those who may favor The BeatlesвЂ™ work before Sgt.

I love the latter group I worship the former. Abbey RoadВ is in the latter group, Rubber SoulВ in the former, that albumвЂ™s relative maturity notwithstanding. PepperВ would seem to be the defining line of demarcation between advocates of exuberant Beatle pop and apostles of mature Beatle Rock ( mit einemВ capital R). There are specific points of division among Beatles fans.

My point is that, for all the terrific, transcendent sounds I wanna hear again and again and again, if some chuckleheaded cosmic edict forced me to to limit myself to an endless loop of just one brief snippet of a rockinвЂ™ pop c.v., I would select John, Paul, George, and Ringo, after вЂ™63, before вЂ™67. Arnold, The Monkees, Big Star, The Isley Brothers, The Flashcubes, The Sex Pistols, KISS, Bowie, Lulu, Little Richard, Dusty Springfield, Prince, The Bay City Rollers, The Jam, Freddie and the Dreamers, ABBA, The Four Tops, Suzi Quatro, andвЂ¦andвЂ¦TURN IT UP!! Of courseВ thereвЂ™s other great music I want to hear alongside thatвЂ“I want to hear Pet Sounds, The Ramones, Chuck Berry, Wilson Pickett, The Kinks, P. But The Beatles, вЂ™64 to вЂ™66? ThereвЂ™s just something about that run that knocks me out, without fail, without apology. My favorite body of work in all of pop music remains the stuff The Beatles released from 1964 through 1966, basically A Hard DayвЂ™s NightВ through Revolver, that monolithic opening chord through the hypnotic fadeout of вЂњTomorrow Never Knows.вЂќ I adore the Fabness that preceded this period, and I do love Sgt. Is Beatles VIВ really my all-time favorite album? Yes it is, yes it is, yes it is, oh yes it is.

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