Turkey McNuggets
We all know how how some tunes seep in at odd moments -- most often in the car -- and sometimes hang around longer than you might expect. Some never leave. It's strange how this one has sunk in since first hearing it a year or two ago. It has something to do with the no-discernible-lyrics aspect (due to that ancient backwards-tape trick of 35 or 40 years ago) and the way it all comes together at the very end (which, in this case, is the very beginning). On top of which susceptibility increases around the holidays. We all listen to music a bit more when things slow down. Happy Turkey McNuggets.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 21, 2007 at 8:55 AM
comment #1
christian
says ...
Sun King backwards?
Posted by christian
at November 21, 2007 11:20 AM
comment #2
Walter Sobchak
says ...
Ding! (to christian)
Yes, it is a zipped-up, backwards version of the Beatles' "Sun King" from "Abbey Road".
George Martin did this for the "Love" soundtrack, (the Cirque-de-Soleil Beatles show at the Mirage in Las Vegas)
Posted by Walter Sobchak
at November 21, 2007 12:15 PM
comment #3
DavidF
says ...
Actually, I think it was Martin's son.
Some people have dissed the album for being heresy or at least redundant but it has some wonderful little moments, of which this is one.
(So is the a capella "Because," cribbed from Anthology 3.)
Posted by DavidF
at November 21, 2007 12:47 PM
comment #4
DavidF
says ...
Correction: It was Martin and his son.
Sometimes Jeff writes insane thinks like his Close Encounters rant but then he makes simple, shiny, happy posts like this and all is right with the world.
Posted by DavidF
at November 21, 2007 12:49 PM
comment #5
Rich S.
says ...
In one of his books, I think it might have been Bluebeard, Kurt Vonnegut wrote that he was asked by his son whether art had ever really made anyone truly happy (or something to that effect). Kurt replied that he thought that the Beatles had actually produced true happiness in people. Sounds about right.
Posted by Rich S.
at November 22, 2007 6:59 AM