ABBEY ROAD

Well, I started listening to the beatles in 2004. Before that, I wasn't interested in their music, 'cos I thought they only had this poppy love songs from the 60's. I got this one as a christmass present in 2004, and I thoght it was a cool album. In 2005, there was a time in which I, for some reason, stopped listening to the Beatles. I found this CD last Sunday, and started listening to it. After just 1 listen, I didn't think it was a cool album anymore......no, it was not JUST cool......it was a MASTERPIECE!!! Ok. The album starts with "Come together": A hippie song, really cool, with vocals by John, a really popular track, one of my favourites. "Something": A ballad by George, very good guitars, piano and orchestra. Another all-time Beatle hit. "Maxwell's silver hammer": It's a quite funny song, which tells the story of a serial killer, who kills everyone with his "Silver hammer". Good piano, bass and synths (which gives the song this Prog sound), as well as the vocals by Paul. "Oh, Darling": A bluessy song, sung by Paul, with nice guitars, blues-like piano and bass, good rythm on drums by Ringo, and the vocals are really rockin'. "Octopus's Garden": An entretaining song by Ringo (one of the very few he wrote in the beatles). He does the lead vocals, and the others do the backing ones. There's a part in which you can hear the sound of water moving, and the blowing of bubbles through a straw, with sythesized vocals, which gives you the sensation that they're singing under-water. This is when George knocks out a nice guitar solo. I want you (She's so heavy): Probably my favourite on this album! It's a progressive rock/blues, featuring the same repeated lyrics, divided into two sections. First, there is one part in which John sings, in a soft bluessy way:"I want you...so bad.....it's drivin' me mad."Then you can hear a section of strange guitar & hammond organ chords, a short bass solo(2 times, I think) and there comes the 2nd section: "She's so....(Hammond solo-really cool. Then, with hard rocking voice, everyone goes:) HEAVYYYYYYYYYYYYYEAH!!!!!!!!". After they repeat the whole thing a couple of times, they go:"She's so......", and without even saying "Heavy", the song reaches it's peak, with an instrumental part, with the most rocking guitars, bass, drums and the coolest hammond organ!!!!!Oh, pretty long description, isn't it? well, by the way, this is one of the Beatle's longest tracks(It lasts almost 8 minutes). "Here comes the sun": a song by George, another hit, played with acustic guitar, mostly. The middle section, has a moog synth solo, which sounds really progressive. "Because": A soft track played with sitar and guitar, with nice chorus by Paul, John & George. "You never give me your money": A song sung by Paul, with piano.It starts quite soft, but it ends up being quite rock n' roll. It's a cool song. And now.....the most interesting part......THE MEDLEY: tracks 10-16 are played as a medley. "Sun King" opens it. It's a quite soft song sung by John and Paul. It's quite weird.Then, you can hear the drums and.... ...."Mean Mr Mustard": A song sung by John, with nice rythm, good guitrs and, bass. Well, I can't say much 'cos it only lasts like 1 minute!...then you can hear three chords, which happen to be the beginning of... "Polythene Pam": Another cool rockin' song sung by John. Then, Paul sings.... ...."She came in through the bathroom window": Another cool short rock song. "Golden Slumbers": Is a piano ballad by Paul with sublime orchestra. When 1 minute and 30 seconds pass.... "Carry that weight", which features the same theme of " You never give me your money".And, finally... "The End" of the medley, which features solos by all the members of the band.....Really cool. 15 seconds of silence.....and Paul comes with the acustic guitar and sings: Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl but she changes from day to day

I want to tell her that I love her a lot But I gotta get a bellyful of wine Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl Someday I'm going to make her mine, oh yeh, someday I'm going to make her mine. This album is the best Beatle alubum I've got so far(I've gotta get Sgt. Pepper) If you haven't got it, get it! but, first, do yourself a favour and listen to "I want you (She's so heavy)". You can do it in this site.