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Points: 13244 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2006 at 15:09
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2006 at 15:11
Originally posted by Zoso Zoso wrote:

I decided to be lazy and go with Eleanor Rigby. It turned out pretty good though. Good suggestions, I think The Trees would have been a good one.



well when you get it written up... share it with us... I'm sure you can get some constructive criticism here. Wink
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Points: 501 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2006 at 18:34
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Zoso Zoso wrote:

I decided to be lazy and go with Eleanor Rigby. It turned out pretty good though. Good suggestions, I think The Trees would have been a good one.



well when you get it written up... share it with us... I'm sure you can get some constructive criticism here. Wink


Sure, here it is.

One of the better known songs in The Beatles expansive catalogue, “Eleanor Rigby” is a unique and profound song for many reasons. Released in August of 1966, the instrumental part of the song is composed entirely of stringed instruments, four violins, two violas and two cellos, essentially a double string quartet. Producer George Martin requested that the musicians use no vibrato, in order to create a more solemn nature for the song. The song itself is quite depressing, telling a tale of a woman Paul McCartney came up with named Eleanor Rigby. She makes her living, according to Mr. McCartney, by cleaning up churches after weddings, which can only add to the misery of this aging and lonely woman. Eventually, Eleanor dies in the church, and was buried alone by Father McKenzie, who it also appears is lonely. Throughout the song, the theme of loneliness can be found time and time again, and the instrumental accompaniment only adds to the depressing nature of the song, playing in only minor keys, the more depressing out of music’s 2 main keys. The song was released as a single, and was the first pop single to be released with such a depressing theme, back when songs like “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by The Temptations, or “Monday Monday” by The Mamas and The Papas, were at the top of the charts. The song was especially shocking to many, having come from the band who had released songs like “She Loves You”, and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”. Material of a more serious subject matter began to be released more and more by The Beatles in the following years, as they entered their more experimental phase of writing. But Eleanor Rigby is generally regarded as their first of these “serious” songs, and is still acknowledged today as a song that symbolizes loneliness and depression.


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   Brief, but you did cover some nice points. What did your teacher say?
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Points: 501 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2006 at 23:16
Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

   Brief, but you did cover some nice points. What did your teacher say?


Nothing as of yet. I'll find out tomorrow though. He's a really cool guy though, plays keyboards. I've jammed with him before.
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2006 at 23:43
Originally posted by Zoso Zoso wrote:

Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

   Brief, but you did cover some nice points. What did your teacher say?


Nothing as of yet. I'll find out tomorrow though. He's a really cool guy though, plays keyboards. I've jammed with him before.



very nice... concise and to the point (important when you are grading scores of papers hahahah)...
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Points: 1225 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2006 at 23:48
Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

2112! Inspired by Ayn Rand's book "Anthem".
Thus; avoid if your teacher knows anything about literature.


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Originally posted by Teaflax Teaflax wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

2112! Inspired by Ayn Rand's book "Anthem".
Thus; avoid if your teacher know anything about literature.


not to mention the teacher has probably  seen that subject  a 100 times from the acne-scarred set....
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Points: 1509 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 13 2006 at 01:39
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

if you want something to analyze...... go straight to the PhD program of prog lyrical analysis.  TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS ahahhah..


that will keep you up all night... and who knows... your teacher might have flashbacks of late  nights spent smoking mother nature trying to figure out what the hell the album is about.  A sure fire A+ if you tackle this 10000 pound Gorilla of lyrical analysis.
 
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The poor guy has to have his assignment in the next day. Hell, I have been listening to this album from day one and the themes and words are still not to the point of proper analysis worthy of pen to paper.
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