I find the idea of a concept album to be much more interesting than a standard album (just my opinion). From Pink Floyd's The Wall to Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, the songs as a whole tell a story much more complex than a single song's storyline. Sell Out was very similar to Channel Orange in the way it combined music with original ads. The ads were a bit random and stuck out, but also made the album coherent. The song that was the most abstract to me was Rael 2 with the church organ in the back and the operatic vocals. Sgt. Pepper's is a classic album, and I'm glad I had a true reason to sit down and listen to it in its entirety in order to dissect it. The most interesting part about that album to me was the repetition of the titular song. I was not expecting to hear pretty much the same song repeated again, but I felt that it fit the storyline of the album.
Listening to The Who Sell Out, it was interesting to see how the songs were each unique in their own way but all came together to create a similar theme and message. They are similar because they are each a fake commercial. I personally think that this satirization shows the band’s creative side, and I really enjoyed listening to all the songs in the album. Similarly, the songs in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band collectively emphasize certain ideas and themes. Listening to the album, I noticed an emphasis on psychedelics, and the idea of optimism, which were prevalent in the culture of the time. The Beatles used a variety of musical instruments throughout the album, and each song had a unique vibe. Overall, I really liked listening to these LP albums and the way they give listeners a deeper insight into the band’s creative side.
I personally love concept albums, especially ones with fun interludes like the ads on The Who Sell Out. Concept albums are a great way for musicians to step into a storyteller role and go outside of the box. They require a lot more creativity and originality to create when compared to “regular” albums in my opinion. I think that both The Who Sell Out and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band are excellent examples of concept albums. I listened to a lot of the songs off of both albums as a kid but I never listened to either album all the way through start to finish. It was definitely a different experience. I knew the songs individually but I was finally able to connect the themes and stories of the album by doing this. I think that my early experiences with these songs might be different from that of someone like my dad who used to listen to these albums on actual vinyl LPs rather than on shuffle mode on a random Spotify playlist like I do. It is albums like these where I might argue are best to listen to on vinyl so that you can really absorb the stories as whole works, rather than just a “string of songs.”
I personally really like the idea of a concept album, one that I can listen in a continuous, specific order, as it feels more connected and it as though more effort was put into it than the classic random assortment of songs. I found the The Who Sell Out to be particularly interesting to listen to, and more specifically those weird fake commercials put in between the songs. It seemed that they had nothing to do with anything at all, yet they fit in with the kind of wacky theme of the album. And, I suppose that's the point of this sort of concept album: adding some different dimension that can't necessarily be done in live performance. On that note, I think the different use of sound in this album, and The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, was particularly cool. They definitely made good use of the fact that these were studio recorded albums, so they could include different sounds and different spatial experiences, like the playing of some sounds on the left side and other sounds on the right, that otherwise would be impossible in a traditional live concert.
I really enjoyed listening to this week’s music and delving deeper into a few concept albums, The Who Sell Out and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, as the “concepts” and themes of the albums added a lot of depth to the individual songs that they were composed of, creating an even larger body of art. It is really interesting to consider how these albums, both of which were released around the same time in 1967, found unique ways to provide insight into the culture of the time, especially in regards to music and The Who and the Beatles’ respective roles within it. Each album sought to tell its own story by creating an environment within which they were able to intentionally arrange their songs into a unified piece, and they both had a fair amount of psychedelic elements in a lot of their songs, allowing them to be more imaginative and creative with their work. I also really appreciated the Who’s use of satire and humor throughout The Who Sell Out, as it showed a new side to the band and how they see themselves and the world around them.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was an album where The Beatles acted as though they were a band of the same name as the album and sang a variety of songs throughout a "show". The band uses these individual songs with varying meanings and ideas and groups them based on themes with some sort of loose story over it. In this case, the story of the album is about a different band playing songs about heartbreak and love.
Similarly, The Who Sells Out has a variety of more regular songs and very odd songs promoting things like Heinz Baked Beans. It sets the idea that the sounds from the album are coming from Radio London, and so each song would be a song coming from the radio and some would be jingles that are part of ads. It let the album serve as a sort of wacky mix of different songs while still contributing to the album as a concept. It let them explore songs that probably would fit even less together on a regular album and put them together in a satisfying way. Overall it makes for a very engaging listening experience.
I quite liked the concept albums from this week! It takes real creativity to make a whole LP that has a consistent theme/concept. I really liked that the songs were nearly seamlessly connected (my favorite was the held out note between Tattoo and Our Love Was; it's so satisfying!). The songs connected so nicely to the point where I didn't even realize I had already listened through half the album. It reminds me a lot of how sung-through musicals are written.
I love everything about the concept album the who sell out. They further develop an edge which feels very punk and modern. I think it was genius for them to preemptively call themselves sell-outs, even jokingly, since that CONSTANTLY gets thrown at creators as they change (or don't change) in their careers--whether its true or not. We see the beginning of the impressive story telling and theming the who is capable of. -Kara
And so many of the songs integrate the family-friendly 50's radio and tv music to continue to make the album on theme. This stringing is almost to say "we can be as real as possible, but its still fake/scripted".
For a long while, Sergeant Pepper's was my favorite Beatles album. I have since realized that my favorite albums generally are those which show the median between a band (or artist)'s beginning and final sounds. Despite this, I really enjoyed a relistening of the album. I personally have never really seen Sergeant Pepper's as being a traditional 'concept album,' as much as other notables like 'Dark Side of the Moon,' However, when looking at it through this lens, I noticed things that I had not before. In psychology, we talk a lot about how just saying something is a thing is very powerful so studying this album as a concept album made it more of one for me. It has become more clear how this album fits together and how there are clear thematic repetitions as well as interesting choices regarding timbre and instrumentation that come up many times throughout the album, creating a sense of continuity.
As for 'The Who Sells Out,' this was my first listen-through of the whole album start-to-finish. This album to me feels like much more of a concept album. Many of my peers pointed out the advertisements present in the album. I saw these as well however one additional thing that I noticed lyrically about the album was consistent themes of changing and yearning throughout. I think these are especially interesting within the concept of 'selling-out' and hyper-consumerism as consumer culture created a sense of yearning for the everyman in the days of the Who's members' youths following WW2. I think that this idea is definitely highlighted by the advertisements in the album, especially in Rael 2 as you see the narrator of the hymn-like jingle celebrating his happiness as he praises God for creating Rael.
I loved the idea of the concept album and prior to this class, I hadn't listened to The Who Sell Out in order, but had heard some individual songs such as "I Can See for Miles." Similar to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band, the songs flowed seamlessly and felt more like one long song. Most albums don't flow in that way because the songs are completely unrelated, but the "commercials" and jingles in between songs made me feel like I was listening to 60s radio or watching TV. It's clear that they were self-aware about how they had "sold out" previously as they were in ads. Various themes emerged in the album, a lot having to do with self-awareness and self-discovery. - Kriseira L
I loved listening to the concept album The Who Sell Out this week. I have listened to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club many times, and it reminded me of that album because of how well the songs fit together like a long story, which is something I think is really cool. I also like how weird some of the song topics were like Heinz Baked Beans, they were clearly having a lot of fun when they were writing their songs which makes it more fun to listen to. It reminded me of watching a movie or a musical, which are both things I really enjoy. It makes me wish I could watch The Who live.
The Who's "Sell Out" Album was unlike any other album I had heard before. The concept itself was extremely unique, leading the use of specific sounds to be unique to them as well. It was interesting because you could definitely tell they all related back to one thing, but they each sounded so different at the same time. Similar to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club, all of the songs are so compatible with one another it really does become a story.
After listening to both albums I felt really content. There's something so satisfying about having one song lead into another or have transition pieces in between songs. I had never listened to either album in its entirety although I knew a few songs from The Who Sell Out and many from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It reminded me of 94.3 The Reel by Kid Quill when they had ads/shorter songs in between groups of songs. Concept albums are very ambitious. They allow the artist to take on a new persona, explain a timeline, or create a lineup where all the songs are related. I think concept albums are definitely a creative step up for The Who and any artist that attempts them. The common theme of an album makes it more powerful and interesting/engaging to listen to. -Julia Alanis
It was really cool to listen to these two concepts because of how popular the idea is today. I feel like everyone of my favorite artists is taking a swing at concept albums that tie songs and stories into music videos. Sgt. Pepper's is a legendary album for me; I grew up listening to it and I still feel the same joy listening to it now as I did back then. Its sound is so vibrant, rich, and has a depth to it that previous Beatles albums only hinted at. The Who Sells Out, while clearly a response to the groundbreaking album, was weirder in the best way posssible. The intro itself is so different from Sgt. Pepper's and all the previous Who albums. The stories in the songs are strange, but equally charming. They took the Beatles' formula and injected their less put together, crazy personality into it for an amazing album. I am very excited for Tommy now. -Ben Bergen
The assigned music for this week was very interesting to listen to. I thought it was interesting that so many instruments that do not seem like they would generally be utilized by bands like the Who and the Beatles, such as more big band-type instruments, were now being used to further their music. The way the individual songs go together so fluidly is something that I am not used to hearing, but both albums follow this pattern, and it makes for a very interesting listening experience. To me, it seems that the entire album creation process may be more complicated with this added detail of relating all of the tracks together. The singers of both bands seemed to utilize similar singing techniques, including a seemingly lower singing volume at various points throughout the album. Although there are definitely differences between the two albums as well, I feel that these differences are more difficult to pinpoint, and are more generally due to the lyrics of the various songs, than the musical instruments used and the singers’ inflections. I like the concept of The Who’s The Who Sell Out. I think it is really cool, and sounds like it must have made a large statement at the time of its release. I look forward to listening to more music next week!
I think the only concept album I ever fully listened to back-to-back was The Wall, so sitting down and listening to Sgt. Pepper's was kind of a trip. As a kid, I would hear the transition between the intro song of the same name to "With a Little Help From My Friends" and never think much of it, but it was interesting thinking about it in the form of a concept album. It was kind of like a little story, Sgt. Pepper introducing some musician named Billy Shears, and then from there kind of imagining the album happening as a live performance. I felt the same way with the "Sell Out" album. I had only listen to random songs on the album, never listening to it in its entirety. And the story is amazing, the commercial sounds, the random PSAs, it felt like I was tuning into some radio station from the times. I think if ever, the main message I got out of it was that it was kind of a tribute to The Who's own growth as a band.
I really enjoyed these two albums this week, particularly Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, which I'll probably keep listening to myself for a long time and had only heard a couple songs from previously; in the Beatles' album, every song had very distinct sounds giving it a particular feeling, yet still led well into the next, which was a lovely variation for the listener, who can jam out to faster songs like "Good Morning Good Morning" and still listen to, relate to and think about the song's stories as more patient, melancholy songs like "She's Leaving Home." I feel the album really encompassed a range of emotions that made the album more of a memorable experience, a more in depth expression from the artists, and a versatile list of tracks. The Who's album The Who Sell Out was similar in its easy ordered listen-through and varied song tempos and particular sounds, but what I particularly enjoyed about The Who Sells Out were it's fake musical ads included between more full songs, paired with the album title and art; I thought it was whimsical and a fun way to create a satire of their and other artists' criticisms, as if saying to the public that they'll make sponsored content like ads but it'll still be theirs, and good work, and can even still be enjoyable itself. They also helped draw the album theme together, making it as if one was taking a journey through the band devolving to more impersonal, advertising content but without a decline in quality of music or the Who's own personality in the songs; the ironic take makes the audience feel like they're in on a joke with the band. -Constanza Montemayor
Im a total beatlemaniac so listening to Sgt. Pepper's was a very routine thing for me. How amazing is this record?? To me it feels like listening to a book on tape, with a bunch of short stories all in a row. I love this album because it really shows The Beatles having fun and really pushing the boundaries of their imaginations. I always find it funny that The Beatles music is so mainstream and almost everyone has at least heard a song or two, but when you really listen to The Beatles and learn about the members of the band, they're just a bunch of weirdos! They made music fr themselves, and they really didn't have a deep explanation for many of the songs people read into (Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds isn't actually about LSD). I am nowhere near as familiar with The Who so this was actually my first time listening to The Who Sells Out. First of all, the album cover totally grabbed my attention like an Andy Warhol print. I absolutely love the humor and satire of being teal sell outs. Sunrise was my favorite song on the album because it is so bare bones, and real. Im not a huge fan of loud drum heavy music, so the fact that this song was really stripped down was super appealing to me.
I find the idea of a concept album to be much more interesting than a standard album (just my opinion). From Pink Floyd's The Wall to Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, the songs as a whole tell a story much more complex than a single song's storyline. Sell Out was very similar to Channel Orange in the way it combined music with original ads. The ads were a bit random and stuck out, but also made the album coherent. The song that was the most abstract to me was Rael 2 with the church organ in the back and the operatic vocals. Sgt. Pepper's is a classic album, and I'm glad I had a true reason to sit down and listen to it in its entirety in order to dissect it. The most interesting part about that album to me was the repetition of the titular song. I was not expecting to hear pretty much the same song repeated again, but I felt that it fit the storyline of the album.
ReplyDeleteListening to The Who Sell Out, it was interesting to see how the songs were each unique in their own way but all came together to create a similar theme and message. They are similar because they are each a fake commercial. I personally think that this satirization shows the band’s creative side, and I really enjoyed listening to all the songs in the album. Similarly, the songs in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band collectively emphasize certain ideas and themes. Listening to the album, I noticed an emphasis on psychedelics, and the idea of optimism, which were prevalent in the culture of the time. The Beatles used a variety of musical instruments throughout the album, and each song had a unique vibe. Overall, I really liked listening to these LP albums and the way they give listeners a deeper insight into the band’s creative side.
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I personally love concept albums, especially ones with fun interludes like the ads on The Who Sell Out. Concept albums are a great way for musicians to step into a storyteller role and go outside of the box. They require a lot more creativity and originality to create when compared to “regular” albums in my opinion. I think that both The Who Sell Out and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band are excellent examples of concept albums. I listened to a lot of the songs off of both albums as a kid but I never listened to either album all the way through start to finish. It was definitely a different experience. I knew the songs individually but I was finally able to connect the themes and stories of the album by doing this. I think that my early experiences with these songs might be different from that of someone like my dad who used to listen to these albums on actual vinyl LPs rather than on shuffle mode on a random Spotify playlist like I do. It is albums like these where I might argue are best to listen to on vinyl so that you can really absorb the stories as whole works, rather than just a “string of songs.”
ReplyDeleteUgh, don’t listen on shuffle! 😩
DeleteHahaha don't worry, I only listen to playlists on shuffle, never albums. I definitely didn't listen to these albums on shuffle!
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ReplyDeleteI personally really like the idea of a concept album, one that I can listen in a continuous, specific order, as it feels more connected and it as though more effort was put into it than the classic random assortment of songs. I found the The Who Sell Out to be particularly interesting to listen to, and more specifically those weird fake commercials put in between the songs. It seemed that they had nothing to do with anything at all, yet they fit in with the kind of wacky theme of the album. And, I suppose that's the point of this sort of concept album: adding some different dimension that can't necessarily be done in live performance. On that note, I think the different use of sound in this album, and The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, was particularly cool. They definitely made good use of the fact that these were studio recorded albums, so they could include different sounds and different spatial experiences, like the playing of some sounds on the left side and other sounds on the right, that otherwise would be impossible in a traditional live concert.
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DeleteI really enjoyed listening to this week’s music and delving deeper into a few concept albums, The Who Sell Out and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, as the “concepts” and themes of the albums added a lot of depth to the individual songs that they were composed of, creating an even larger body of art. It is really interesting to consider how these albums, both of which were released around the same time in 1967, found unique ways to provide insight into the culture of the time, especially in regards to music and The Who and the Beatles’ respective roles within it. Each album sought to tell its own story by creating an environment within which they were able to intentionally arrange their songs into a unified piece, and they both had a fair amount of psychedelic elements in a lot of their songs, allowing them to be more imaginative and creative with their work. I also really appreciated the Who’s use of satire and humor throughout The Who Sell Out, as it showed a new side to the band and how they see themselves and the world around them.
ReplyDeleteSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was an album where The Beatles acted as though they were a band of the same name as the album and sang a variety of songs throughout a "show". The band uses these individual songs with varying meanings and ideas and groups them based on themes with some sort of loose story over it. In this case, the story of the album is about a different band playing songs about heartbreak and love.
ReplyDeleteSimilarly, The Who Sells Out has a variety of more regular songs and very odd songs promoting things like Heinz Baked Beans. It sets the idea that the sounds from the album are coming from Radio London, and so each song would be a song coming from the radio and some would be jingles that are part of ads. It let the album serve as a sort of wacky mix of different songs while still contributing to the album as a concept. It let them explore songs that probably would fit even less together on a regular album and put them together in a satisfying way. Overall it makes for a very engaging listening experience.
I quite liked the concept albums from this week! It takes real creativity to make a whole LP that has a consistent theme/concept. I really liked that the songs were nearly seamlessly connected (my favorite was the held out note between Tattoo and Our Love Was; it's so satisfying!). The songs connected so nicely to the point where I didn't even realize I had already listened through half the album. It reminds me a lot of how sung-through musicals are written.
ReplyDeleteSara Lim
I love everything about the concept album the who sell out. They further develop an edge which feels very punk and modern. I think it was genius for them to preemptively call themselves sell-outs, even jokingly, since that CONSTANTLY gets thrown at creators as they change (or don't change) in their careers--whether its true or not. We see the beginning of the impressive story telling and theming the who is capable of.
ReplyDelete-Kara
And so many of the songs integrate the family-friendly 50's radio and tv music to continue to make the album on theme. This stringing is almost to say "we can be as real as possible, but its still fake/scripted".
DeleteWoah forgot about the end of A day in the life which ELO seems to have blatantly ripped off for the end of turn to stone
DeleteFor a long while, Sergeant Pepper's was my favorite Beatles album. I have since realized that my favorite albums generally are those which show the median between a band (or artist)'s beginning and final sounds. Despite this, I really enjoyed a relistening of the album. I personally have never really seen Sergeant Pepper's as being a traditional 'concept album,' as much as other notables like 'Dark Side of the Moon,' However, when looking at it through this lens, I noticed things that I had not before. In psychology, we talk a lot about how just saying something is a thing is very powerful so studying this album as a concept album made it more of one for me. It has become more clear how this album fits together and how there are clear thematic repetitions as well as interesting choices regarding timbre and instrumentation that come up many times throughout the album, creating a sense of continuity.
ReplyDeleteAs for 'The Who Sells Out,' this was my first listen-through of the whole album start-to-finish. This album to me feels like much more of a concept album. Many of my peers pointed out the advertisements present in the album. I saw these as well however one additional thing that I noticed lyrically about the album was consistent themes of changing and yearning throughout. I think these are especially interesting within the concept of 'selling-out' and hyper-consumerism as consumer culture created a sense of yearning for the everyman in the days of the Who's members' youths following WW2. I think that this idea is definitely highlighted by the advertisements in the album, especially in Rael 2 as you see the narrator of the hymn-like jingle celebrating his happiness as he praises God for creating Rael.
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DeleteI loved the idea of the concept album and prior to this class, I hadn't listened to The Who Sell Out in order, but had heard some individual songs such as "I Can See for Miles." Similar to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band, the songs flowed seamlessly and felt more like one long song. Most albums don't flow in that way because the songs are completely unrelated, but the "commercials" and jingles in between songs made me feel like I was listening to 60s radio or watching TV. It's clear that they were self-aware about how they had "sold out" previously as they were in ads. Various themes emerged in the album, a lot having to do with self-awareness and self-discovery.
ReplyDelete- Kriseira L
I loved listening to the concept album The Who Sell Out this week. I have listened to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club many times, and it reminded me of that album because of how well the songs fit together like a long story, which is something I think is really cool. I also like how weird some of the song topics were like Heinz Baked Beans, they were clearly having a lot of fun when they were writing their songs which makes it more fun to listen to. It reminded me of watching a movie or a musical, which are both things I really enjoy. It makes me wish I could watch The Who live.
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The Who's "Sell Out" Album was unlike any other album I had heard before. The concept itself was extremely unique, leading the use of specific sounds to be unique to them as well. It was interesting because you could definitely tell they all related back to one thing, but they each sounded so different at the same time. Similar to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club, all of the songs are so compatible with one another it really does become a story.
ReplyDeleteAfter listening to both albums I felt really content. There's something so satisfying about having one song lead into another or have transition pieces in between songs. I had never listened to either album in its entirety although I knew a few songs from The Who Sell Out and many from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It reminded me of 94.3 The Reel by Kid Quill when they had ads/shorter songs in between groups of songs. Concept albums are very ambitious. They allow the artist to take on a new persona, explain a timeline, or create a lineup where all the songs are related. I think concept albums are definitely a creative step up for The Who and any artist that attempts them. The common theme of an album makes it more powerful and interesting/engaging to listen to.
ReplyDelete-Julia Alanis
It was really cool to listen to these two concepts because of how popular the idea is today. I feel like everyone of my favorite artists is taking a swing at concept albums that tie songs and stories into music videos. Sgt. Pepper's is a legendary album for me; I grew up listening to it and I still feel the same joy listening to it now as I did back then. Its sound is so vibrant, rich, and has a depth to it that previous Beatles albums only hinted at. The Who Sells Out, while clearly a response to the groundbreaking album, was weirder in the best way posssible. The intro itself is so different from Sgt. Pepper's and all the previous Who albums. The stories in the songs are strange, but equally charming. They took the Beatles' formula and injected their less put together, crazy personality into it for an amazing album. I am very excited for Tommy now.
ReplyDelete-Ben Bergen
The assigned music for this week was very interesting to listen to. I thought it was interesting that so many instruments that do not seem like they would generally be utilized by bands like the Who and the Beatles, such as more big band-type instruments, were now being used to further their music. The way the individual songs go together so fluidly is something that I am not used to hearing, but both albums follow this pattern, and it makes for a very interesting listening experience. To me, it seems that the entire album creation process may be more complicated with this added detail of relating all of the tracks together. The singers of both bands seemed to utilize similar singing techniques, including a seemingly lower singing volume at various points throughout the album. Although there are definitely differences between the two albums as well, I feel that these differences are more difficult to pinpoint, and are more generally due to the lyrics of the various songs, than the musical instruments used and the singers’ inflections. I like the concept of The Who’s The Who Sell Out. I think it is really cool, and sounds like it must have made a large statement at the time of its release. I look forward to listening to more music next week!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
I think the only concept album I ever fully listened to back-to-back was The Wall, so sitting down and listening to Sgt. Pepper's was kind of a trip. As a kid, I would hear the transition between the intro song of the same name to "With a Little Help From My Friends" and never think much of it, but it was interesting thinking about it in the form of a concept album. It was kind of like a little story, Sgt. Pepper introducing some musician named Billy Shears, and then from there kind of imagining the album happening as a live performance. I felt the same way with the "Sell Out" album. I had only listen to random songs on the album, never listening to it in its entirety. And the story is amazing, the commercial sounds, the random PSAs, it felt like I was tuning into some radio station from the times. I think if ever, the main message I got out of it was that it was kind of a tribute to The Who's own growth as a band.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed these two albums this week, particularly Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, which I'll probably keep listening to myself for a long time and had only heard a couple songs from previously; in the Beatles' album, every song had very distinct sounds giving it a particular feeling, yet still led well into the next, which was a lovely variation for the listener, who can jam out to faster songs like "Good Morning Good Morning" and still listen to, relate to and think about the song's stories as more patient, melancholy songs like "She's Leaving Home." I feel the album really encompassed a range of emotions that made the album more of a memorable experience, a more in depth expression from the artists, and a versatile list of tracks. The Who's album The Who Sell Out was similar in its easy ordered listen-through and varied song tempos and particular sounds, but what I particularly enjoyed about The Who Sells Out were it's fake musical ads included between more full songs, paired with the album title and art; I thought it was whimsical and a fun way to create a satire of their and other artists' criticisms, as if saying to the public that they'll make sponsored content like ads but it'll still be theirs, and good work, and can even still be enjoyable itself. They also helped draw the album theme together, making it as if one was taking a journey through the band devolving to more impersonal, advertising content but without a decline in quality of music or the Who's own personality in the songs; the ironic take makes the audience feel like they're in on a joke with the band.
ReplyDelete-Constanza Montemayor
Im a total beatlemaniac so listening to Sgt. Pepper's was a very routine thing for me. How amazing is this record?? To me it feels like listening to a book on tape, with a bunch of short stories all in a row. I love this album because it really shows The Beatles having fun and really pushing the boundaries of their imaginations. I always find it funny that The Beatles music is so mainstream and almost everyone has at least heard a song or two, but when you really listen to The Beatles and learn about the members of the band, they're just a bunch of weirdos! They made music fr themselves, and they really didn't have a deep explanation for many of the songs people read into (Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds isn't actually about LSD).
ReplyDeleteI am nowhere near as familiar with The Who so this was actually my first time listening to The Who Sells Out. First of all, the album cover totally grabbed my attention like an Andy Warhol print. I absolutely love the humor and satire of being teal sell outs. Sunrise was my favorite song on the album because it is so bare bones, and real. Im not a huge fan of loud drum heavy music, so the fact that this song was really stripped down was super appealing to me.