Today's rather well-timed song is "Revolution 1", which is a slow version of a song written by John Lennon. The original arrangement, "Revolution", was released as the B-side to "Hey Jude" (we'll catch that one when we hit the Past Masters albums--that's the best way to catch all the singles released on their own rather than on an album); another related version is "Revolution 9", coming up in a couple of days. :)
"Revolution 1" was inspired, like "Revolution", by increasing protests against the Vietnam War. According to Wikipedia:
The Beatles had avoided expressing political viewpoints, with "Taxman" being their only prior song with an overt political topic. During his time in Rishikesh, Lennon decided to write a song about the recent wave of social upheaval. He recalled, "I thought it was about time we spoke about it [revolution], the same as I thought it was about time we stopped not answering about the Vietnamese war. I had been thinking about it up in the hills in India."
This bluesy version of the song is very laid-back and relaxed, which makes sense; the song is attempting to ease the tension between the revolutionaries and the establishment ("Don't you know it's gonna be alright?"). I've really only heard the original "Revolution" (as well as the version from Across the Universe), so this slow, chilled-out version seems a little strange to me, but in a good way. :P
That's all for today! See you tomorrow. :)
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Heard It Tally: 39
Songs Completed: 163
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