MUS321H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, I Am The Walrus, Yellow Matter Custard
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Kippen beatles mus321: 1967 68: magical mystery tour & the white album. Our world, the first live global television link 26 countries, 400 million people. Epstein said: it was an inspired song and they really wanted to give the world a message. Love, love, love/ all you need is love/love is all you need (simple and repetitious (anthem)) Message: nothing is impossible if there is love. Festive ending: bach 2-part invention (piccolo trumpets) glenn miller"s in the mood" (big band) Summer of love: hippy culture (music, drugs, sexual freedom, creative expression, politics) Ambition to manage and direct the beatles. Apple corps (active in 1967 but officially founded in jan 1986) Mccartney"s actions made epstein even more irrelevant since he wasn"t managing gigs for them anymore. Managerial contract scheduled to end sep 30, 1967. Much of his identity was with managing the beatles. Project dreamed up b y mccartney in april 1967.
