![]() ![]() ![]() I thought it's going to look and feel lame, with a dated and naive hippy/psychedelia cliches. I must confess that I had approached the viewing of this film with a huge dose of skepticism. To say that the story line is incoherent is to betray the sitcom-infested mind in the sad state of commercial-induced eating disorder. We all live in a yellow submarine, A yellow submarine, a yellow submarine. To criticise the understatement-laden dialogue is to miss the finer points of comedy, insisting on the Three Stooges slapstick only. Come on now We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, a yellow submarine. To criticise the animation as being jerky and unrealistic amounts to criticising Picasso for not painting more photo-realistic canvases. Many criticisms of this movie are sadly missing the point. In that respect, it is as strong as the best Beatles songs. It transcends space and time, and has the ability to bring me into the state where the regular, everyday thoughts do not apply. It is impossible to put it into words, but the film stirs the deepest, most contradictory emotions in me. It sounds unbelievable, but the film's ending (the most brilliant piece of all), was thrown in during one hectic weekend! Knowing this, it is not surprising to learn that the principal artist who designed the look and feel of the "Yellow Submarine" movie, almost went blind after finishing it (he set a grueling schedule of sleeping only four hours every other night during the making of the film! - it took him several years to regain his health) On a personal level, this film works as some kind of revelation for me. Same is with the rich and fulfilling imagery of this film - it is obviously an outcome of the 'shoot from the hip' approach. Okay, I apparently understand a very different meaning for this song than everyone else, so I'm going to point it out: In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea And he told us of his life In the land of submarines So we sailed up to the sun Till we found a sea of green And we lived beneath the waves In our yellow submarine -'Where I lived there was a man who sold drugs and he. Lennon remarked that many of his imagery and lyrics were just conceived off the top of his head, which is precisely the thing that gives them the freshness and spontaneity we adore. ![]() Similar to the way the Beatles themselves have created many of their masterpieces, this film is the result of a "controlled chaos". Many people feel that this film is a miracle, and I have the same feeling, especially when I'm watching it breathlessly from the beginning to its end. ‘Yellow Submarine’ - a children’s song with a touch of stoner influence, which Ringo still wows audiences with to this day.The music of the Beatles had galvanized an army of very creative artists who have accomplished the impossible, and created the movie that parallels the elegance and beauty of the music that inspired it. "One twilight evening, lying in bed before dozing off, I came up with a song that I thought would suit Ringo and at the same time incorporate the heady vibes of the time. Hearing Lennon's moody starting point for the track won't change it's legacy however, with Paul McCartney recalling it's origins in a foreword for Revolver: Special Edition: I said to Paul, ‘I always thought this was a song that you wrote and gave to Ringo and that John was like, ‘Oh, bloody ‘Yellow Submarine.’ Not at all." Martin recently told Rolling Stone magazine he had no clue there was a vault of unused demos from the album: "I had no idea until I started going through the outtakes." The pair made use of the "de-mixing" technology developed by Peter Jackson’s audio team for the 2021 documentary Get Back. Giles Martin, the son of The Beatles' original producer George Martin has produced the new version, working together with engineer Sam Okell in stereo and Dolby Atmos. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images). ![]() John Lennon's demo shows how the song could've been very different. You can listen to the outtake to 'Yellow Submarine' below. Revolver: Special Edition features 31 outtakes and three home demos from the Beatles’ recording archive as well as a four-track EP with ‘Paperback Writer’ and ‘Rain’. The demo has been bootlegged - or even rumoured for that matter - making the album's reissue all the more enticing to die-hard Beatles fans when it hits shelves on 28th October 2022. ![]()
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