Today's Music That You Should Listen To More Often is Revolver, by none other than the Beatles. Well, you know plenty about the Beatles, at least you should, so let's get right down to business.
This album features some excellent songwriting, to say the least. A wide variety of instruments are featured; in particular, the sitars and "Eleanor Rigby"'s strings stand out. One thing I like in particular is the varied tone of the album. Some songs are happy and boisterous ("Good Day Sunshine", "And Your Bird Can Sing"), some are somber and dark ("I'm Only Sleeping", "Eleanor Rigby"), some are even kind of snotty and political ("Taxman"). The songs themselves are marvelous, but as a whole they offer a glorious listening experience. The only song that seems out of place is "Yellow Submarine", which would stand out on any album on account of its "Ringo" status. (I do wish the album had more Harrison songs but I generally say that about any Beatles album. George was generally weirder than John/Paul). I think my favorite song is "Tomorrow Never Knows", which is just strange and complex enough to be really interesting.
[Warning: cursing follows, if you're actually reading this]
Probably the best endorsement I can give to this album is that even the cheery songs like "Got To Get You Into My Life" and "Here, There, and Everywhere" don't piss me off. I mean, it's not like you're unfamiliar with the Beatles, but why not find out why they're so revered for yourself? And to think, this album came from the braintrust of the 1960's equivalent of a boy band. At least then, the 'band' part of the term applied, unlike the dancing-and-sometimes-singing fucktards that were all over the place five or ten years ago. But seriously, Revolver is a good album for almost anything, except for maybe sleeping or feeling bad about yourself.
In other news:
Yesterday I was only moderately sore from capoeira. I'm sure tonight will be worse, though, or at least I hope it will.