Looking back, it’s incredible how The Fab Four matured over two years from their first album to Rubber Soul. One can argue that all Beatle albums are sophisticated, but Rubber Soul feels like a band that had looked back and marked their present by adjusting their sound and perhaps a reflection of the Beatle-mania surrounding them. And we’re not talking about years, but months, that they have had changed somewhere in that time frame. The only crisis I’m aware of is the intense fame that surrounded them, which must have affected their well-being or how they dealt with the outside world after being in a cushioned existence of ‘them vs. everyone else.’ I don’t think I could mentally take that in if I were them or their age. But then again, I’m not The Beatles; therefore, they may be something superhuman about their existence. At this point in their presence, were they sharing rooms when they toured? Did they have a separate life outside of The Beatles’ bubble? Some were married or had serious relationships, but how can that match their workload and schedule?
My favorite Beatles album.
I love how your childhood imagination took off from these songs. Poor George, he gets a sticker over his face.