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Less experimental and
exuberant than the periods
which preceded or followed,
1965 and 1966 was a time in which the Beatles took their roles as musicians
seriously and it was arguably this period in which
the Beatles went from mere
pop icons to great songwriters, ensuring their place in music history.
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| The Beatles let it all hang out in 1968 and 1969 |
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In complete opposition to the restraint of the songs of
the "Rubber Soul" period is the "White Album," the Beatles's
most experimental and eclectic effort. Songs like "Helter
Skelter," "Why Don't We Do it in the Road," and "Revolution
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#9" foreshadow acid rock of the seventies and demonstrate the Dionysian element
in the usually Apollonian Beatles.
The "White Album"
was recorded and released during the great Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto triple conjunction
of 1968 and 1969—the most radically oppositional and celebratory moment
of the sixties era. The experimental and unbridled spirit of the "White
Album" accurately reflects the character of those years.
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| Greatest Hits albums capture the Beatles' transformation |
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Finally, at the center
of the sixties was the Pluto-Uranus conjunction. No other planetary combination
symbolizes transformation more than this influence. And What rock band went
through a greater transformation than the Beatles? In eight short years, the
Beatles went from from indistinguishable, cute mop tops to highly individualized
musicians experimenting at
the edge of psychedelic rock.
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