If it was such a poor album as some suggest why are we still talking about it, and referring to individual tracks from it,and discussing the lyrics in detail? How come it hasn't 'sunk like a stone'.

I can tell you... it was 'cos the times they were 'a'changin' ', and it was happening for the younger generation. Those of an earlier generation either didn't understand it or felt threatened by it, and young people at that time were not going to give up on it either. The balance of power was altering in a very subtle way...it was not the beginning of a musical revolution, that was already underway through Dylan and others. The Beatles, with their popularity, amongst other things, already high, accelerated away in a different dimension using drug induced imagination and lyrics. That singular album started a revolutionary 'revolution' which was unstoppable by those who thought they were in control of society's boring standards at that time.
The Beatles weren't the only ones heading in that direction. Jefferson Airplane and Grace Slick and others were there too. 'White Rabbit' comes back to mind that was the haze of the sixties. The difference the Beatles had, that others on the same journey did not, was that what they did mattered. They were already very popular - hugely conspicuous and in the public eye.

I think the album is a cornerstone...almost everyone in the world has heard it or heard of it and everyone has a view on it,for good or bad...such is it's impact. I loved it and still do and if we could time travel a century or two forwards we will still be talking about the Beatles and their work.

Shame however that things went from bad to worse, to bring us up to the modern day standard of 'pop' noise [I typed out 'music' but deleted it] .

I've just realized what that means ...

With boring ol' Folkie farts like me about we could well be at the dawn of another music revolution, just...'imagine' for a moment what that might be. Certainly the Beatles will have an influence on that too, but I along with so many others won't understand it and will feel threatened by it, if it remains heading in it's current pop chart form. Gladly I am of the firm beleif that Folk in all it's forms is vibrant, slightly hidden from view[therefore underground], and therefore ripe to fill the void and fulfil it's rightful rennaisance.

We are all getting old. However some of the people who have posted to this topic were too old before Sgt. Pepper to embrace it.
The one certain truth is that all music emanates from... GOOD OLD TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC.[Whoops..have I started another thread there?!!]

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