This is a wonderful piece of music IMO. I don't think people quite understand and appreciate how difficult it is to compose something like this. Anyway, on to the meaning - I know John's said it's a music collage representing the sound of revolution, but I see it more as just a psychedelic piece of music...when I meditate, and certainly when I dream, a lot of nonsensical stuff pops in and out of my mind...there's no sense to it but a lot of it is quite entertaining (at least to me) and Revolution 9 really captures that for me. I like to listen to it in the dark with my eyes closed so that I can just let it take over my mind. Revolution 9 is really essential to The White Album as it stands as a key example of why The White Album is one of the most successfully-innovative albums ever
This is a wonderful piece of music IMO. I don't think people quite understand and appreciate how difficult it is to compose something like this. Anyway, on to the meaning - I know John's said it's a music collage representing the sound of revolution, but I see it more as just a psychedelic piece of music...when I meditate, and certainly when I dream, a lot of nonsensical stuff pops in and out of my mind...there's no sense to it but a lot of it is quite entertaining (at least to me) and Revolution 9 really captures that for me. I like to listen to it in the dark with my eyes closed so that I can just let it take over my mind. Revolution 9 is really essential to The White Album as it stands as a key example of why The White Album is one of the most successfully-innovative albums ever