Overall, the side contains all of the pop loveliness that Paul McCartney can ooze, but placed in the crazed, playful context of John Lennon’s world. I don’t care that it commercially flopped as a film-we’ll get to that-the music is exquisite. Side One is the soundtrack to the surreal and boundary-smashing television film of the same title. Peppers may have seemed (and even been) a bit ‘patched together’ but time has erased that perception. Magical Mystery Tour, coming on the heels of Sgt. No other Beatles album can match it in all of these areas. It is the only album that so completely reveals the entire range of their abilities: the masterful pop single, thematic work, sophisticated and innovative song structure, and poetry. But Magical Mystery Tour in fact has more of what was great about the Beatles in its grooves than any of their other releases. The Beatles were such incredible tunesmiths that it would be specious to assert that they ever put out a bad album, British or US versions notwithstanding.
For example, BBC1 Christmas Day programming that year included “The Ken Dodd Christmas Show,” a comedy special featuring beloved comedian Ken Dodd, who was recognizable by his unruly hair and buck toothed grin.Magical Mystery Tour Is The Beatles Best Album It was also common for Christmastime programming to include a selection of variety and comedy shows. However, not all programming was so conservative and formal. For example, the BBC1 afternoon and evening programming on Christmas Eve that year included popular classics like Hansel and Gretel and Les Miserables along with religious holiday specials like Carols from King's College, Sir Malcolm's Carols from Stamford, and Midnight Mass of Christmas from the Roman Catholic Church of St. BBC Christmastime programming generally consisted of more traditional and often religious entertainment like holiday music specials, variety shows, and classic films. So, while this seemed like an opportunity for unprecedented coverage, Magical Mystery Tour simply did not fit the typical mold for what was expected of British holiday television. McCartney’s approach ignored most of these …show more content… The holiday season was one such time, and Boxing Day television audiences were among largest of the year. Under UA’s supervision, months would have gone into preparation for a film, with every detail taken care of, including daily call sheets, location scouting, accommodations, casting, and more. The difference is that the previous two films were made under the supervision of the large, well-established United Artists Corporation. Lennon and McCartney had become the most prolific songwriters of their generation without any formal music education, so with misguided aplomb, they believed they could conquer film with an equal lack of training. So, instead of acquiescing to anyone else’s leadership, and to preserve the Beatles’ momentum, Paul McCartney took charge of the decision making. Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) …show more content… They had become the most successful songwriters and performers in the history of popular music and believed that their approach to creating music could also be applied to the art of filmmaking. The psychedelic production followed a group of people on a British mystery tour and loosely focused on Mr. Magical Mystery Tour, billed anodynely in the listings as a coach trip around the West Country with the Beatles, was an hour-long television film that aired as a special on BBC1 at 8:35 p.m. Considering its developmental context, the circumstances under which it was first broadcast, and the expectations of the British viewing public, the negative reception becomes not only understandable, but also possibly inevitable. Show More Though beloved by fans today, the Beatles’ 1967 television film Magical Mystery Tour was largely regarded by the British press as the first failure of the band’s career.
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