Music for Old People

The Beatles: Yes, I understand that the above title is somewhat odd. A song over forty years old leaking in this day and age of the interwebs is almost a farce, given how common it is to witness entire records appearing online in crude mp3 matter months before being released. What is more odd is that someone who calls themselves a Beatles fanatic, such as myself, didn't even know this take (it was take 20) existed! I've known about the infamously mythological Sgt. Pepper-era, LSD-infested unreleased sound collage "Carnival of Light" and the orgasm-inducing approx. seven hour long "Helter Skelter" slow-groove jam that Macca won't release; but I've never heard of this "full version" of the White Album classic, "Revolution 1″.

The Beach Boys: It was undoubtedly these abuses that finally led Brian and his brothers to fire their overbearing manager dad-- in these now-legendary 1965 tapes for their second No. 1 hit, "Help Me, Rhonda", the Beach Boys have an increasingly confrontational recording session with their father and finally show him the door. The entire session, which the Bedazzled blog has divided into four parts, runs about 40 minutes. There's some swearing, a lot of yelling, and at one point before the final confrontation, Brian shouts from the studio to the booth, "I got one ear left, and your big mouth is killing me!"