Revolution 9
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John Mayer makes sure music rises above tabloids...on Wednesday, comes at just the right time. The date, 9/9/09, is a wink at the group's famously mystifying song Revolution 9 , and it coincides with the launch of The Beatles: Rock Band video game. On a technical level, the release was long... In this article: John Mayer, Marianne Faithfull, David Frankel, Beatles, As Tears Go By, Buddy Guy, Room for Squares, and The Beatles: Rock Band |
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Entertainment Weekly | November 17, 2008
Beatles 'lost' track: Need to hear it?
...at translating a sublime acid trip to art. For one, the Beatles included "Revolution No. 9," another long experimental track inspired by Stockhausen, on the White Album just one year later, in 1968. And the Velvet Underground's White Light...
In this article: Beatles, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Carnival of Light, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Revolution No. 9, Revolution, Let 'Em In, and Hello, Goodbye
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | October 16, 2009
Music: Interview:Yoko Ono
...in London in 1966. Ono made much music with Lennon, including experimental Beatles material like the tape-collage piece "Revolution 9" (from The White Album) and various noisy exercises under the name Plastic Ono Band. Lennon put out a...
In this article: Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, The A.V. Club, New York, Rock, Fluxus, and Hall of Fame
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Palm Beach Post | September 09, 2009
It's 09-09-09: Get connected, get married, or get The Beatles
...08-08-08, and the year before that's 07-07-07, etc. And today, The Beatles, who penned 'Revolution 9,' hit the interactive video scene today with the launch of The Beatles: Rock Band. It's a phenomenon that happens only once every hundred...
In this article: The Beatles, The Beatles: Rock Band, Cancer, Xbox, PlayStation, Wii, and Palm Beach County
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Revolution 9
...the track My Monkey, inspired by Charles Manson. In 1996, Australian dance rock band Def FX led by celebrity witch Fiona Horne recorded a version of "Revolution 9" for their album Majick. It is done in a techno dance style with a whole...
In this article: The Beatles, John Lennon, Revolution, George Martin, Paul McCartney, Beatles, and George Harrison
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CNN | September 09, 2009
What news to expect from Apple today
...entire Beatles musical catalog are set to be released. The 9/9/09 date also recalls the Beatles' song "Revolution 9," whose cryptic lyrics repeat "number 9, number 9" over and over. This prompted a fresh round of speculation that perhaps...
In this article: Apple, Itunes, IPod, The Beatles, Steve Jobs, Apple TV, Iphone, and San Francisco, California
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Ultimate Guitar | September 09, 2009
Despite Date, Beatles Not Coming To iTunes Wednesday [News]
...Wednesday, on compact disc, in a new remastered format. The 9.9.09 date, echoing the song "Revolution 9," also brings the release of the video game, The Beatles: Rock Band. Sept. 9 is also the date Apple will unveil its new iPod lineup...
In this article: The Beatles, Apple Corps, Itunes, IPod, The Beatles: Rock Band, Trademark, and Labor Day
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The Spokesman Review | September 09, 2009
09-09-09 interests numerologists, marketers - Wed, 09 Sep 2009 PST
...said a company news release. Some have speculated that releasing the Beatles material on 09-09-09 is a tip of the hat to the group's song "Revolution 9," which repeats the phrase "Number 9," throughout. The post-apocalyptic adventure...
In this article: Beatles, The Beatles: Rock Band, Apple Corps, Apple Inc., Tim Burton, Chicago, and San Francisco
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Revolution 9/9/9
...and try again! Number nine, number nine, number nine. In the late '60s, the Beatles recorded Revolution 9, an experimental freakfest that screwed with head and headphones. It appeared on the band's ninth British release. It was...
In this article: The Beatles, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, The Beatles: Rock Band, Please Please Me, Let It Be, Itunes, Helter Skelter, and Eleanor Rigby
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Description from Wikipedia:
"Revolution 9" is a musique concrète track that appeared on The Beatles' 1968 self-titled LP release.
The recording began as an extended ending to the album version of "Revolution", to which were added vocal and music sound clips, tape loops, reverse sound/music and sound effects influenced by the musique concrète styles of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Edgard Varèse, Luigi Nono, and John Cage, further manipulated with editing and sound modification techniques (stereo panning and fading). At over eight minutes, it is the longest track on the album, as well as the longest Beatles track ever officially released, excluding the unreleased track "Carnival of Light" (which clocks in at 13 minutes, 48 seconds), which is said to carry avant-garde influences as well.
The work is credited to Lennon/McCartney (as were all Beatles songs written by either composer), though it was primarily the effort of John Lennon. George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Yoko Ono made small contributions, while Paul McCartney did not actively participate in the track's creation. Ono's avant-garde influence on Lennon's compositional style is clear throughout "Revolution 9."
Believing the track to be too uncommercial for even the Beatles to get away with, McCartney and producer George Martin fought hard to keep the track off the White Album, but Lennon and Ono won out, and the track was included as the second from last track at the end of the album's fourth (and final) side.
- Name:
- Revolution 9
- Genre:
- Musique concrète, avant-garde
- Release Date:
- November 22, 1968
- Produced by:
- George Martin
- Written By:
- Lennon/McCartney
- Recorded By:
- The Beatles
- Length:
- 8:22
- Record Label:
- Apple Records
- From Album:
- The Beatles
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