That's a fabulous quote.  Rubber Soul blew my mind.  And if Nowhere Man and
Drive My Car had been on it too... 

--- Barry Schlom


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Chasin [mailto:jchasin@nyc.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 9:09 AM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Sgt Peppers remixed.
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> From: <mrl@PSFC.MIT.EDU>
> > A few weeks ago some people were talking about Sgt Peppers, 
> and whether
> it's a
> > highly overrated album or not.  Personally, I prefer the 
> White album,
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> > it rocks more, and it doesn't have the high touted but 
> gimmicky production
> > tricks on Sgt Peppers.
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> When I was in high school I had a book that reviewed/covered 
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> recording-- singles, albums (Brit versions, natch)-- and the 
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> 70s solo output.  I'll never forget the comment that began 
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> Rubber Soul:
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> "We are now entering the phase where critical evaluation is purely
> subjective."
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> Meaning from then on, everything was just so good that what 
> you liked and
> didn't like was purely a matter of taste.
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