By the zonagirante.com team @spinning zone
On a difficult afternoon, we decided to lift our spirits in the best way we could: Making fun playlists to share with our audience. And if last week we turned to The Rolling Stones, this time it's the turn of the best quartet from the city of Liverpool. Of course: The Beatles. And recovering and reconstructing a note we made 5 years ago, We want to share the best melodies with you, through 15 incredible covers.
In September It will be 55 years in the United Kingdom (a few days later in the United States) since the release of The Beatles' eleventh album, called Abbey Road. The experts on the subject, and those involved in all the gossip about the most successful quartet in the history of music, They comment on how conflictive, problematic, and even dangerously violent the development of this album was. Among other things, they discuss the recording details, during which the mood among the band members was so heated that the method of recording the songs changed in the process and It is said that each Beatle had used the others as exceptional studio musicians on their own tracks. Hearing the anecdotes from those days, it's almost inexplicable that this is one of the best albums of his career, with, moreover, one of the most iconic covers in Rock and Roll (interestingly, this graphic work, done by John Kosh, creative director of Apple Records, The original UK release does not include the band name or album title).
On Spotify, Abbey Road It has the two most listened-to songs in The Beatles' catalog, Here comes the sun (more than 1.3 billion views to date) and Come Together (735 million). According to statistics, this has been the level of popularity of this album worldwide, including Latin America., which in Argentina reached figures worthy of a diamond record. Some of his songs They have forever been part of the soundtrack of millions of people, Whether by choice, to enjoy their parents' (or grandparents') record collection, or because they grew up listening to versions adapted to the format of children's programs, mainly from Sesame Street.
To pay tribute to one of our all-time favorite albums, We have searched for versions of their songs made by artists from our continent. We have found twelve covers, in different keys, including rock, pop, electronic and grandiose orchestral jazz and folk performances, originating from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, the United States, and Chile. Prominent figures such as Fito Páez, Lito Nebbia, Elis Regina and Milton Nascimento (these last two in charge of making a medley with the final 3 songs on the list), as well as less well-known names such as Black Owl, The PuzzyDoll and Pochete Set. As a special note, we are happy to hear, time and again, the corrosive interpretation made by the Rio de Janeiro group Autoramas of our favorite track on this album, Polythene Pam.
Hopefully John, Paul, George and Ringo, wherever they may be in any place or spatial dimension, can witness the tribute that we, from this side of the planet, have wanted to pay to his fantastic work.
