Assignment on Revolution by the Beatles

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REVOLUTION BY THE BEATLES
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The Beatles was an English rock band which was formed in the year, 1960 in Liverpool.
The band consisted of four members who were Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and
George Harrison (Yagi, 2015). The Beatles is one of the most popular bands of all time and are
still listened and love by rock lovers all over the world. The band just did not record and produce
music but have always been vocal about the things they feel are not justified. The Beatles is one
of the most influential bands of all time. All their songs have been blockbusters and have topped
the charts. This paper will analyze the song “Revolution” by the Beatles and will give an insight
about the though process behind the song.
The revolution song was released in the year 1968 in November 22. The song was written
by John Lennon himself and he had voiced out his opinion through this song. The revolution is
known to be one of the controversial songs because of the political reference in the song. It is
said to be one of the most ambitious projects of the band which had garnered a huge appreciation
among the people all across the globe and had influenced many people. The song was written
down by John Lennon himself and had been penned down during the transcendental meditation
retreat in the beautiful Rishikesh, India in the year 1968. This album where the song revolution
was featured in, White Album was considered to be one of the most ambitious projects of the
band. This album had featured various songs which were both abstract and conventional and
which had a various genres presented in this one single album. However, this album also marked
the end of the Fab Four because the recording sessions of the band were fraught with conflicts in
terms of creativity and also because of the tension that was provoked by Yoko Ono’s
contribution who was the partner of John Lennon at that time.
The song, Revolution can be said to fall under the genre classic rock as well as the rock
and roll genre. In the beginning of the song, we can see an element of blues because of the subtle

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and smooth beginning. Then the song goes on to the genre of classic rock and rock and roll. This
song can also be called pop music as it has many few different elements. According to scholars,
pop music is basically a genre of music that is popular which originated in their modern forms in
the United Kingdom and the United States during the mid 1950s (Vulliamy, 2017). Pop music
basically means music that has been recognized and has become popular and also includes
various diverse styles in their music. The song is very catchy because of the genre and the
approach of the genre blues in some sections of the songs which makes the song very soothing to
the ear as well.
The first verse of the song has a I, IV and V approach which is considered to be a basic
approach however the notes go higher with the progression of the song and it can be seen that in
the bridge section the song has a II,V, VIIb and VI approach (Hinshaw, 2015). The song has a
general A major blues pentatonic scale, it consists of the notes A B C# B and F#. The verse has
A/ D A/D and an Emaj7 chords with a small prechorus that starts on a minor Bminor chord
hitting G as an accidental and then rolling back to A and F# and then back to the verse chorsds
which is A and D which is the fourth interval. The E maj 7 is used in the song brilliantly to give
the song classic blues rocks feel to the song. The G major chord has been used uniquely as one
usually does not expect that chord or that kind of structure in a song. This song feels unique and
nice all the more because it does not fall in the A major pentatonic scale. The instruments played
in the song have a huge role to play in making the song a huge success because of the sound it
has produced which has attracted millions of people all across the globe. The instruments that
have been used in the song are the guitar, bass, drums and organ. It is the bass instruments that
have helped in producing the low pitched ranges in the songs. People and