Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The beginning and end of Sgt. peppers is very good, the middle is not bad but compared to the rest of the album it just doesn't compare.  I really like the idea of combing this album with several songs from Magical Mystery Tour to create a so called "super-album" which could compete for the best album of all time.  It was also really cool listening to how they encorporated styles from Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys into their already great music.  I can't imagine receiving praise from the Beattles like that and I definitely would not have released another album if I was Brian Wilson.

Small vs big shows

I have never to been to a large performance of any type but I feel like I would not fit in very well.  A small venue with one it maybe two bands appeals to me much more. It would be much easier to focus in the music and not the event itself.  I see the appeal of larger events but they definitely a directed toward a set group of people.  Another reason is that I do not like a wide range of music so I could chooses a smaller event with just the music that I like, rather than wander around a park hoping to find a good band.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds

To be completely honest this is the weirdest song I have heard in a while, and especially coming from The Beatles. The whole album was disappointing to me compared to the first couple of albums but still well written and played.  The repeating end to the last song was very creepy and I don't think I would want to have something like that on an album I wrote.  It would definitely be a reason for me to not buy the album if I were on the edge, and like Ryan said, if I were to fall asleep with that on I don't think I would ever sleep again.

Pet sounds

Pet sounds was one of the best albums as a whole that I have listened to this year. Each and every song got together to make the entire album like one piece of work.  Although it is very different from the first beach boys songs they are still very catchy and fun to sing along too.  The whole Brian Wilson situation is a little bit confusing to me, I know that he went crazy after releasing this album and it took him almost 40 years to complete the next one but I just can't really understand how somebody can be that crazy but wrote so well. 

Revolver

In my opinion Revolver is not as good as the first couple albums of The Beatles but that is only if you are basing it off of the same criteria.  It is a different sound and therefore cannot be judged the same way as Please Please Me.  For what The Beates were trying to make I really like the songs but I just don't like the style as much, some of the songs were not as up-best as I like and had a tiring effect on me.  Norwegian Wood was a really weird song and after thinking about it I would have to agree with Alec, he most likely burned the house down after he woke up.

Destiny vs Free Will

I think that destiny and free will are on a spectrum.  There are some choices that a person makes that can decide their destiny from that point in.  For example, a person that chooses to do a stupid stunt or take a risk that then paralyzes them would be destined to not achieve in an athletic field.  In this case a choice would lead a person to a different destiny.  One could always make the arguement in this situation that they were just destined to mess up and become paralyzed but I think that is invalid.  Honestly this arguement is impossible to ever decide because nobody will ever be able to tell if destiny is real.

Types of R&R

Something that I think is really cool about Rock and Roll is that it comes from such a variety of music and therefore can be very different from other types of Rock and Roll.  Several types of music that fed into the making of Rock and Roll are country, blues, swing, and jazzy tunes.  With a mixture of all of these types out together there is not a limit to what Rock and Roll can be.  We talked about what size "boxes" we sort things into and how it depends on the person for a given topic.  For me I have tons of boxes, each with a very small amount ideas or topics. This makes me want to create a single type of music that is just rock, but I have realized that is simply just not possible. There is just too much variety.