White Album

The White Album is probably the album that I know the least about. I only know a few songs well, but hearing the entire thing in class and learning which ones I liked and disliked changed that. In my opinion, it is one of the most diverse albums by The Beatles. Like we were talking about in class, it's kind of crazy that they can release "Helter Skelter" and "Blackbird" or "Julia" on the same album and have each song be so successful.

Blackbird has been one of my favorite Beatles songs for more than half a year. I do say that about many Beatles songs, but "Blackbird" truly is one of my favorites. The acoustic guitar part is great and classic. The song was written about the racial tensions in 1968 and is almost a protest of this.

I found this video a while back of Two Door Cinema Club's Alex Trimble covering "Blackbird". Two Door Cinema Club is one of my favorite bands, so of course I like the cover, but I also look at it with out bias and can say how well he sang and played the guitar part flawlessly.

The diversity on this album makes me like it even more. Rocky Raccoon, Helter Skelter, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and Blackbird are all completely different songs. The Beatles are one of the few bands that could pull off something like this and making it so successful.