Inspirert av [Ethan Hawk's Black Album fra filmen Boyhood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMYBOpmWHEc). Delt i tre: To dobbeltalbum, fra hver sine æraer, og ett tributealbum fra The Beatles til seg selv (med sanger fra alle æraer). - **Part 1: [[Come Together]]** - **Part 2: [[Carry That Weight]]** - **Part 3: [[The End]]** ![[Come Together.jpeg|400]] ![[Carry That Weight.jpeg|400]] ![[The End bw.jpg|400]] Som beskrevet i [[HDY-discorden]]: > ok my predictably periodical Beatlemania has concluded in the way it had to: my own version of the "Beatles Black Album", from the movie Boyhood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMYBOpmWHEc > > To quote the scene: "You know, when you listen to too much of their solo stuff, it kind of becomes a drag. But you put them *next* to each other, and they start to elevate each other. And then you can hear it—it's The Beatles! (...) *There is no favourite Beatle.* That's what I'm saying—it's in the balance! *That's* what made them the *greatest fucking rock band in the world.* And there's this decade of music out there that has been scattered, and now it has been carefully found, arranged, and ordered *for you.*" > > Like, this description is as spot on as anyone has ever been on The Beatles. However, I found Ethan's Black Album to be kinda dull, so of course I had to make my own ... and boy was the undertaking bigger than I imagined. I am however quite pleased with the result:) > > I initally thought I would be able to make a significantly shorter Black Album, but there are just *too darn many good songs*. Hence, my "Black Album" ended up split in three parts, with the first two being of double-album length (roughly matching The White Album in length), and the last one being of album length. > > The first part take songs from the early 70's (directly following the breakup), and the second is newer material (roughly 1980 onwards). As a result, these two albums have quite different *feels*. To uphold the illusion of this being how a 70s resp. 80s+ era Beatles album *could* sound, the two albums exclude all songs that refer directly to The Beatles themselves or other members of the band. > > These tracks are then collected in the third album, which thus ends up being something of a tribute album from The Beatles to themself. Given the context of Johns murder in 1980 and George succumbing to cancer in 2001, it ends up being a quite touching finish to the trilogy—even if it *does* open with the infamous petty feuding of the early 70s. The songs are just too catchy to exclude. > > The three new albums take their titles from songs appearing on Abbey Road—the last album they worked on together—and two of the album covers are taken from their last photoshoot, which happens to also be the final time they ever were together as The Beatles, on August 22 1969. The final album cover is Yoko Ono's famous photograph of Johns bloody glasses following his murder.