{"id":1749,"date":"2008-10-21T20:01:19","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T00:01:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-10-22T15:20:17","modified_gmt":"2008-10-22T15:20:17","slug":"abbey-road-medley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/abbey-road-medley\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbey Road Medley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cdzg8lrzAcQ?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe <strong><em>Abbey Road<\/em> medley<\/strong> is a common point of controversy among Beatles fans, both of the &#8220;regular people&#8221; Beatlemaniacs and the rock nerd variety. One one hand the medley is <em><strong>dazzling<\/strong><\/em>, especially, I would think, to young or otherwise impressionable ears. Of course, I&#8217;m giving away my bias: even when I was a kid I found it unsatisfying and a <strong>cheap ploy<\/strong>. Over the years, as I&#8217;ve matured and grown as a human being, I can better appreciate the craft of the medley&#8211;even its place in cementing the Beatles&#8217; legacy. However, I&#8217;m not totally certain of how I feel. I&#8217;d like to hear your thoughts on this key late-period Beatles work. <em>How should I feel about the <\/em>Abbey Road<em> medley?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After the jump&#8230;<\/em>perhaps the most fascinating slice of Beatlemania I&#8217;ve seen in some time&#8230;and the final word?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<em>Fascinating, Captain.<\/em><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9OHPyCVpcaY?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The final word?<\/em><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5LS2olYDuN0?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Abbey Road medley is a common point of controversy among Beatles fans, both of the &#8220;regular people&#8221; Beatlemaniacs and the rock nerd variety. One one hand the medley is dazzling, especially, I would think, to young or otherwise impressionable ears. Of course, I&#8217;m giving away my bias: even when I was a kid I <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/abbey-road-medley\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}