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My White Album

6:00 AM GMT 28/07/2008

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Back In The U.S.S.R

Lysergic rock drenched in political cheek. Ringo walks. US launches McCarthyite witch hunt.

Billy Bragg: “1968 was the year that our love affair with all things American began to turn sour. US troops massacred innocent Vietnamese villagers at My Lai, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, black American athletes gave the black power salute from the victors’ podium at the Olympics while across America students staged anti-war protests. The year ended with the election of Richard Nixon and the release of The White Album."

"By opening with this wonderful inversion of Chuck Berry’s Back In The USA, The Beatles made clear whose side they were on. The song takes them right back to their rock’n’roll roots and features one of McCartney’s best full-tilt vocals. Subversive or just mischievous? You decide.”

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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 28/07/2008


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