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...their followers, the Beatles were clearly different, even in those early days. There was an exuberant life-force emanating from the Beatles that transcended all the platitudes about teen fads...
...sense to lay off on the strings and backup singers when he recorded Melba and George. Just a strummed guitar, bass, piano (with ace session man Pig Robbins at the ivories), fiddle, dobro and a tasty pedal steel (played by the incomparable Buddy Emmons). I don't even detect a drum beat on this track. In part, this was an attempt to cash in on the early-'60s craze for all types of folk music; no matter, the results are glorious...
...Ultimately the Beatles represented a spirit. Music was the medium but the message was even more important. The Beatles engaged with the noblest part of the human spirit, the part that yearns for things to be better. And their music, humor and energy were all directed to that simple aspiration...
...contemporary sculpture in a very public setting where the population, by and large, would not ordinarily be exposed to it," says Gould. She recognizes that a spur-of-the-moment road trip to the Museum of Modern Art in New York is not financially feasible for most students, and even local opportunities like the Museum of Fine Arts have become unduly pricey...
...favorite piece, though she doesn't necessarily like all the works that have been installed. Nevertheless, Aller holds that the artwork "makes the campus more attractive by adding to the gross stone and brick." The ever-quixotic Tucker insists that exposure and familiarity are essential to art appreciation, even if it means challenging people and stepping on some toes: "All novel art has always been challenging," he says. "We're the only public university in the Athens of America-if we can't shoulder public art education, then it's a shirking of responsibilities...