In this category I place the songs from the film that follow the Beatlemania formula but now sound forced and lifeless: “The Night Before,” “I Need You,” “Another Girl” and “You’re Going to Lose That Girl.” While the boys make a game attempt with a key change here and non-standard chords there, these songs signify that the lovable moptops are very, very tired of being the lovable moptops. The lyrics are uniformly tiresome boy-girl stories. I do agree with the critics that some of the tracks display the exit from Beatlemania and the path to Rubber Soul, but only from a musical perspective. And contrary to popular critical opinion, Side 2 (the “extra songs”) isn’t that much better than Side 1 (the film songs). There are some truly great songs but the gap between great and godawful is huge. Originally written December 2012, revised April 2016.Įxcept for John’s book selection routine and his relentless interrogation of the jeweler, Help! isn’t much of a movie.
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