Episode 145: “Tomorrow Never Knows” by the Beatles
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Maccartney's Musiq Conqret
The song itself was very influenced by indian music. The melody line consists of only four notes, e, g, c and b flat over a space of an octave. This sparse use of notes is very similar to the pentatonic scales in a lot of folk music. Maccartney had been listening to quite a bit of karl hein stockhausen. Martin's unique skillset came into play before his work with the beetles.
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