The proto-punk icon’s music remains a strong draw — even in the original home of the Beatles.
March 28, 2023
“There I was, with them as they were hustled from one custom’s checkpoint to another last Saturday afternoon.”
Originally published May 16, 1968
“John Lennon held out hope. He imagined, and however quietistic he became he never lost that utopian identification. But when you hold out hope, people get real disappointed if you can’t deliver.”
Originally published December 10, 1980
“Hear it once and you know it’s important. Hear it twice, it makes sense. Third time around it’s fun. Fourth time, it’s subtle. On the fifth hearing, ‘Revolver’ becomes profound.”
March 27, 2020
“For a limpid half hour the Beatles ritually parried the outside world, capping trivia with irrelevance in sullen eclat.”
March 26, 2020
“Neither good acting nor good photography can make a good movie”
January 23, 2019
Fifty years ago this week, the Voice reviewed the “White Album” and “Beggars Banquet,” two records that caused a raft of trouble
December 14, 2018
Music Monday: The lads from Liverpool watch what they say
August 6, 2018