Rubber Soul - 05 - Think For Yourself

[jackstrack]

40 years later, it’s easy to see the influence of the George Harrison written “Think For Yourself.” Listen to the heavily distorted leade guitar; Harrison reigns in the pop feel present on nearly all of the album. Of course, there’s still harmonizing. There’s always harmonizing! It’s a Beatles song for God’s sake. That, and Harrison’s voice is nowhere near as strong as Lennon and McCartney’s so at this point, it’s needed. Harrison doesn’t sing so much as speak - a style which we’ll see explored a lot by the Velvet Underground, among others. In fact, strip away the backing vocals and you have the makings of a Pavement song…

…ahh, George Harrison, my favorite Beatle. Yours, too.