The British Pop Music Film

Glynn, Stephen

doi:10.1057/9780230392236

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“…It's All Too Much, as Harrison later conceded, was written as an ode to LSD, and the swirling psychedelia of its animated number in Yellow Submarine is described by Glynn as akin to a "happening" that sought to create a totalising mind-expanding environment involving music, light and people. 61 Lyrically, it juxtaposes the Buddhist concepts of transcendence and negation of ego with quintessentially English whimsy (Show me that I'm everywhere, and get me home for tea), but Glynn p. suggests that the imagery in the animation for both It's All Too Much and It's Only a Northern Song only makes sense when interpreted as attempting an audio-visual recreation of the hallucinogenic state. 62 Of course, this psychedelic imagery can also be enjoyed entirely innocently as a visually impressive light show, not unlike the bursts of colour in a children's kaleidoscope.…”

Section: Yellow Submarine and The Politics Of Utopiamentioning

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‘All Together Now’: “Yellow Submarine” (1968), The Beatles, and Children’s Film

Brown

2023

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This article examines The Beatles’ classic animated film, Yellow Submarine (dir. George Dunning, 1968) in terms of its appeal to multi-demographic audiences. While it has become de rigueur to argue in favour of Yellow Submarine as an artefact of the late-1960s counter-culture, its status as a children’s film has largely been overlooked. This article will argue that Yellow Submarine invites, and is able to sustain, a range of interpretations, particularly regarding its dual status as a quintessential film for children and family audiences, and as a much more adult-oriented production that captures the revolutionary spirit of the period. While Yellow Submarine embodies aspects of late-1960s British and North American culture, the author argues that the narrative transcends national cultural specificities and attempts to appeal to universal human desires and emotional states through its balancing of utopian consensus and cultural diversity, and through the galvanizing presence of The Beatles.

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Section: Yellow Submarine and The Politics Of Utopiamentioning

confidence: 99%