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...quartet's versatility. From the ricky-tick Honey Pie to the West Indian Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da to the schmaltzy Good Night, a sweeping panorama of pop genres unfolds in parodies, pastiches, takeoffs and put-ons. The boys even spoof themselves. George Harrison's Savoy Truffle contains a cross reference to Lennon and Mc Cartney's Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. In Rocky Raccoon, Paul McCartney imitates successfully and amusingly the nasal delivery of Bob Dylan. The lyric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recordings: The Mannerist Phase | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

George Harrison has come up with one of his finest songs in a long time with "Savoy Truffle," which is all about getting your teeth pulled out because you have had too many irresistible desserts to eat. Written with uncommon (for Harrison) felicity the song is uncommonly (for Harrison) witty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Beatles | 12/3/1968 | See Source »

West Side Story--Much, much worse than the show. Badly dubbed and drippily sung, but funny in places. At the SAVOY, 163 Tremont...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies and Plays This Weekend | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

West Side Story--Much, much worse than the show. Badly dubbed and drippily sung, but funny in places. At the SAVOY, 163 Tremont...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies and Plays This Weekend | 11/15/1968 | See Source »

West Side Story--Much, much worse than the show. Badly dubbed and drippily sung, but funny in places. At the SAVOY, 163 Tremont...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies and Plays This Weekend | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

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