I've seen a lot of people who are turned off to The Beatles after they hear their stuff from Revolver on. When their looks started changing, when they moved away from pop and started moving towards more complex things. I'm not trying to dictate what a "true fan" is, but it disappoints me when I see stuff like this. The Beatles are the most important band in the world to me, they have so much to offer, and their talent, musicianship, and chemistry (up until about 1968) are remarkable, to say the least.
In Help!, you start noticing their transformation more and more. Their hair is getting longer, the humour is different, their music is changing, even the nature of the film is different, to say the least. The Beatles were introduced to marijuana, which played a big part in their music. In Girl, you can literally hear them inhaling marijuana smoke. Got To Get You Into My Life, one of their bigger hits on Revolver, is written about marijuana.
So, while drug use isn't something I condone, it really changed and affected The Beatles as a group, and altered their music as well, for the better in my opinion. (For the most part, I've got a few things to say about Revolution 9.)
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