ABSTRACT
The Beatles' albums are ultimately anthologies of songs and not coherent musical works. Each of the Beatles' albums can be regarded as a representation of a particular phase in the group's musical biography, and Revolver represents an especially critical phase. In this chapter, the author attempts to show that beyond the obvious external differences there is a great deal of reciprocal influence, manifested by structural similarity between the songs composed by the different members of the group. The shared structural elements, in both the narrow and broad dimensions, thus produce a family resemblance that gives the album some tonal homogeneity in addition to its extreme stylistic diversity. The author deals with two pairs of songs by different composers that reflect a similar tonal plan. Lennon's 'And Your Bird Can Sing' and McCartney's 'Got To Get You Into My Life' differ from each other in character but share many structural properties.
