Almanesiac

Rocky Raccoon is amazing. For the Beatles, that kind of honky tonk piano is entirely unexpected and absolutely stunning every time you know they're about to go there. I don't know how I feel about the spoken part, but spoken parts don't have the best track record beyond Love Me Tender, so you gotta give a man some credit for trying. The end of the track has the same bittersweet appeal as Butch and Sundance getting gunned down. In league with Tumbleweed Connection in this sense, it is strange how Brits- or non-Americans - can reproduce such a staunchly American timbre. But maybe I'm forgetting too quickly that it was Ennio Morricone who penned the score for a generation of spaghetti westerns, and then there's always Wim Wenders.