History Music / RubberSoul

-->But of all these friends and lovers\\

* AlbumFiller: "Wait" was a song that remained from the ''Help!'' sessions.

* CarSong: ''Drive My Car''.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: It doesn't matter how horrible [[MisogynySong the sentiments]] expressed in "Run For Your Life" are, Music/JohnLennon just makes them sound ''so damn cool''.

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: "Michelle" has a line in French, and a line in English, that mean the same ("these are words that go together well") and are sung to the same tune.

* GratuitousFrench: In "Michelle", the second line is initially sung in English ("Michelle, ''ma belle'' / These are words that go together well"), and for the rest of the song, it is sung in French ("Michelle, ''ma belle'' / ''sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble''").

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Rubber Soul'' was the first album in their output to sound significantly different compared to the previous albums. Even the album cover looks bizarre. "Nowhere Man" was notable for being the first Beatles song without any reference to love. "Norwegian Wood" also surprised listeners with its exotic sounding Indian sitar sound.

* StudioChatter: While never legitimately released, there's a widely-bootlegged (and [[HilariousOuttakes absolutely hilarious]]) 20-minute outtake from a session for the ''Rubber Soul'' track "Think for Yourself". You can hear it (in two parts) [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4q48Foltjs here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oibSx5miTkY here]].

--> "Doesn't have a point of view/Knows not where he's going to/Isn't he a bit like you and me?"

'''''Rubber Soul''''' is a 1965 album by Music/TheBeatles. As the page quote describes, this album was an important step in their artistic development, as they began to shed their image as the innocent, fun-loving "Fab Four". From the unusually arty sleeve (which didn't even have the word "Beatles" on the front) to the introspective lyrics, the Beatles were taking their music to the next level. Indeed, ''Rubber Soul'''s innovations led directly to ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' and ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.

# "Think for Yourself" - 2:16

# "Run for Your Life" - 2:18

# "I've Just Seen a Face" - 2:04

# "Think for Yourself" - 2:16

# "Run for Your Life" - 2:18

** "If I Needed Someone" where the protagonist stresses the "if".

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Rubber Soul'' was the first album in their output to sound significantly different compared to the previous albums. Even the album cover looks bizarre. "Nowhere Man" was notable for being the first Beatles song without any reference to love.

# "Drive My Car"
# "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"
# "You Won't See Me"
# "Nowhere Man"
# "Think For Yourself"
# "The Word"
# "Michelle"
# "What Goes On"
# "Girl"
# "I'm Looking Through You"
# "In My Life"
# "Wait"
# "If I Needed Someone"
# "Run For Your Life"

# "I've Just Seen A Face"
# "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"
# "You Won't See Me"
# "Think For Yourself"
# "The Word"
# "Michelle"
# "It's Only Love"
# "Girl"
# "I'm Looking Through You"
# "In My Life"
# "Wait"
# "Run For Your Life"

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Rubber Soul'' was the first album in their output to sound significantly different compared to the previous albums. Even the album cover looks bizarre. "Nowhere Man" was notable for being the first Beatles song without any reference to love.

* GrowingTheBeard: This was the album where the band started their experiments with sound and instruments - evolving away from the guitar-pop music of their earlier albums - as well as writing more introspective - "Nowhere Man," "In My Life" - lyrics.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: ''Drive My Car'', about a girl who wants to become a ''star on the screen'' and searches for someone to be her driver, despite the fact that she hasn't even got a car yet.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: "Girl" is arguably this. Worse because no one believes him.

* MondaneMadeAwesome: ''Drive My Car'', about a girl who wants to become a ''star on the screen'' and searches for someone to be her driver, despite the fact that she hasn't even got a car yet.

* [[AlbumCoverDesigners Album Cover Designer]]: Robert Freeman.

''Rubber Soul'' is a 1965 album by Music/TheBeatles. As the page quote describes, this album was an important step in their artistic development, as they began to shed their image as the innocent, fun-loving "Fab Four". From the unusually arty sleeve (which didn't even have the word "Beatles" on the front) to the introspective lyrics, the Beatles were taking their music to the next level. Indeed, ''Rubber Soul'''s innovations led directly to ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' and ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.

* GratuitousFrench: In "Michelle", the second line is initially sung in English ("Michelle, ''ma belle'' / These are words that go together well"), and for the rest of the song, it is sung in French ("Michelle, ''ma belle'' / ''sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble''").

* AgeProgressionSong: "In My Life".

** "Think For Yourself"

* BilingualBonus: "Michelle"

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Norwegian Wood" a track by Lennon about a one-night stand he once had, but wrote in such a way that nobody would find out it was based on real life facts.

* InTheStyleOf:
** "If I Needed Someone" in the style of Music/TheByrds. (George, by his own admission, took his guitar riff from their version of "The Bells of Rhymney".)

* LoveEpiphany: "I'm Looking Through You".
* MisogynySong: "Run For Your Life". At its heart, the message of this song is that if you decide to end a relationship with the singer, he will brutally murder you if you don't escape him first.

* NewSoundAlbum: "Rubber Soul" was the first album in their output to sound significantly different compared to the previous albums. Even the album cover looks bizarre. "Nowhere Man" was notable for being the first Beatles song without any reference to love.
* OneWomanSong: "Girl".
* ThePowerOfLove: "The Word".

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Norwegian Wood".
* ShoutOut:
** The reference in "In My Life" to "lovers and friends/ I still can recall/ some are dead and some are living" is a Shout Out to Lennon's close friend and former bandmate, Stuart Sutcliffe, who died in 1962.

* StudioChatter:
** While never legitimately released, there's a widely-bootlegged (and [[HilariousOuttakes absolutely hilarious]]) 20-minute outtake from a session for the ''Rubber Soul'' track "Think for Yourself". You can hear it (in two parts) [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4q48Foltjs here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oibSx5miTkY here]].
* ThisLoserIsYou:
** "Nowhere Man"

* PunBasedTitle: "Rubber Soul", a pun on "rubber sole shoes", plus a riff on a Black musician calling Music/TheRollingStones (and by implication other White rock groups) "plastic {{soul}}" (apparently, the Beatles were stoned when they heard about that and though "Rubber Soul" would be a ''hilarious'' name for an album).

** "I got not car/ and it's breaking my heart/ but I found a driver and that's a start." - "Drive My Car".

* PunBasedTitle: "Rubber Soul", a pun on "rubber sole shoes", plus a riff on a Black musician calling Music/TheRollingStones "plastic {{soul}}" (apparently, the Beatles were stoned when they heard about that and though "Rubber Soul" would be a ''hilarious'' name for an album).

* PunbasedTitle: "Rubber Soul", a pun on "rubber sole shoes".

''Rubber Soul'' is a 1965 album by Music/TheBeatles. As the page quote describes, this album was an important step in their artistic development, as they began to shed their image as the innocent, fun-loving "Fab Four". From the unusually arty sleeve (which didn't even have the word "Beatles" on the front) to the introspective lyrics, the Beatles were taking their music to the next level. Indeed, ''Rubber Soul'''s innovations led directly to ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' and ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBnad''.

''Rubber Soul'' is a 1965 album by Music/TheBeatles. As the page quote describes, this album was an important step in their artistic development, as they began to shed their image as the innocent, fun-loving "Fab Four". From the unusually arty sleeve (which didn't even have the word "Beatles" on the front) to the introspective lyrics, the Beatles were taking their music to the next level. Indeed, ''Rubber Soul'''s innovations led directly to ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' and ''Music/SgtPepperslonleyHeartsClubBnad''.

''Rubber Soul'' is a 1965 album by Music/TheBeatles. As the page quote describes, this album was an important step in their artistic development; they began to shed their image as the innocent, fun-loving "Fab Four". From the unusually arty sleeve (which didn't even have the word "Beatles" on the front) to the introspective lyrics, the Beatles were taking their music to the next level. Indeed, ''Rubber Soul'''s innovations led directly to ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' and ''Music/SgtPepperslonleyHeartsClubBnad''.

''Rubber Soul'' is a 1965 album by Music/TheBeatles.

** "And when I awoke/ I was alone/ this bird had flown/ so, I lit a fire/ isn't it good? Norwegian wood." - "Norwegian Wood".

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"Rubber Soul" is a 1965 album by Music/TheBeatles.

!! Rubber Tropes

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: It doesn't matter how horrible [[MisogynySong the sentiments]] expressed in "Run For Your Life" are, John Lennon just makes them sound ''so damn cool''.

* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The Beatles stretched out.