"Living is easy with eyes closed; misunderstanding's all you see" Nothing expressed escapism as well as this. Although Paul dominated the album with some of his best work ("The Fool On The Hill," "Hello Goodbye," "Magical Mystery Tour," "Penny Lane," "Your Mother Should Know") John's work continued to shine. What's more the tunes complimented each other and worked to a common goal. John's "I Am The Walrus," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "All You Need Is Love," and "Baby You're A Rich Man" all helped create another world one could retreat to when the real world lost all sense. As said in the movie 'when a man buys a ticket for a magical mystery tour he knows what to expect, we guarantee him the trip of a lifetime and that's just what he gets THE INCREDIBLE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR' I get chills just writing that. This album captures the pain of the real world receding as one takes to a world of comfort and finds relief from it as if not ignoring the pain but letting yourself fit in and your pain feel isolated. I should mention that George wrote a good song "Blue Jay Way" if not as impressive as other songs written at this time like "Within You Without You" or "It's All Too Much" but still good and wonderfully rare instrumental track from the whole foursome "Flying." Being unique in the Beatles catalog it's hard to appraise it's worth (to sound like a critical snob) except to say it's essential. (To Note: I historically distinguish who technically wrote each song, but as this album is evidence of the mutual jumping board John and Paul were to each other I maintain devoted to the Lennon/McCartney credits formality after all could Paul write "Eleanor Rigby" without John's "Nowhere Man" or John write "Good Morning Good Morning" without Paul's "Good Day Sunshine")
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