Music Review

''Real Love'' (1996)

The Beatles
Reviewed by David Browne | Mar 08, 1996
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performance: The Beatles; Genre: Pop

The Beatles seance continues with yet another fleshed-out Lennon leftover, ''Real Love''. John's voice remains shrouded in ghostly reverb, Harrison's slide guitar is pure nostalgia, and the lyrics are sappy, to be kind. But if ''Free as a Bird'' was a musical funeral, this one, with its warm-and-fuzzy chorus, is the feel-good party afterward. In other words, John's only half-grimacing. B-

Originally posted Mar 08, 1996 Published in issue #317 Mar 08, 1996 Order article reprints

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