Originally Posted by JoshMartin321

Is it me or is Rubber Soul (an awesome album of course) an album which is negative towards women. I realised it once, I mean it must have come around the time that Lennon's relationship to his former wife was deteriorating.

If you think of the tracks' meanings, for example Norwegian Wood can be interpreted as burning down a girl's flat for not staying up with him and having sex. Run for your Life is obviously negative, it does what it says.

Girl - "She was told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure, Did she understand it when they said, That a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure, Will she still believe it when she's dead?"

What Goes On In Your Heart, If I Needed Someone, I'm Looking Through You, You Won't See Me, Think For Yourself... all not exactly filled with love towards someone, mostly they're about bitterness and anger towards a loved one. Even the opening song, Drive My Car, is kind of saying I'm going to be famous and I'm in charge, but if you want, you can **** me while I'm on the way to stardom.

I love it, great album. Does anyone agree/disagree with my views? One friend disagreed with me and said I'd read too far into the album. I agree that some tracks are clearly affectionate, eg In My Life, Michelle, The Word etc, but you can't deny the number of negative emotion songs!

Originally Posted by sadpanda

I'm asking if there is a digital remaster of the mono in how you say. I have the mono and stereo versions but the only difference I can find is that the mono just doesn't have the last minute added on like the stereo.