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Abbey Road 鈥揑t鈥檚 a street in London, a recording studio, and a famous record.聽The cover of the album features the most famous zebra crossing in the whole world, with four of the best-known musicians on the planet. No title on the cover, no name of the group. And, really, none of that was needed. This was The Beatles. Their album 鈥楢bbey Road鈥� was released 50 years ago today. It was the last album they recorded, though not quite the final release 鈥� but it came at a time that the group 鈥� arguably the most influential band of all time - knew that they were ready to call it a day.聽
It can鈥檛 have been easy to see the end of this extraordinary musical collaboration coming, but maybe it was a relief too. We鈥檝e all dealt with endings in our lives: finishing school and saying goodbye to friends, moving on from one job to another, the end of a marriage, the end of a life.聽
The Beatles didn鈥檛 completely agree on the content of the Abbey Road record and critical reception was mixed. They did one thing, though, that set this album apart from previous ones. On side two, there鈥檚 a track that鈥檚 commonly referred to as 鈥楾he Medley鈥�. It鈥檚 a 16-minute collection of eight songs that for one reason or another hadn鈥檛 been recorded before; The Medley鈥檚 memorable last line has come to represent a philosophy that chimes with the nostalgia many of us feel when listening to a Beatles song: 鈥淎nd in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make鈥�.聽
I love the idea behind that medley. How great to gather and use things that might otherwise not find a place, when faced with something final - whatever that is and however it ends.聽God of Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, help us in our lives with our endings, to be thoughtful, purposeful and loving. Amen