The Brazilian soaps, however, are more sophisticated, with different stories, like human cloning or love between Muslims and Christians and more of the social realism.

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Day Tripper - an ode to sexual permissiveness - was the Beatle's first flirtation with social realism, while Hey Jude, Eleanor Rigby, Get Back and Come Together remain complex, serious songs from a seriously important band.

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