 Writing in the recently launched Crawdaddy ! , Paul Williams " heaped praise " on " Love You To " , according to Rodriguez , while critic Lester Bangs termed it " the first injection of ersatz Eastern wisdom into rock " . The majority of contemporary US reviews were lukewarm towards Revolver , however , in reaction to the publication of Lennon 's statement that the Beatles had become more popular than Christ . An exception was New York critic Richard Goldstein , who praised the album as " a revolutionary record " , and later wrote that the song 's lyrics " exploded with a passionate sutra quality " . While bemoaning the initial lack of recognition for Revolver , KRLA Beat 's reviewer said that Harrison had " created a new extension of the music form which he introduced in Rubber Soul " , and described " Love You To " as " Well done and musically valid . Also musically unrecognized . " 
