SGT. PEPPER JOHN (Room 315)
SGT. PEPPER JOHN (Room 315)
Where do you begin? The most famous album of all time? The best album of all time? The Beatles finest moment? Released on Friday June 1st 1967, its release was an event in itself. Radio stations played the whole album uninterrupted. McCartney himself was astounded when he went to see Jimi Hendrix that very weekend and he opened up with Sgt Pepper! The album unified British Pop Culture like no other and its impact was like no other album before or since. It revolutionized the direction of pop music and can be seen as the moment in time when music metamorphosed into rock and pop. Rock was the genre of experimentation and again The Beatles led the way.
John’s contributions were many but this was perhaps the first album The Beatles had recorded where Paul surpassed his output in terms of quantity and quality. ‘Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds’ was a drug song according to the critics, but however unlikely, the truth of the matter was that it wasn’t written about an LSD trip, but was written after son Julian showed him a drawing of his friend Lucy, in the sky, with diamonds! ‘The Benefit of Mr Kite’ was written almost entirely from an old circus poster that John had bought and ‘Good Morning, Good Morning’ was inspired by a Kellogg’s breakfast cereal TV ad. John’s finest moment on the album, is probably Paul’s too, the joining together of two half written songs into the magnificent and tumultuous ‘Day In The Life’. This was one of the last times that Paul and John worked together ‘jointly’ on a song.
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SGT. PEPPER JOHN (Room 315)
Where do you begin? The most famous album of all time? The best album of all time? The Beatles finest moment? Released on Friday June 1st 1967, its release was an event in itself. Radio stations played the whole album uninterrupted. McCartney himself was astounded when he went to see Jimi Hendrix that very weekend and he opened up with Sgt Pepper! The album unified British Pop Culture like no other and its impact was like no other album before or since. It revolutionized the direction of pop music and can be seen as the moment in time when music metamorphosed into rock and pop. Rock was the genre of experimentation and again The Beatles led the way.
John’s contributions were many but this was perhaps the first album The Beatles had recorded where Paul surpassed his output in terms of quantity and quality. ‘Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds’ was a drug song according to the critics, but however unlikely, the truth of the matter was that it wasn’t written about an LSD trip, but was written after son Julian showed him a drawing of his friend Lucy, in the sky, with diamonds! ‘The Benefit of Mr Kite’ was written almost entirely from an old circus poster that John had bought and ‘Good Morning, Good Morning’ was inspired by a Kellogg’s breakfast cereal TV ad. John’s finest moment on the album, is probably Paul’s too, the joining together of two half written songs into the magnificent and tumultuous ‘Day In The Life’. This was one of the last times that Paul and John worked together ‘jointly’ on a song.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
SGT. PEPPER JOHN (Room 315)
Where do you begin? The most famous album of all time? The best album of all time? The Beatles finest moment? Released on Friday June 1st 1967, its release was an event in itself. Radio stations played the whole album uninterrupted. McCartney himself was astounded when he went to see Jimi Hendrix that very weekend and he opened up with Sgt Pepper! The album unified British Pop Culture like no other and its impact was like no other album before or since. It revolutionized the direction of pop music and can be seen as the moment in time when music metamorphosed into rock and pop. Rock was the genre of experimentation and again The Beatles led the way.
John’s contributions were many but this was perhaps the first album The Beatles had recorded where Paul surpassed his output in terms of quantity and quality. ‘Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds’ was a drug song according to the critics, but however unlikely, the truth of the matter was that it wasn’t written about an LSD trip, but was written after son Julian showed him a drawing of his friend Lucy, in the sky, with diamonds! ‘The Benefit of Mr Kite’ was written almost entirely from an old circus poster that John had bought and ‘Good Morning, Good Morning’ was inspired by a Kellogg’s breakfast cereal TV ad. John’s finest moment on the album, is probably Paul’s too, the joining together of two half written songs into the magnificent and tumultuous ‘Day In The Life’. This was one of the last times that Paul and John worked together ‘jointly’ on a song.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON