STRAWBERRY FIELDS (Room 313)
STRAWBERRY FIELDS (Room 313)
Coupled with ‘Penny Lane’, this single released in Feb 1967 has been deemed by critics as the greatest single ever released. Remarkably it peaked at number 2, thus breaking a long run of number ones, which prompted the media to declare that the bubble had burst. Bizarrely, Englebert Humperdink’s ‘Release Me’ was the song that ended The Beatles four-year run. Rumors of impending implosion were way off the mark and The Beatles song writing was about to enter a new prolific and critically acclaimed era. The Beatles were planning a new concept album (which would become Sgt Pepper) but it was decided to release the first two newly completed songs as a single. Both John’s ‘Strawberry Fields and Paul’s ‘Penny Lane’ were songs about their childhood in Liverpool. Typically, whilst Paul’s was functional, John’s was very much from the heart. The song was about Strawberry Field, which backed onto his home in Menlove Avenue in Liverpool. Strawberry Field was the location for a Salvation Army Children’s Home. John had very early and precious memories of jumping over the fence and playing with the children in the orphanage. John recalls the times as amongst the happiest in his life. He poignantly remembers having much in common with the orphans of Strawberry Field as his father had deserted him and he grew up without much needed paternal influence. To John’s chagrin, his father re-appeared on the scene only when John was rich and famous, and although a brief reconciliation followed, John could never forgive his father and much of his insecurity dates back to this desertion.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
STRAWBERRY FIELDS (Room 313)
Coupled with ‘Penny Lane’, this single released in Feb 1967 has been deemed by critics as the greatest single ever released. Remarkably it peaked at number 2, thus breaking a long run of number ones, which prompted the media to declare that the bubble had burst. Bizarrely, Englebert Humperdink’s ‘Release Me’ was the song that ended The Beatles four-year run. Rumors of impending implosion were way off the mark and The Beatles song writing was about to enter a new prolific and critically acclaimed era. The Beatles were planning a new concept album (which would become Sgt Pepper) but it was decided to release the first two newly completed songs as a single. Both John’s ‘Strawberry Fields and Paul’s ‘Penny Lane’ were songs about their childhood in Liverpool. Typically, whilst Paul’s was functional, John’s was very much from the heart. The song was about Strawberry Field, which backed onto his home in Menlove Avenue in Liverpool. Strawberry Field was the location for a Salvation Army Children’s Home. John had very early and precious memories of jumping over the fence and playing with the children in the orphanage. John recalls the times as amongst the happiest in his life. He poignantly remembers having much in common with the orphans of Strawberry Field as his father had deserted him and he grew up without much needed paternal influence. To John’s chagrin, his father re-appeared on the scene only when John was rich and famous, and although a brief reconciliation followed, John could never forgive his father and much of his insecurity dates back to this desertion.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
STRAWBERRY FIELDS (Room 313)
Coupled with ‘Penny Lane’, this single released in Feb 1967 has been deemed by critics as the greatest single ever released. Remarkably it peaked at number 2, thus breaking a long run of number ones, which prompted the media to declare that the bubble had burst. Bizarrely, Englebert Humperdink’s ‘Release Me’ was the song that ended The Beatles four-year run. Rumors of impending implosion were way off the mark and The Beatles song writing was about to enter a new prolific and critically acclaimed era. The Beatles were planning a new concept album (which would become Sgt Pepper) but it was decided to release the first two newly completed songs as a single. Both John’s ‘Strawberry Fields and Paul’s ‘Penny Lane’ were songs about their childhood in Liverpool. Typically, whilst Paul’s was functional, John’s was very much from the heart. The song was about Strawberry Field, which backed onto his home in Menlove Avenue in Liverpool. Strawberry Field was the location for a Salvation Army Children’s Home. John had very early and precious memories of jumping over the fence and playing with the children in the orphanage. John recalls the times as amongst the happiest in his life. He poignantly remembers having much in common with the orphans of Strawberry Field as his father had deserted him and he grew up without much needed paternal influence. To John’s chagrin, his father re-appeared on the scene only when John was rich and famous, and although a brief reconciliation followed, John could never forgive his father and much of his insecurity dates back to this desertion.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON