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The beatles sgt pepper
The beatles sgt pepper





"It was a risk, and we were aware of that. "It was nothing anyone had heard before, at least in this context," said McCartney. The song "Within You Without You" was typical, combining Indian instruments including sitar, hypnotic harmonies and orchestral sounds into an avant-garde sound collage. Pepper's" saw the band embark on some daring musical experiments. Inspired by Indian philosophy, drug consumption and experimental composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage, "Sgt. The serene ballad "A Day In The Life" was banned by British broadcaster, the BBC, due to a belief it "could encourage a permissive attitude to drug-taking." The Beatles denied this, saying the song was partly about media sensationalism. Songs such as "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," with surreal lyrics describing jam skies and marshmallow cakes, triggered public fear that it would tempt young people to consume psychedelic drugs. Pepper's" forever linked the Beatles with illicit, intoxicating substances. The Beatles in 1967 after the release of "Sgt. The abstract cover made number 15 in the Top Fifty Millennium Masterworks list published in the "Sunday Times." Still, it didn't prompt the Beatles to turn up to the photo shoot with a clear head: "If you look closely, you'll see that two of us are high," Lennon once told "Rolling Stone". Pop artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth charged 3000 pounds (roughly 3400 euros) - instead of the then-average 50 - for the cover art. What would really be interesting would be to actually take on the personas of this different band." Let's develop alter-egos so we don't have to project an image that we know. McCartney explained the importance of the colourful costumes to "Rolling Stone" magazine: "I thought, 'Let's not be ourselves. Experimentation was also evident on the cover itself, which shows the four band members of in bright, multi-colored clothes standing in front of a montage of famous celebrities - including the controversial occult magician Aleister Crowley. A Day in the Life is one of the greatest pieces the Beatles have ever written. Pepper's" was also the first album with printed lyrics. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise) is a short interlude that acts as an introduction to the finale of the album, it has some nice harmony vocals and some great leads from Harrison. The first major concept album with a consistent story-arc, "Sgt. "Bigger then Jesus" - The Beatles arrive in Hamburg, 1966







The beatles sgt pepper