JCJP
November 29th, 2005, 12:36 AM
for all of you people who didn't get what i meant by "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
Here's an Article. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band)
dealing with the entire album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band)
and if you are younger than the people who originally heard it (LIKE ME :D JUST ASK NUT) and consider older music boring just buy or download this album once. JUST ONCE. It was and still is one of the best ever done.
and if you are still too lazy here's an explanation of just the song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
The song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" became the subject of much speculation regarding its meaning. The song describes a surreal dreamscape inspired by a picture drawn by Lennon's son Julian. The song became controversial as many believed that the words of the chorus were code for LSD, a claim Lennon consistently denied. Julian, McCartney, Harrison and Starr backed up Lennon's story (Starr even said he saw the picture), and the picture itself has appeared in the media. However, during a newspaper interview in 2004, McCartney was quoted as saying, "...Lucy In The Sky, that's pretty obvious. ...but the writing was too important for us to mess it up by getting off our heads all the time."
Debate continues among critics and fans about the meaning, extent, and depth of the drug references. Some interpretations of the album have focused on the use of drugs as central to the meaning of the entire album. Some critics, such as Sheila Whitely, have claimed that the experience of LSD use is fundamental and infused into the album. Most critics acknowledge some drug references, but believe that the album cannot be simply reduced to these references. Georgy Melly, for example, points out that many songs, such 'A day in the life' can easily be interpreted as rejections of drug culture, and that the culture is portrayed in a "desperate light."
and some more for you lazy people:
Critical reception
Upon release, Sgt. Pepper's became both popularly and critically acclaimed. Various reviews appearing in the mainstream press and trade publications throughout June of 1967, immediately after the album's release were generally quite positive. The Times social critic Kenneth Tynan described Sgt. Pepper as "a decisive moment in the history of Western civilization." Others including Richard Poirier, and Geoffrey Stokes were similarly expansive in their praise, Stokes noting, "listening to the Sgt. Pepper album one thinks not simply of the history of popular music but the history of this century". One notable critic who did not like the album was Richard Goldstein, a critic for the New York Times, who wrote, "Like an overattended child, this album is spoiled. It reeks of horns and harps, harmonica quartets, assorted animal noises, and a 41-piece orchestra," and that it was an "album of special effects, dazzling but ultimately fraudulent" (18th of June). (The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Allan F Moore, Cambridge University Press)
Some attention was also paid to the many alleged drug references found throughout the album, and the decision of some broadcasters such as the BBC not to play certain songs, such 'A Day in the life.'
Within days of its release, Jimi Hendrix was performing the title track in concert, and Australian band The Twilights — who had obtained an advance copy of the LP — in London; wowed audiences in Australia with note-perfect live renditions of the entire album, weeks before it was even released in Australia.
The album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Album in 1967.
It has been on many lists of the best rock albums, including Rolling Stone, Bill Shapiro, Alternative Melbourne, Rod Underhill and VH1. In 1997 Sgt. Pepper was named the number 1 greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 1998 Q magazine readers placed it at number 7, while in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 10, also in 2003, Rolling Stone magazine placed the album at the top of their "Top 500 Albums" feature.
BUY IT AND LISTEN TO IT ONCE! THAT"S ALL I"M ASKING ONCE. IT"LL ONLY BE 40 MINUTES OUT OF YOUR LIFE! JUST ONCE!!!!!!!!
Here's an Article. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band)
dealing with the entire album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band)
and if you are younger than the people who originally heard it (LIKE ME :D JUST ASK NUT) and consider older music boring just buy or download this album once. JUST ONCE. It was and still is one of the best ever done.
and if you are still too lazy here's an explanation of just the song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
The song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" became the subject of much speculation regarding its meaning. The song describes a surreal dreamscape inspired by a picture drawn by Lennon's son Julian. The song became controversial as many believed that the words of the chorus were code for LSD, a claim Lennon consistently denied. Julian, McCartney, Harrison and Starr backed up Lennon's story (Starr even said he saw the picture), and the picture itself has appeared in the media. However, during a newspaper interview in 2004, McCartney was quoted as saying, "...Lucy In The Sky, that's pretty obvious. ...but the writing was too important for us to mess it up by getting off our heads all the time."
Debate continues among critics and fans about the meaning, extent, and depth of the drug references. Some interpretations of the album have focused on the use of drugs as central to the meaning of the entire album. Some critics, such as Sheila Whitely, have claimed that the experience of LSD use is fundamental and infused into the album. Most critics acknowledge some drug references, but believe that the album cannot be simply reduced to these references. Georgy Melly, for example, points out that many songs, such 'A day in the life' can easily be interpreted as rejections of drug culture, and that the culture is portrayed in a "desperate light."
and some more for you lazy people:
Critical reception
Upon release, Sgt. Pepper's became both popularly and critically acclaimed. Various reviews appearing in the mainstream press and trade publications throughout June of 1967, immediately after the album's release were generally quite positive. The Times social critic Kenneth Tynan described Sgt. Pepper as "a decisive moment in the history of Western civilization." Others including Richard Poirier, and Geoffrey Stokes were similarly expansive in their praise, Stokes noting, "listening to the Sgt. Pepper album one thinks not simply of the history of popular music but the history of this century". One notable critic who did not like the album was Richard Goldstein, a critic for the New York Times, who wrote, "Like an overattended child, this album is spoiled. It reeks of horns and harps, harmonica quartets, assorted animal noises, and a 41-piece orchestra," and that it was an "album of special effects, dazzling but ultimately fraudulent" (18th of June). (The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Allan F Moore, Cambridge University Press)
Some attention was also paid to the many alleged drug references found throughout the album, and the decision of some broadcasters such as the BBC not to play certain songs, such 'A Day in the life.'
Within days of its release, Jimi Hendrix was performing the title track in concert, and Australian band The Twilights — who had obtained an advance copy of the LP — in London; wowed audiences in Australia with note-perfect live renditions of the entire album, weeks before it was even released in Australia.
The album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Album in 1967.
It has been on many lists of the best rock albums, including Rolling Stone, Bill Shapiro, Alternative Melbourne, Rod Underhill and VH1. In 1997 Sgt. Pepper was named the number 1 greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 1998 Q magazine readers placed it at number 7, while in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 10, also in 2003, Rolling Stone magazine placed the album at the top of their "Top 500 Albums" feature.
BUY IT AND LISTEN TO IT ONCE! THAT"S ALL I"M ASKING ONCE. IT"LL ONLY BE 40 MINUTES OUT OF YOUR LIFE! JUST ONCE!!!!!!!!