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It was 40 Years Ago today...
Jun. 3rd, 2007 09:59 amGive or take a few days that the album that changed a lot about music and how albums are put together came out. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released in June of 1967 which means I probably have heard it since I was three. There are some things that have meaning through out one's life and for me this album is one of them.
As a kid I can remember getting my mother to put it on and I would dance round like a little loon. Funny thing is that 40 years later, it still makes kids dance around the room. This is one of the albums that Caroline loves to dance to. I had different dances to different songs and I worked very hard on each as I remember. I also loved just looking at the album jacket and the extras that came with the album. I would pour over the cover trying to identify the people in the group behind the Beatles. And I loved the outfits that they were wearing. I thought they were the coolest things ever
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is one of the first songs I remember trying to memorize the lyrics. The second was "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite". Since then I think I have most of the album memories just from the number of times I listened to it. When I was a kid I didn't think much of "Fixing a Hole" but now I understand it so it makes so much more sense. "Within You Without You" scared me when I was little but I grew to love it as I got older and it became my favorite for a while.
Even at the darkest times in my life, I could always put on this album and I would feel better and receive comforted from it. I have owned a copy of the audio-tape and the CD. My parents owned the vinyl copy that I almost wore out. They made sure that we learned at an early age how to take care of a record so there were no scratches or fingerprints on it so it probably still works with all its pops and clicks from the number of times it was played.
So let us raise a glass to Sgt. Pepper and his magnificent band. May it play on forever.
I am grateful to everyone who had anything to do with the making of this album.
As a kid I can remember getting my mother to put it on and I would dance round like a little loon. Funny thing is that 40 years later, it still makes kids dance around the room. This is one of the albums that Caroline loves to dance to. I had different dances to different songs and I worked very hard on each as I remember. I also loved just looking at the album jacket and the extras that came with the album. I would pour over the cover trying to identify the people in the group behind the Beatles. And I loved the outfits that they were wearing. I thought they were the coolest things ever
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is one of the first songs I remember trying to memorize the lyrics. The second was "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite". Since then I think I have most of the album memories just from the number of times I listened to it. When I was a kid I didn't think much of "Fixing a Hole" but now I understand it so it makes so much more sense. "Within You Without You" scared me when I was little but I grew to love it as I got older and it became my favorite for a while.
Even at the darkest times in my life, I could always put on this album and I would feel better and receive comforted from it. I have owned a copy of the audio-tape and the CD. My parents owned the vinyl copy that I almost wore out. They made sure that we learned at an early age how to take care of a record so there were no scratches or fingerprints on it so it probably still works with all its pops and clicks from the number of times it was played.
So let us raise a glass to Sgt. Pepper and his magnificent band. May it play on forever.
I am grateful to everyone who had anything to do with the making of this album.
