It was twenty years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...
Sorry, but this is one bandwagon I just can't help jumping on. I heard the news actually at about 11:45 (4:45 GMT) listening to BBC World News Overnight that June 1, 1967 was the official release date for the amazing Beatles album.
And yes, I admit, I was only 10 at the time.
But the music - especially With A Little Help From My Friends, which has been kind of a life anthem - has played an integral part in my journey.
It's been a long time since I've been a real Beatles geek. Once upon a time, in my misspent youth, friends of mine and I would sit in a local park in Niantic, Connecticut, drinking ghastly things like Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill and singing along to the Beatles on my buddy's new cassette tape player.
There's a great article about it here, and there are now internet guitar charts and lyrics available here. (Stuff we would have killed for as kids, I might add...)
Happy 40th, Sgt. Pepper...
3 comments:
I was 19, and heard A Day in the Life (full version) on the radio--my hair stood on end. Got the album as soon as I could and played it. There was something we Canadians enjoyed in the "big photo" you've shown here, too. I think one of the Beatles had a Royal Canadian Mounted Police emblem on his uniform or something like that...
Just remembered: one of the Beatles, John, I think, or Paul, was wearing a shoulder badge from the Ontario Provincial Police, which was and is a police force serving the province of Ontario (Canada). We Ontarians speculated endlessly as to how they got hold of the badge...
Thanks for the memeories! I have the special privledge of being born not only on my grandma's birthday, but also John Lennon's.
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