![]() “It was the convergence of technology and socio-political experiences that forced the production values and sound of that album,” says Associate Professor Pollard. ![]() Often hailed as the first concept album (it wasn’t – but it was the first to make the LP concept front and centre) Sgt Pepper features experimental sounds designed to conjure a ‘dream-like state’, where the listener experiences the Beatles’ alter ego in concert from beginning to end. They were also keen to have more time to write. In late 1966 the Beatles had decided to stop touring, tired of being unable to hear themselves above the screaming crowds and stung by a drop in attendance at their US concerts following John Lennon’s proclamation they were “more popular than Jesus”. The album was never intended for live performance. “We expect songs and the album to be packaged through sound production techniques and for the studio to be integral to the unique final sound.” “ Sgt Pepper, and its iconic precursor, the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, led to the pop music production values we have now,” says Associate Professor Mark Pollard, from the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. For many, Sgt Pepper is the Beatles’ best album and one of the greatest ever produced. ![]() Written amid a culture of experimentation with ‘alternative states of being’, the music and the myths are forever bound together the influence of hallucinogenic drugs and the hidden “I buried Paul” message chief among them.īut perhaps the most notable legacy of the album is its place in the shifting pop landscape – with its preference for studio production over live performance, and as one of the first albums to be marketed as a holistic LP package. In Which We Yank Some Songs About Hair Out By The Roots.Very much a product of its time, the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper album was the soundtrack to the 1967 Summer of Love a psychedelic explosion of sound and colour that pushed back against the last vestiges of Victorian values.Ĭelebrated by many, criticised as over-hyped by others, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, remains one of the most awarded, iconic and influential albums ever produced. "Put Another Dime In The WHAT?" - Songs That Mention Obsolete Technology - pa. The Top Five Music Video Location Cliches Listen To Me - Songs About Alice In Wonderland The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" Makes Excellent Holiday Entertainmentįive Hated Hits - When A Band Despises Their Most Popular Song Jesters of YouTube - clap clap! - entertain us! Rock 'n' Roll Bookshelf: Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards (2008) Hey, There's More To Devo Than "Whip It," You Know Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother - The Orphaned Album Tangerine Dream : The Most Famous Band You Don't Know Any Songs To Still don't believe it? I can't help you. They learnt it from one of Crowley's books. The Beatles were the first group to use "backmasking" (reverse messages). I can't think of any other group who was doing this during that time period, so I wouldn't just dismiss it as a "trend". Do you think that is funny or sick? There are many Occult images on their album covers. Take a look at their "butcher" album cover for a glimpse into their minds. Are you beginning to see the light as Duke Ellington would say? I know, I know, most people refuse to even consider that the sweet innocent mop tops could be involved in the Occult. A mere coincidence? Many biblical scholars beleive that Lucifer was a musician, based on descriptions of him in the Bible. Pepper record and who do you see? CROWLEY!!! (the bald dude) He died "twenty years ago" to the very day that The Occultists, I mean The Beatles released the record. The song is a dedication to Satanist Aleister Crowley.
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