![]() The truth is that McCartney always had this kind of album in his locker and had been trying to push the band towards this sound for some time. That’s not to tarnish McCartney’s viewpoint as deliberately geared towards record sales or cash in the bank. Instead, they were the first to try and commercialise it through Paul McCartney’s pop sensibilities. While nobody can deny the voluminous impact the record had on culture as well as the music scene the band certainly weren’t the first to bring acid into rock and roll or design a sparkling new concept to be lost in. Nowadays, the album’s uniqueness and idiosyncrasies can be easily chalked off as indulgent globs of self-love. Over time, the album’s immovable concept has hampered its viewing, as Lennon noted, “the Pepper myth is bigger” than any other record format heir discography. ![]() These moments, however, are best enjoyed separately from the otherwise gunky concoction of music hall-driven ditties. ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ also features on the record as one of the group’s better efforts, while ‘Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds’ is wholeheartedly iconic. There is also one of Harrison’s finest songs for the group too ‘Within You Without You’ which stands the test of time, and is a truly brilliant piece of pop. ‘ A Day in the Life‘ is an orchestral orgasm of creative collaboration that highlights the songwriting prowess of the band’s beating heart. Of course, among the tracks on the album is some of the band’s best work. If we hadn’t, then it wouldn’t be out now.” “We tried, and I think succeeded in achieving what we set out to do. It had to be just right,” claimed Lennon in the year of its release. “ Sgt Pepper is one of the most important steps in our career. In this plan, it is hard to ignore his and the band’s success. However, even in comparison to their own work, it is easy to see why this record has a habit of dividing opinion and leaving a large section of society dismissing the lads from Liverpool as jovial, forgettable and, dare I say it, a little silly.īuilt out of McCartney’s vision for a new band, outside of The Beatles, which could not only sing the songs that he had always hoped for but could break out of the pop music mould to create soundscapes and sonic narratives. Nor am I coming close to suggesting it is the worst album from The Beatles. ![]() Let me be very clear I am not here to argue that the record isn’t a valuable piece of work. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band isn’t quite the masterpiece you think. It’s why I’ve been locking the doors, double-checking the exits and setting up a zombie-style escape plan in preparation for sharing with you why, despite multiple awards, accolades and polls claiming so, The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Whether it be the reevaluation of a song’s subject matter, like The Rolling Stones and ‘Brown Sugar’, the new eye we cast over our rock stars’ pasts as part of a more progressive society or indeed the new values and viability we apply to their work, looking back at rock and roll history is always likely to garner a bit of online hate. In recent years, the art of rock and roll revisionism has sent millions of original fans into disarray.
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