- Audio CD (31 Oct 1989)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: EMI Distribution
- ASIN: B00000DQS6
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Recorded in the summer of 1967, about the same time as "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" set a milestone as one of the most important and revolutionary albums in the history of rock music, this song perhaps captured the very essence of The Beatles - past, present and future - at the very pinnacle of their creativity.
Although it was included as part of the soundtrack album "Magical Mystery Tour" at the end of 1967 (which accompanied the ill-fated movie of the same name that aired on BBC1 on Boxing Day), it was as part of the international broadcast "Our World" that this song achieved a worldwide audience of 350 million people and became a number one single for 3 weeks. John Lennon, who wrote the song, was told by the BBC to write something that would be universal in its appeal and easily understood in meaning.
The band's ambition for more bombastic sounds and instruments and their desire to stay as a studio-based group (after the tiring nature of tours and the "Bigger than Jesus" controversy) is very much evident in this song. Beginning with the French national anthem "La Marseillaise" and ending with a combination of "2-part Invention #8 in F" by Johann Sebastian Bach, "Greensleeves" by Henry VIII, "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller and one of The Beatles' own hit songs, "She Loves You", it successfully accomplishes its universal goal. Despite this combination of tunes, the song never resorts to sentimentality or the boy/girl relationship theme of earlier Beatles song and many other American songs of the same era.
Sadly, this was the last song by the band before the death of their hugely influential manager Brian Epstein in August 1967. Although The Beatles continued to produce some excellent material in the following three years, this single event marked a decline in The Beatles as a unified group, and the music scene would never be the same again.
Nevertheless, it is perhaps testiment to the greatness of the song that it was voted the "nation's favourite" in 1999 and is still used widely today for many weddings and other happy occasions, with the 2003 film "Love Actually" one example of this.
I would certainly give this 5 stars out of 5 and would even go so far as to name it my favourite Beatles song of all. If you haven't heard this (which is practically impossible by now, to be totally honest) then I recommend it. A true great!
Although it was included as part of the soundtrack album "Magical Mystery Tour" at the end of 1967 (which accompanied the ill-fated movie of the same name that aired on BBC1 on Boxing Day), it was as part of the international broadcast "Our World" that this song achieved a worldwide audience of 350 million people and became a number one single for 3 weeks. John Lennon, who wrote the song, was told by the BBC to write something that would be universal in its appeal and easily understood in meaning.
The band's ambition for more bombastic sounds and instruments and their desire to stay as a studio-based group (after the tiring nature of tours and the "Bigger than Jesus" controversy) is very much evident in this song. Beginning with the French national anthem "La Marseillaise" and ending with a combination of "2-part Invention #8 in F" by Johann Sebastian Bach, "Greensleeves" by Henry VIII, "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller and one of The Beatles' own hit songs, "She Loves You", it successfully accomplishes its universal goal. Despite this combination of tunes, the song never resorts to sentimentality or the boy/girl relationship theme of earlier Beatles song and many other American songs of the same era.
Sadly, this was the last song by the band before the death of their hugely influential manager Brian Epstein in August 1967. Although The Beatles continued to produce some excellent material in the following three years, this single event marked a decline in The Beatles as a unified group, and the music scene would never be the same again.
Nevertheless, it is perhaps testiment to the greatness of the song that it was voted the "nation's favourite" in 1999 and is still used widely today for many weddings and other happy occasions, with the 2003 film "Love Actually" one example of this.
I would certainly give this 5 stars out of 5 and would even go so far as to name it my favourite Beatles song of all. If you haven't heard this (which is practically impossible by now, to be totally honest) then I recommend it. A true great!
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