
He would later rewrite this song, basically, in the far superior "The Inner Light," while John would take a few more years to drop the mic on the whole Beatlesplaining genre by writing "Imagine." 9. I wish I could rank it higher, but even he poured scorn on his own effort by inserting that laughter at the end. Other than the sitar break in "Getting Better," this is George's only serious contribution to the album. "Are you one of them?" Why yes, maybe I am, Mr. And to be honest, he's the only man on the planet who could get away with looking down from his well-appointed mansion at our focus on material wealth and our lack of spiritual integrity.

In which George Harrison invents a new genre, Beatlesplaining.

But that overactive harp and cello just add way too much syrup, and by the end you're yelling at "daddy" and "his wife" to just get over it and enjoy their empty nest already. The story (ripped from the headlines) of a spoiled, miserable young girl dumping her parents to hook up with "a man from the motor trade" would be thoroughly affecting if stripped to its basics. She's Leaving HomeĪ beautiful song famously ruined by the fact that producer George Martin took a day off and Paul had to call up a random guy to arrange the orchestration. But this song will never be a guest at your dinner party, because you disagree and never win, and won't get past its door. If this song were a guest at your dinner party, you'd be yawning and looking at your watch. Worse, this is clearly Paul's response to John Lennon's solipsistic genius on "Strawberry Fields Forever," the most recent single - but whereas John was heartbreakingly unsure of himself ("er, yes, but it's all wrong"), Paul is just annoyingly cocky: "and it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong, I'm right."

Dude, we get it: you're a functional stoner who really likes DIY. In which Paul McCartney humblebrags about the farmhouse in Scotland he just bought, how much renovation it needs, and how it keeps his mind from wandering where it will go (wink). Sergeant Pepper's lonely, Sgt.This is the best Beatles book ever yeah, yeah, yeah We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The act you've known for all these years? In November 1966, on the flight back to England after a holiday, McCartney conceived an idea in which an entire album would be role-played, with each of The Beatles assuming an alter-ego in the "Lonely Hearts Club Band", which would then perform a concert in front of an audience.

Since its original album release, the song has also been released on singles, on compilation albums, and has been performed by several other artists including Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, McCartney with U2, and a comic interpretation by Bill Cosby. As the title track, the lyrics introduce the fictional band which performs in the album. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)", the penultimate track. The song appears twice on the album: as the opening track and as " Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a song credited to Lennon/McCartney, and first recorded and released in 1967, on the The Beatles' Sgt.
