Tag: sgt pepper’s lonely hearts club band
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123: Within You Without You
George Harrison’s writing contribution to Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club, Within You Without You uses Indian instruments and musical form to present a thoughtful song described (by Chris Ingham) as a “meditation on life and love beyond self”. The album came at an interesting point in the Beatles’ evolution, at a time when they had…
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132: When I’m Sixty-Four
When I’m Sixty-Four is the first track in this ranking from the amazing Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. It was one of Paul McCartney’s first compositions, started when he was around 14 and before rock’n’roll had had any real impact in the UK. McCartney grew up in a musical family and his dad,…