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Title: The Beatles- A Day in the Life
Added: Aug 24, 2009
Author: RobOnDaCob
Duration: 5:7
Description:
A Day in the Life is a song by the English rock band The Beatles written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, based on an original idea by Lennon. It is the final track on the group's 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Since its original album release, "A Day in the Life" has been released as a B-side, and also on various compilation albums. It has been covered by other artists including The Fall, Bobby Darin, Sting, Neil Young, Jeff Beck, The Bee Gees, Mae and since 2008, by Paul McCartney in his live performances. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the 26th greatest song of all time.There is some dispute about the inspiration for the first verse. Many believe that it was written with regard to the death of Tara Browne, the 21-year-old heir to the Guinness fortune and close friend of Lennon and McCartney, who had crashed his Lotus Elan on 18 December 1966 when a Volkswagen pulled out of a side street into his path in Redcliffe Gardens, Earls Court. In numerous interviews, Lennon claimed this was the verse's prime inspiration. However, George Martin adamantly claims that it is a drug reference (as is the line "I'd love to turn you on" and other passages from the song) and while writing the lyrics John and Paul were imagining a stoned politician who had stopped at a set of traffic lights.The description of the accident in "A Day in the Life" was not a literal description of Browne's fatal accident. Lennon said, "I didn't copy the accident. Tara didn't blow his mind out, but it was in my mind when I was writing that verse. The details of the accident in the song — not noticing traffic lights and a crowd forming at the scene — were similarly part of the fiction."The final verse was inspired by an article in the Daily Mail in January 1967 regarding a substantial number of potholes in Blackburn, a town in Lancashire. However, he had a problem with the words of the final verse, not being able to think of how to connect "Now they know how many holes it takes to" and "the Albert Hall". His friend Terry Doran suggested that they would "fill" the Albert Hall.McCartney provided the middle section of the song, a short piano piece he had been working on independently, with lyrics about a commuter whose uneventful morning routine leads him to drift off into a reverie. He had written the piece as a wistful recollection of his younger years, which included riding the bus to school, smoking and going to class. The line "I'd love to turn you on", which concludes both verse sections, was, according to Lennon, also contributed by McCartney; Lennon said "I had the bulk of the song and the words, but he contributed this little lick floating around in his head that he couldn't use for anything."
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Tags: the beatles; rock; best; amazing; john lennon; paul mccartney; george harrison; ringo starr; music video; day in life; life video
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Youtube Comments: 6128
peanutman654 Says:
May 25, 2012 - get the fuck out
kwkane5880 Says:
May 26, 2012 - @THEATREofPAIN270 you must be a real ass. you probbly like gay music
33skaterkid33 Says:
May 26, 2012 - you gay bro?
TheAdolescentCynic Says:
May 26, 2012 - The Rolling Stones were completely fucking amazing. But no one's as good as The Beatles, truly the greatest band of all time.
ed64100 Says:
May 26, 2012 - 196!!!
ed64100 Says:
May 26, 2012 - Dumb A**
WalterJacksonFreeman Says:
May 27, 2012 - Geniusand it was a group effort
Ashley Day Says:
May 27, 2012 - wow man, that's a lot of hatred coming from a beatles fan. ignore the hate and spread the love :-)
BeatlesRock1969 Says:
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carlosaglez1 Says:
May 27, 2012 - I read the news today oh boy About a lucky man who made the GRADE And though the news was rather sad Well I just had to laugh I saw the photograph He blew his mind out in a car He didn't notice that the lights had changed A crowd of people stood and stared They'd seen his face before Nobody was really sure If he was from the House of Lords.
TheJoshu7 Says:
May 27, 2012 - ジョンが何でも無い一日を歌に変えた。
sahiblindberg Says:
May 27, 2012 - Hassa Hassa Mandelmassa
joseminyjosh Says:
May 27, 2012 - just.. get out of here.. then make yourself a favor and suicide...
Link457 Says:
May 27, 2012 - love the drums
joshLynn555 Says:
May 27, 2012 - See? I'm not the only one who thinksThe Beatles are boring music. lol
csd136 Says:
May 27, 2012 - Lol, die.
KyOkanagan Says:
May 27, 2012 - In the words of John Lennon He wanted an orgasm of sound to fill in the gaps between the verses!
AnaPaulaAragon Says:
May 27, 2012 - Oh no Alien's society is increasing
ketchupee12 Says:
May 28, 2012 - Haha, yeah i LOVE the Beatles but i still dont get that sound...
greennin Says:
May 28, 2012 - the person you just replied to is probably john lennon's ghost flying around on youtube and trolling beatles videos xD
milan1471 Says:
May 28, 2012 - i think.. i think that aliens has no ears..thats why they dislike this :D
Nekoman95 Says:
May 28, 2012 - There is a special place in hell for trolls such as yourself!
emmalangley2510 Says:
May 28, 2012 - you should listen to there songs before you call them boring, they are far from it! they made music what it is today!
Matthew Luchessi Says:
May 25, 2012 - rolling stones > beatles