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[ok... I'm still awake so...]
"A Day in the Life" by the Beatles. Yet another goodie banned by the BBC-
because of the phrase "had a _smoke_". ho hum... Also too bad good ol'
Michael Jackson sold it to Maxwell House... though it is a pretty cool ad
(I guess)
(intro) G Bm Em Em7 (add D on B string) Em C..C Cmaj7 C+9 Cmaj7 (play with B)
G Bm Em Em7 Em (you can add these notes on B string-
I read the news today oh boy I'll omit them from now on)
C Em Am Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7
About a lucky man who made the grade
G Bm Em
And though the news was rather sad
C F Em
Well I just had to laugh
C F Em Cmaj7...
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
Em C....
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
I saw a film today oh boy / The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away / But I just had to look
Having read the book....
C Bm G Am7 Em
I'd love to turn.... you.... on....
(stays on Em for awhile then goes to E-major)
E A
Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head
E
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
E A
Found my coat and grabbed my hat, made the bus in seconds flat
E
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream
C G D C E C G D C
Ahhh....
E D C D G
I heard the news today oh boy / Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small / They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn... you... on...
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The Beatles -- A Day in the Life
A weird-ish video for "A Day in the Life" by The Fabs.
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
Rare Promo Vid.
A Day in the Life
The Beatles
A Day in the Life
Beatle clips I put together to "A Day in the Life". I made the picture at the end too. I've been noticing that some sites have been using my video and I would like to say that although I like the idea of my video being liked it is not the original.
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
Copyright - 1967 EMI Records Ltd.
"A Day in the Life" is a song composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 1967 by The Beatles as the final track on their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It includes portions originally authored independently by Lennon and McCartney, and two cacophonous, part-improvised, orchestral crescendos.
The supposed drug reference in the line "I'd love to turn you on" resulted in the song to be banned by the BBC.
Since its original album release, the song has also been released on single, on compilation albums, and has been performed by several other artists including Jeff Beck and The Bee Gees.
Inspiration from a newspaper
Lennon started to write the verses whilst reading the Daily Mail newspaper of 17 January 1967. Two stories had caught his eye: one about the death of Tara Browne, the 21 year-old heir to the Guinness fortune and friend of The Beatles, who had crashed his Lotus Elan after driving through a red light; the other about a plan to fill 4,000 potholes in the streets of Blackburn, Lancashire.
The song did not include 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.
Later, fans eager to locate clues about McCartney's supposed death seized upon this segment of the song as a depiction of his alleged accident.
McCartney provided the middle section—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. McCartney also contributed the line "I'd love to turn you on," which serves as a chorus to the first section of the song. Lennon explained:
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. I thought it was a damn good piece of work.
McCartney explained that he had written the piece as a wistful recollection of his younger years:
It was another song altogether, but it happened to fit. It was just me remembering what it was like to run up the road to catch a bus to school (Liverpool Institute for Boys), having a smoke and going into class.
McCartney's section of the song included a short wordless vocal bridge back into Lennon's part of the song.
On 27 August 1992, Lennon's original handwritten lyrics were sold by the estate of Mal Evans (the Beatles' road manager), in an auction at Sotheby's London, for $100,000 (£56,600).
The chord
Following the final orchestral crescendo, the song ends with one of the most famous final chords in music history.[17] John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Martin, and Mal Evans, simultaneously play an E-major chord on three different pianos. The sound of the final chord was manipulated to ring out for as long as possible (nearly a minute) by increasing the sound level to the tape as the vibration faded out. Near the end of the chord the recording levels were turned so high that listeners can hear the sounds of the studio, including rustling papers and and a squeaking chair.
Immediately following the dying moments of the crashing piano chord is an extremely high-pitched tone - too high-pitched for some, especially adults to hear but audible to dogs and other animals and most younger listeners. The high tone was inserted, as was John Lennon's intention, to irritate the listener's dog. However, the tone was only inserted on the first 5000 copies of the LP (save for the American Capitol Records pressing), but is now available on all copies of the CD.
Lyrics:
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
I saw a film today oh, boy
The English army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on.
Woke up, got out of bed
dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
and looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream
Ah
I read the news today oh, boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes
it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you on
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