McCartney’s affectionate tale of a traffic warden named Rita was the tenth track of the album. It was the first time the group used another studio to record for EMI. Recording began on 6th February 1967, taking place in Regent Sound Studios in London as Abbey Road was unavailable. Paul reaffirmed this, it was “the idea of me being on my own now, able to do what I want”. Whatever is inferred, the lyrics explore the joys of allowing one’s mind to wander, and the freedom from being told what to do. Fixing repairs on his farmhouse? A reference to heroin? A tribute to marijuana? Paul disproved the fixing repairs claim, insisting “People just make it up! They know I've got a farm, they know it has a roof, they know I might be given to handyman tendencies”. Written by Paul, the song’s message is ambiguous, and has been claimed to be about a number of possible things. He continued, “I’d have the song quite mapped out and he’d come in with a counter-melody, so it was a simple ordinary song.” He said, “I was just sitting there doing ‘Getting better all the time’ and John just said in his laconic way, ‘It couldn’t get no worse’”. McCartney used this song as an example to depict exactly why he loved writing with Lennon. The two combined created an up-beat and positive song, although dealing with anger, unruliness at school and violence towards women. Lennon later denied and swore he had no idea that its initials were so controversial, and hid an underlying message.Ī true collaborative effort, Lennon and McCartney’s uplifting track explored a difference in the writers’ personalities John’s more pessimistic views, as opposed to Paul’s happier outlook. However, the song was widely perceived to be a coded reference to LSD, since the letters are so prominent in the title. Julian presented his art to John saying “It’s Lucy in the sky with diamonds”, to which John thought “That’s beautiful” and immediately wrote a song about it. John’s inspiration for this track title was from a drawing of a school friend “Lucy” by four-year-old Julian Lennon. The song went on to be covered three times by Joe Cocker in 1968, Wet Wet Wet in 1988 and Sam & Mark in 2004. Starr refused to sing the original lyrics “What would you do if I sang out of tune?/Would you throw tomatoes at me?” fearing that singing the opening line live, would result in getting pelted with tomatoes. “Paul, with a little help from me…” – LennonĬo-written by the duo, the vocals were led by Ringo, as his character ‘Billy Shears’. A combination of these were taken from crowd noise from a 1961 recording of ‘Beyond The Fringe’ and out-takes from the orchestral overdub session for ‘A Day in the Life’. However, on 6 March sounds of an imaginary audience and the noise of an orchestra tuning up were added. The song was recorded on 1 February 1967, and was completed over four days. ![]() We could make up all the culture around it and collect all our heroes in one place.” ![]() Paul declared “I thought it would be nice to lose our identities, to submerge ourselves in the persona of a fake group. ![]() Sgt Pepper Suits: a perfect fit for The Beatles StoryĪs the opening track, the lyrics introduce the fictional band that performs on the album, in particular Ringo’s character, “The one and only Billy Shears”.
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