Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts club band (part2)

This is the picture inside the Album cover, when you fold it out. Can you see the word "love" spelled in it? The L is in the blue tassale on Ringo's jacket. The O on John's shoulder. The V is Paul's knees. And the E is on George's jacket. The Beatles worked out several differen't versions of this, and they're all included in the liner notes of the cd. As is most of the Historical information I've included in these posts.
Lennon McCartney. Almost all beatle songs are signed that way. no matter which one actually penned the tune. They got the idea from the famous song writing duo of Rodgers & Hammerstien. Not content to just write rock, and roll songs, they aspired to write show tunes, and have their material sung by the greats like Sinatra. Their own fame got in the way of this ambition, Though Frank did cover some Beatles songs. He said "somthing" was the greatest love song he'd ever heard. Hmmn. A Harrison song. Sorry boys. But you can hear the show tune influince on this song..

GETTING BETTER-Written, and sung by Paul. Recording began March 9th 1967 in studio two at Abby Road. I can just hear this song being sung by Danny Kaye, or Fred Astair. A highly chorigraphed group of background singers dancing behind them. I love the rythum of this song.The backing vocals are rich, and layered, And again the bass playing is hair raisingly good. I can't help but sing along with this one.

FIXING A HOLE-Written, and sung by Paul, recording began at Regent Sound Studio, Tottemham Court Road,London, on Febuary 21, 1967, later completed at Abby Road. Most of this album was written like a musical to me. At the risk of being redundant, I can just see this tune coriographed.
Paul said he was smoking a lot of weed when he wrote it, and it does have that "stoned " mentality. "Fixing a hole where the rain gets in, and stops my mind from wandering..." Great guitar, and backing vocals on this song. Paul's bass is sublime on this one too.

SHE'S LEAVING HOME-Written by Paul, and John. Vocals by Paul. Recording started in studio2 on march17,1967. This song is so terribly English! "meeting a man from the moter trade..." The phrasing of the lyrics, The vocals, and specially the symphony backing. I love this song. One of Paul's best "story" songs.
I just love the way the song reads. If it were a story I would read it over, and over... "Standing alone at the top of the stairs she breaks down, and crys to her husband. "Daddy our baby's gone!"
As a Daddy myself, having just Lost my daughter this song has taken on much more relevence for me.."How could she treat me so thoughtlessly? How could she do this to me?"
We'll start Chapter 3 with Being For The Benifit Of mr Kite....

The U.S.S. Maytag

This Is Hamann's Variety Store. It is a large storehouse of happy memories for me. Oh! The toys I got that came from this magical place! Army men by the 100's, toy guns, balsa wood gliders, boardgames, and so much more. School supplies, candy,comic books, you name it, they either had it , or would order it. And every year before Christmas the entire basement was transformed into a child's wonderland of toys. Many of my Christmas dreams came from this place. And the wonderfull thing is, It's still there!! If your ever in my childhood utopia-Praraie du Chien, Wisconsin, look it up. It's on Blackhawk Avenue.
And across the alley from Hamann's Was Pugh's hardware store. They sold Maytag appliances like washing machines, and refrigerators. I used to drag the huge empty boxes home, and play in them until they came apart. They became all manner of things. Forts, submarines, tanks, and ofcource, spaceships. Like most little boys of the early nineteen sixties I was facisnated with anything to do with space. I still am.
I would set the box on it's side, crawl inside ,and Armed with my green, and yellow box of Crayola crayons I drew intricate control pannels on the sides of the box near the back. Then it was time for"lift-off". I would sit with my little back against the back wall of the box, and begin the countdown. "Ten..nine..eight..seven..six..main engine start..five..four..three..ignition sequence start..two..one..I would lean foward, and then lean back with all my weight..Lift-off!!! The box would flip up onto it's bottom leaving me sitting on my back looking up at the wild blue yonder. I was in space!

And I was Glad....

And I was glad when they said unto me "come, let us go unto the house of the Lord."