Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles

[fuselage321]

I would like you to tell me what you all think of the songs on this album.

They are:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With a Little Help from my Friends
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing a Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning Good Morning
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
A Day in the Life

Thanks for your opinions and all opinions are welcome

[Rocket2Russia]

I'd never heard of it, so I went to YouTube, and it just sounds like a bunch of Beach Boys rip-offs.

[fuselage321]

Umm, really, cause werent you just on TBRB forums and said you like it?????

[a21schizoidman]

I'd never heard of it, so I went to YouTube, and it just sounds like a bunch of Beach Boys rip-offs.

True, they pretty much just ripped off of Pet Sounds and Zappa's Freak Out!

[instantdeath999]

Amazing album, I get goosebumps by the Reprise which goes into overdrive in A Day in the Life.

Umm, really, cause werent you just on TBRB forums and said you like it?????

Dude, a joke.

True, they pretty much just ripped off of Pet Sounds and Zappa's Freak Out!

Eh, I think there is a fine line between taking influence from and ripping off. Pet Sounds was highly influenced by Rubber Soul, though only really in the way that the LP should be viewed as a valid format instead of just songs built around a hit single. Musically, I've never found Sgt Peppers and Pet Sounds comparable, unless use of vocal harmonies and "LOTS AND LOTS OF INSTRUMENTS" count.

As for Freak Out!, I see very little similarities between the two albums, honestly, other than the "concept album" idea, something that is pretty thin in both albums (especially Sgt Peppers). I do rage a bit everytime I see claims that Sgt Peppers was the first concept album, though.

[a21schizoidman]

As for Freak Out!, I see very little similarities between the two albums, honestly, other than the "concept album" idea, something that is pretty thin in both albums (especially Sgt Peppers). I do rage a bit everytime I see claims that Sgt Peppers was the first concept album, though.

yeah, that's what i was poking at with the Freak Out! thing, and everyone knows the first concept album was Colorful Ventures by the Ventures in 1961

[instantdeath999]

yeah, that's what i was poking at with the Freak Out! thing, and everyone knows the first concept album was Colorful Ventures by the Ventures in 1961

I actually still haven't heard this album yet. The Ventures were all instrumental, weren't they?

Keeping with the topic, I always thought that the opening "aaahhh" in Lovely Rita was done by John, not Paul. Pretty cool. I think Lovely Rita is one of my favorites from the album.

[a21schizoidman]

I actually still haven't heard this album yet. The Ventures were all instrumental, weren't they?

yes, minus the very first album they released, they were an instrumental band

[instantdeath999]

yes, minus the very first album they released, they were an instrumental band

So where does the concept come in? I remember reading in an article about concept albums a long time ago that it had something to do with colors...

[a21schizoidman]

So where does the concept come in? I remember reading in an article about concept albums a long time ago that it had something to do with colors...

you have to listen to it to get the effect, but yes, the songs are all color-related, and the songs, well, reflect that color, (no, not like, this is what Blue sounds like), songs like Blue Moon, Yellow Jacket, Green Leaves of Summer, etc., they all tie in well