Strawberry Fields Forever



Strawberry Fields Forever ( 1967 ) is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon but attributed to Lennon-McCartney . The single was released as a single with a double A-side (the other A-side was Penny Lane ). Like Penny Lane, refers Strawberry Fields Forever for a place in Liverpool where John Lennon was a regular. Unlike many previous singles by The Beatles, this was not a worldwide number one hit. In their own country, the UK, the single was stabbing at the second place. In the U.S. achieved Strawberry Fields Forever only eighth place in the charts.



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[ hide ]  *1 Origin and Background  ==Origin and Background [ edit] == Strawberry Field every year attracts many tourists. Many leave a message on the gateway.In the autumn of 1966 the Beatles did not have for the first time in years on tour, and therefore had the band members time to undertake other projects. [1]  This was John Lennon play a role in the film How I Won The War directed by Dick Lester . For shooting Lennon had to include six weeks to Almeria in Spain . During this period, Lennon wrote Strawberry Fields Forever . [1]  The title refers to Strawberry Field, a building of theSalvation Army in Woolton , Liverpool . This building was located near the house of his aunt Mimi Smith, with whom he lived in his youth. [2]  It was a place where he regularly attended in his youth, especially the garden of Strawberry Field . McCartney describes the place as follows: Strawberry Field was a place of his childhood where Lennon probably looked back with nostalgia, especially since The Beatles and Lennon in1966 went through a turbulent period of uncertainty. The Beatles did for example in that year Candlestick Park in San Francisco, their lastconcert given, and this led to uncertainty Lennon. [1]  The concert tour that year was also extremely hectic: The Beatles were on the Philippinesunder threat because they had refused to on their day of Imelda Marcos to act [1]  and in the U.S. massive Beatles records were burned because Lennon had claimed that The Beatles " were more popular than Jesus " [1 ] [4]  In Strawberry Fields Forever Lennon therefore seeks a retrieval. happier, simpler time
 * 2 Recordings
 * 3 Video clip
 * 4 Appearance and Chart position
 * 5 Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles albums
 * 6 Chart position
 * 6.1 Top 40
 * 6.2 Single Top 100
 * 7 Radio 2 Top 2000

Under the influence of LSD Lennon gave the song a deeper, more reflective load with which the song is not just about memories of the past. In Strawberry Fields Forever Lennon example, writes about his doubts and uncertainties. ==Recordings [ Edit] == At the beginning of the song is heard. A mellotronThe recording of Strawberry Fields Forever started in November1966 . The song is known as one of the most complex of all the Beatles recordings. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lewisohn_5-0" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  OnAnthology 2 is the demo version Strawberry Fields Forever, sung by John Lennon , hearing showing that the number has a relatively simple origin. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_6-0" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Once in the studio the number became more complex, for example, by the use of the mellotron . Lennon was not satisfied with the first version of Strawberry Fields Forever, and was therefore on 8 December1966, embarked on a re-make. On December 15th by producer in this remake were George Martin composed arrangements for trumpet and cello 's added. Lennon was also with this new version are not fully satisfied, and therefore could be asked. Merged with Martin or the beginning of the first version with the end of the second version Although both versions in a different key and at a different pace played, succeeded Martin and sound engineerGeoff Emerick to add. both versions together The trick was to run the first version and the second version slower speed, so that the difference was masked in key and tempo. However, the integration is audible and can be heard 60 seconds after the beginning of the song (after the text "let me take you down"). <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lewisohn_5-1" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">At the end of the song there is a spooky music, and a voice audible. What exactly this voice says, was always a bit unclear, but after the Paul Is Dead mythology in 1969, supporters began to get a lot of Beatles fans "I buried Paul" believed there to be heard. John Lennon said afterwards that he said "Cranberry sauce". On one of the Anthology versions are clearly told that he actually says this. ==Video <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == Knole Park in the video clip was recorded.<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Because it had become to act in all television programs where they were invited impossible for The Beatles they were in 1966 started making videosavant la lettre for their singles. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Anthology_1-6" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]  This video was then sent to the various television shows in order to promote the single. This they had first done for the single Paperback Writer / Rain . On 30 and 31 January 1967, The Beatles were recording for video clips of Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane in Knole Park, near the English town of Sevenoaks . The video was directed by SwedishdirectorPeter Goldman . In the clip of Strawberry Fields Forever, the four Beatles during the day and at night to see while they walk to a piano in a tree. The clip uses various effects such as reverse playback recordings andstop-motionanimation . ==Appearance and Chart position <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">On February 17th1967 was Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane as a single in Britain. While the Beatles were busy with the shooting of ''[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]'', wanted manager Brian Epstein a new single. Producer George Martin let him know that the Beatles meanwhile three songs ( Strawberry Fields Forever , Penny Lane and When I'm Sixty-Four ) were recorded, two of which were good enough to appear. single It was decided that both Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane to bring out the same single to give. so the fans their money's worth Because Strawberry Fields Forever released as a single, this meant that the number is not on ''[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]'' would appear. In hindsight this was George Martin as a "the biggest mistake of his life". <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Anthology_1-7" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]  The single was, like the previous Beatles singles, a hit, but took for the first time since Love Me Do not the number 1 position in England . Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane succeeded in Britain to Release Me by Engelbert Humperdinck in the first place to drive. ==Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles albums <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Strawberry Fields Forever is also released various albums of The Beatles after appearing as a single. In 1967 the song appeared on it, released in the United States, album Magical Mystery Tour . In the United Kingdom appeared that year a double-EP of the same name, but it was here Strawberry Fields Forever not released. In 1973 it was Strawberry Fields Forever also included on the compilation album1967-1970 . When the Beatles albums were released on CD, in the eighties, was elected to the U.S. version of Magical Mystery Tour, with Strawberry Fields Forever give out.,

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">On Anthology 2 are three different versions of the song to hear. The first version is a demo from November 1966, which only John Lennon with an acoustic guitar is heard. This version was recorded by Lennon in his house in Weybridge .The second version is the first take of Strawberry Fields Forever recorded at Abbey Road Studios on November 241966 . This version of the song differs from the final version because it's a different arrangement and another order of the lyrics have. The latest version on Anthology 2 can be found, is take 7 of Strawberry Fields Forever . The first 60 seconds of the take can be heard in the final version of the song (the rest of the song uses take 26). This does take a versethat is not heard in the final song. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-anthology2_7-0" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Also on the in 2006 released Love is Strawberry Fields Forever hear. This version of the song is based on the demo that can be heard on Anthology 2 . This release contains elements of other Beatles songs: Hello, Goodbye , Baby, You're a Rich Man , In My Life , ''[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band_(nummer) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band] , Penny Lane and Piggies'' . ==Chart position <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == ===Top 40 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === ===Single Top 100<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === ==Radio 2 Top 2000 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Strawberry Fields Forever is from 1999 listed in the Radio 2Top 2000, the year when this list was compiled for the first time and broadcast. That year, the song also earned its highest position so far, 97.