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SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

The Beatles

 

Proto-Prog

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alainPP
5 stars One of the best BEATLES if not the best, yes it's him!. So dive back into it a little!

1.Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for the title rock more than pop, sound effects, we are still in a crazy psyche period, the one that will launch a movement that we don't yet know the name of 2. With a Little Help from My Friends continues, a sign; perfect title instrumentally speaking; perfect title in terms of choirs, nothing to throw away, a hit, a tube, perfect period; it's fresh, catchy, there is progression like I would find in the XTC later with their little nursery rhymes reminding me of the BEATLES, the loop is... done 3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds stop... nothing but the air makes my hairs freeze, nothing but the crystalline sound and that psyche rush that tells you it's going to explode, yes ringo boom boom and here we go or how to put in less than 3 minutes everything you need to think about prog... before it existed! 7' title which only lasts half... prog then; I laugh about it but how fruity is this title, like blackcurrant paste, the best 4. Getting Better yes don't imagine that it's a gem on all levels, there it's the consensual title BEATLES; good Hindu break to vibrate 5. Fixing a Hole and the 2nd consensus title; there is the air, the reminiscence but the thing that could make it break through is missing; the guitar of the good guys that we saw in gangster films, everything is there, it's well sung, it's vintage but here they can since vintage is not for tomorrow

6. She's Leaving Home for my phenomological basis of similes, or my primary syrupy word found thanks to this piece; sweetness, marshmallow, neo-classical orchestration, simplicity and bliss, everything is explained here; ah I add Charisma for those who follow 7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite ah this pon pon that my uncle did so well in the village clique; only good memories; ah this soaring tune, a proto 'Love is All' without a doubt, just giant; ah this organ of time; ah beauty is priceless; of the prog I tell you if there on the cloth at your feet 8. Within You Without You yes LED ZEPPELIN will pump his sauce on it; yes they 'merchandised' their oriental trip, but it's so good; one of the 2 titles which exceeds 5 minutes and which goes far, very far; languorous, hypnotizing, mantranic, perfect 9. When I'm Sixty Four for a syrupy title, now you know; progressive in the soul, deep down, a beauty like the colorful nursery rhymes of QUEEN which denoted, a title 'so romantic seaside rendez-vous', a title which aims to be jovial and far from the mods, hey, that word is funny just there; in short, nothing to throw away, perfect 10. Lovely Rita for bass drum, not Rita OK; for the jovial rhythm and the boosted BEATLES sound still seeking to shock; a piano saloon air that we will find much more on the following white album; note the final progression latent but definitely there 11. Good Morning Good Morning I kick in, too festive, not too military and with the upcoming war it scares me too much; crazy final cinematic noise yes, that's how the prog starts 12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise) yes 'Don't bring me down' I agree with you, ELOs; well it's magnificent it made me revise it in fact 13. A Day in the Life concludes the album with one of the most marshmallowy tracks, the perfection of the bass combined with the acoustic guitar; the distant rumble of the drums delivers the final blow to fall in love or at least in admiration on this OMNI album before UFOs existed; the crazy break, psyche, and you arrive on another floor; this AH AH AHA in the distance which still makes you shiver, yes THE BEATLES invented prog according to my padawan criteria with this title; this orgasmic rush is another example; this ending with silence and the 30" as an outro, in short.... nothing to throw away, masterpiece!

alainPP | 5/5 |

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