{"id":287,"date":"2007-06-01T04:02:47","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T08:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=287"},"modified":"2007-06-01T04:02:47","modified_gmt":"2007-06-01T08:02:47","slug":"on-forty-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=287","title":{"rendered":"On Forty Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was forty years ago today
\nSgt. Pepper taught the band to play
\nThey’ve been going in and out of style
\nBut they’re guaranteed to raise a smile
\nSo may me introduce to you
\nThe act you’ve known for all these years
\nSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Forty years ago today the Beatles released Sgt. Peppers<\/i>. And the world of music hasn’t been the same since. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Put it in. Play it loud<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“With a Little Help from My Friends.” “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” The magnificent “She’s Leaving Home.” “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite.” And bringing it all home, “A Day in the Life.”<\/p>\n

Play it. Again and again. Let it be 1967 again, even if just for a day.<\/p>\n

Remember what the London Times<\/i> critic Kenneth Tynan said of the album, that it was “a decisive moment in the history of Western civilization.” Decisive, indeed!<\/p>\n

I read the news today, oh boy
\nAbout a lucky man who made the grade
\nAnd though the news was rather sad
\nI just had to laugh
\nI saw the photograph<\/p>\n

He blew his mind out in a car
\nHe didn’t notice that the lights had changed
\nA crowd of people stood and stared
\nThey’d seen his face before
\nNobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’d love to turn you on. :cheers:<\/p>\n

And if anyone wants to buy me the Traveling Wilburys CDs<\/a> for my birthday at the end of the month, I won’t complain… \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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