This is the truth: my son came home with a drawing and showed me this strange-looking woman flying around. ![]() Lennon was always resolute in his defence that he had no idea the song’s title spelt out LSD, stating: “I had no idea it spelt LSD. I think it was more a question of coincidence.” Or did he? McCartney revealed the truth behind the song: “It wasn’t based on a real person but, as often happened, it was claimed by a girl called Rita who was a traffic warden who apparently did give me a ticket, so that made the newspapers. Hey, come and check my meter, baby.’ I saw a bit of that, and then I saw that she looked like a ‘military man’.” The phrase ‘meter maid’ was so American that it appealed, and to me a ‘maid’ was always a little sexy thing: ‘Meter maid. “There was a story in the paper about ‘Lovely Rita’, the meter maid,” recalled McCartney of the relatively new idea in 1967. Away from inspiration, it’s hard to dislike a song Paul McCartney made up about a ticket inspector. It may not have been a song that encouraged Lennon, noting it as one of his least favourite from the Fab Four, but the wild composition of ‘Lovely Rita’ would go on to inspire Pink Floyd in their own pursuit of pop perfection. For McCartney, this song was a part of the concept that saw The Beatles get away from their previous incarnations, and it had come from a sincere place - his past. ![]() That’s not to say this is a particularly bad song, it certainly has a jaunty value to it, but inc comparison to some of the other triumphant pieces on the LP, it falls a bit short. If there’s one song that was bound to find itself on the bottom of our pile, it had to be McCartney’s own ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’, written, in part, for Frank Sinatra, Lennon would famously label this song (and a few others) as Paul’s “granny shit”. Below, we’re taking a closer look at each song and ranking them in order of greatness. This album, therefore, ranks as one of the band’s best and arguably one of the most important of their entire career. Though the band certainly weren’t the first to bring acid into rock and roll, they were certainly the ones to popularise it. However, nobody can deny the voluminous impact it had on culture as well as the music scene. Conversely, it is also the album that Harrison and Lennon liked least, largely because of McCartney’s control over proceedings. Pepper’s, meself, because I had a lot to do with it,” he responded when asked about his favourite album the Fab Four had produced. Nowadays, the album’s uniqueness and idiosyncrasies are chalked off as indulgent, but that hasn’t stopped it still being McCartney’s favourite. Not to mention the Beatles, and many, many inspirational others.It seems as though, over time, that concept has hampered its viewing. With thanks to Harvey Brough, David le Page, Jeremy Taylor, James Murray, and our photographer Tom Piper. This is visual record of our Sergeant Pepper singalong at St Luke’s, Holloway, on 3 February 2019. If your answer to any of the above is Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! be sure to join us for Freedom Song at the Hackney Empire on Sunday March 24 – our biggest production yet! A splendid time is guaranteed for all. ![]() Their production was second to none (but where’s Henry the Horse?) We hope you have enjoyed the show … We’re sorry but it’s time to go … So let us introduce to you (our brilliant musicians) The singer’s going to sing a song (guest soloist Jeremy Taylor)Īnd he wants you all to sing along (our talented audience) Getting better all the time (the one and only Young Vox) Sit back and let the evening go? (Not if Polly has anything to do with it) Going in and out of style, but guaranteed to raise a smile Mmm, we get high with a little help from our friends (p.s we’re altos)
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