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"Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

di Giorgio Maimone
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band è un disco mitico, per il quale ormai non ci sono più parole per magnificarne le doti. Più interessante è cercare di capire cosa c'è dietro le varie canzoni. Chi le amava e chi invece no, tra i Fab Four. Intanto abbiamo deciso di dire la nostra e abbiamo provato ancora una volta a giocare il consueto gioco delle preferenze e per esprimere le nostre valutazioni abbiamo deciso di utilizzare: i Sergente Pepe. Quindi 5 Sergente è il massimo del giudizio e un solo Sergente il minimo. Ribadiamo, come sempre, che sono giudizi del tutto personali. Il giudizio su Sgt Pepper deve fare i conti con la storia, almeno quella della musica. Pallini e sergenti lasciano il tempo che trovano e non sono nemmeno in grado di giurare che non siano soggetti, questi nostri giudizi, a quanta strada le singole canzoni abbiano fatto. Ciò detto, a me Within you without you è sempre piaciuta e forse non sono in abbondante compagnia.

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

 

La frase: "It was twenty years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you ...The one and only Billy Shears
And Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

With a little help from my friends



La frase: "What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
I get by with a little help from my friends"

Lucy in the sky with diamonds


La frase: "Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds."

Getting better



La frase: "It's getting better all the time
I used to get mad at my school
The teachers who taught me weren't cool
You're holding me down, turning me round
Filling me up with your rules.
I've got to admit it's getting better
A little better all the time"

Fixing a hole

La frase: "I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
And stops my mind from wandering
Where will it go
I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door
And kept my mind from wandering
Where will it go
And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong
I'm right".

She's leaving home



La frase: "Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begings
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her hankerchief
Quietly turing the backdoor key
Stepping outside she is free.
She (We gave her most of our lives)
is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
home (We gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye"

Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite

La frase: "The band begins at ten to six
When Mr. K. performs his tricks without a sound
And Mr. H. will demonstrate
Ten summersets he'll undertake on solid ground
Having been some days in preparation" .

Within you without you



La frase: "We were talking-about the love we all could share-when we find it
To try our best to hold it there-with our love
With our love-we could save the world-if they only knew.
Try to realise it's all within yourself
No-one else can make you change".

Torna a Sgt Pepper


A day in the life
(Lennon-McCartney)

I read the news today oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph.
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords.
I saw a film today oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look...having read the book.
I'd love to turn you on
Woke up, fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
Some body spoke and I went into a dream
I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill fhe
Albert Hall.
I'd love to turn you on


When I'm sixty-four


La frase: "When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now.
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine."

 


Lovely Rita


La frase: "Lovely Rita meter maid,
May I inquire discreetly,
When are you free,
To take some tea with me".

Good Morning Good Morning

 ½


La frase: "Everybody knows there's nothing doing
Everything is closed it's like a ruin
Everyone you see is half asleep.
And you're on your own you're in the street
Good morning, good morning..."


Sgt Pepper Reprise

 ½


La frase: "We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
We hope you have enjoyed the show"

A day in the life



La frase: "Woke up, fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.."