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A Day In The Life by The Beatles
Genre: Rock
Year: 1967
Year: 1967
A Day in the Life” is a song by the British rock band The Beatles, the final track on the groups 1967 album Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Credited to Lennon/McCartney, the song comprises distinct portions originally authored independently by John Lennon and Paul McCartney—two cacophonous, part-improvised, orchestra crescendos, and a sustained final piano chord. While Lennon’s lyrics were inspired by contemporary newspaper articles, McCartney’s were reminiscent of his youth. The decisions to link sections of the song with orchestral crescendos and to end the song with a sustained piano chord were made only after the rest of the song had been recorded.
The supposed drug reference in the line “I’d love to turn you on” resulted in the song initially being banned from Read full article at wikipedia.org
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