Strawberry Fields Forever

In the summer of ‘66 the post touring Beatles did something that had not happened since Beatlemania began. They took a break from being Beatles. John Lennon went to Almeira, Spain to shoot Richard Lester’s film, How I Won The War. Missing his musical brothers, John started to reminisce about his childhood in Liverpool. Perhaps the next Beatle album would be about Liverpool and the places where The Beatles grew up? He begins to write a song called It’s Not To Bad. After a couple of demos, the line Strawberry Fields Forever is added and one of the BEST Beatles tracks is born.

Billy and Jay dive deep on this classic as there is so much to uncover on this one. 

Find out what the best version of this song may be. 

- Billy and Jay break down each version released on the Anthology. 

- Find our how this song is a break from all of the things the Beatles did prior to this and a bridge into their psychedelic future. 

- And was the release of this song as a double A side with Penny Lane the biggest mistake in The Beatles career? 

- Billy and Jay discuss how they would remedy this issue.

Billy and Jay talk about the difficulties of playing this song live and also once again give kudos to the genius that is Ringo Starr. How many Glass Onions could this one get?

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. Let us take you down, cause we’re going to Strawberry Field (s)…Forever.

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