![]() The author of the 1894 book The Holy Science, which attempted “to show as clearly as possible that there is an essential unity in all religions,” Sri Yukteswar Giri was guru to both Sri Mahavatara Babaji (No.27) and Paramahansa Yogananda (No.33). Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover…Ĭlick here for an interactive version of the Sgt. To paraphrase the song, you might have known the band for all these years, so here we introduce to you, everyone else that featured on the Sgt. Those that made the final cut remain a fascinating cross-section of cultures, importance, and each individual Beatle’s own interests. Also notable by his absence is Elvis Presley, who, Paul McCartney later said, was “too important and too far above the rest to even mention.” Looking to avoid any serious controversy, Jesus Christ and Adolf Hitler were deemed unsuitable for inclusion, while other choices, such as Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Gorcey, were removed for different reasons. Those chosen from a collective list drawn up by John, Paul, George, Peter Blake, Jann Haworth, and London art dealer Robert Fraser. As Peter Blake once said, doing ”this by using cardboard cut-outs, it could be a magical crowd of whomever they wanted.” A total of 58 different people are depicted on the final artwork, which was photographed by Michael Cooper. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, surrounded by a gathering of influential people as if they had just performed a concert. The concept was for the four Beatles themselves to appear in costume as Sgt. Not only a groundbreaking design for the time, the artwork also broke the bank, costing almost £3,000 to create – well over £50,000 in today’s money and more than any other pop album sleeve at that time. From Paul McCartney’s original concept to the final design, staged by British pop artist Peter Blake and his then-wife, Jann Haworth, it’s not just an album cover, but a dazzling display of modern art that defines its era. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band remains the most iconic album cover of all time. Yes, including She's Leaving Home.The Beatles’ Sgt. ![]() He breaks down many of the songs and explains why they are, well, great. Peppers - A Musical Revolution with Howard Goodall". If you have the opportunity, I highly recommend tracking down "Sgt. It's the same with Within You Without You, which then leads into When I'm Sixty-Four, and how could you listen to them without Lovely Rita? Pepper's (Reprise) before I hear A Day In The Life and how can I listen to the Reprise without hearing Good Morning, Good Morning first? When I listen to songs on their own, like A Day In The Life, it feels incomplete. Pepper is worse than Friends or neither is as good as Lucy, because they go together. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band over With a Little Help from My Friends over Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, or vise versa. I couldn't really rank them, as the album works as a single piece of art for me. In music it can equal 5!!! That’s why I can’t rip apart the album in terms of ranking order. do you pick a favorite spice? Or is the gumbo itself more that the sun of its parts… Think of it this way - you’re having a great Louisiana gumbo full of different spices…. Can you say Rita is a better song? I may want to feel cheeky and young and rockin’ & sexual number to inspire me as an ode… or maybe I want the introspective and meditative WYWY… Take a song like 64 - it’s not a song you want to play if you are wanting a high energy rocker like Sgt Pepper, but if you want sweetness with a wisp of nostalgia coupled with a relaxed optimism for what lies ahead and the warmth of domestic love you play 64…. I think it’s more about moods and choosing what mood you want to tap into or highlight. I just hear them so threaded together in my head that they don’t exist outside of the running order. Pepper & I’d find it really difficult to rank the songs. ![]() We just finished a podcast episode devoted to Sgt.
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