The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (Cartoon Version)

"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by The Beatles.
Although formally attributed to John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the song is acknowledged as having been composed predominantly by Lennon. It was inspired by a Salvation Army house near Lennon's childhood home.

"Strawberry Fields Forever" was originally intended for the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), but was instead released in February 1967 as a double A-side single with Paul McCartney's "Penny Lane".

"Strawberry Fields Forever" reached number eight in the US, with numerous critics describing it as one of the group's best recordings.It is one of the defining works of the psychedelic rock genre and has been covered by many other artists.

The song was later included on the U.S. Magical Mystery Tour LP (though not on the British double EP package of the same name).

The Strawberry Fields memorial in New York City's Central Park was named after the song.

Strawberry Field (not "Fields") was the name of a Salvation Army Children's Home just around the corner from Lennon's childhood home in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool.

Lennon and his childhood friends Pete Shotton, Nigel Whalley, and Ivan Vaughan used to play in the wooded garden behind the home.
One of Lennon's childhood treats was the garden party held each summer in Calderstones Park near the Salvation Army Home every year, where a Salvation Army band played.

Lennon's Aunt Mimi Smith recalled: "As soon as we could hear the Salvation Army band starting, John would jump up and down shouting, 'Mimi, come on. We're going to be late.'"

Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever" and McCartney's "Penny Lane" shared the theme of nostalgia for their early years in Liverpool. Although both referred to actual locations, the two songs also had strong surrealistic and psychedelic overtones.

Producer George Martin said that when he first heard "Strawberry Fields Forever" he thought it conjured up a "hazy, impressionistic dreamworld".

The period of the song's composition was one of change and dislocation for Lennon. The Beatles had just retired from touring after one of the most difficult periods of their career, including the "more popular than Jesus" controversy and the band's unintentional snubbing of Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos.
Lennon's marriage with Cynthia Powell was failing, and he was using increasing quantities of drugs, especially the powerful psychedelic LSD, as well as cannabis, which he had smoked during his time in Spain.

Lennon talked about the song in 1980: "I was different all my life. The second verse goes, 'No one I think is in my tree.' Well, I was too shy and self-doubting. Nobody seems to be as hip as me is what I was saying. Therefore, I must be crazy or a genius—'I mean it must be high or low'", and explaining that the song was "psycho-analysis set to music".

Lennon began writing the song in Almería, Spain, during the filming of Richard Lester's How I Won the War in September--October 1966.

The earliest demo of the song, recorded in Almería, had no refrain and only one verse: "There's no one on my wavelength / I mean, it's either too high or too low / That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right / I mean it's not too bad".

He revised the words to this verse to make them more obscure, then wrote the melody and part of the lyrics to the refrain (which then functioned as a bridge and did not yet include a reference to Strawberry Fields). He then added another verse and the mention of Strawberry Fields.

The first verse on the released version was the last to be written, close to the time of the song's recording. For this verse, Lennon was again inspired by his childhood memories: the words "nothing to get hung about" were inspired by Aunt Mimi's strict order not to play in the grounds of Strawberry Field, to which the young Lennon once replied, "They can't hang you for it."

The first verse Lennon wrote became the second in the released version, and the second verse Lennon wrote became the last in the release.

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[nxr064]

Are you just copying this stuff from video tapes? Because if you are, I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to that! On the other hand, they don't make these videos anymore nor do they sell them today.

[HDBeatles]

@nxr064 No I don't copy them from video tapes

[hunteraceved49]

This video is a favorite on Concord

[thebeatlemania182]

This was the last episode of this show

[MakPHL]

lol it says the artists is "Beat Less" lol

[unfortunatebeam]

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[abcdefghijklm133]

hey thats not actually the real beetles

[puggamer2000]

Finally ,John has glasses!

[Missmysterio123]

i can dig it (: