(1967) and is one of my personal favorites.
The song was written by John Lennon and is credited to Lennon-
McCartney. Lennon took inspiration from his childhood to write this song. He lived
near a salvation army orphanage named Strawberry Fields. The music video for the
song contains many childish elements, including a piano whose strings are
connected to a tree that Paul climbs. The video gives us a lot of closeups of the
band's face, letting you stare into their eyes and possibly into their soul.
It's not the traditional rock sound: the song's opening sound is one played off of the
Mellotron, a relatively new instrument at the time. The Mellotron was originally
supposed to be used for sound effects, but the Beatles used the flute loop. Certain
lyrics of the song could be interpreted as references to LSD, and some elements of
the music video gives off that feeling.
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