Friday, June 4, 2021

Strawberry Fields Forever Song Review

 



Strawberry Fields Forever is a song released on the Magical Mystery Tour album

 (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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