It's ARGUABLY the GREATEST SONG EVER-But WASN'T a HIT cuz Band NEVER Released It!--Professor of Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST ALBUM SLEEVE or COVER of the Rock era?

[@David-i1g1r]

Relayer. Yes Roger Dean

[@peterd.9978]

Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden

[@mikenicholson7465]

London Calling. The Clash. Paul Simonon taught that bass a lesson, that's for sure.

[@stephenbrown4211]

Rainbow Rising Any Marillion cover by Mark Wilkinson Division Bell. I live ten minutes from where the photo was taken

[@freezer8530]

I'll nominate ... Boston's eponymous debut (which introduced us to the guitar spaceship).

[@fittobetiedyed5315]

My only criticism of A Day In The Life is that I'll never get to hear it again for the first time.

[@jamesevans3492]

Yes . . . '-)

[@donaldkennedy9573]

Exactly.

[@Fiona2254]

So true.

[@Heene1028]

I understand! Each new Beatles’ album would find me on the living room carpet holding the album in my hand. Even at my young age, I was SO aware that there was the second before I tore off the plastic and the second afterwards. I knew that once that plastic came off, and I put the record on the turntable, my life would never be the same…. And that went for each Beatles’ album…. 💕

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Sad. I heard the news today, oh boy.

[@KiwiCanuk1]

I remember the exact time I heard this album. I was babysitting, and just before they left, the parents suggested I listen to the entire album in one go after the kids were asleep. I did. By the time they got home, I was on my fourth listen. It was incredible. I went out and bought my own copy with the money I earned that evening and listened to it as often as I could. I think I drove my family nuts because I got a set of headphones for Christmas that year.

[@josephblue4135]

😂

[@carolthorson7854]

I did to, drove my Parents crazy

[@shuroom57]

Good story! There is so much meat on those bones, isn't there? Fifty-eight years after it's release, when I listen to it, I still can't quite wrap my head about what's coming up. A rocker? Nice. Who's that, Ringo? Already? What a song they gave him! Nice high note on the end, Ring! What's that, a harpsichord? Getting better? What a happy song. Next....sounds like the Addams Family opener. And now, I'm at the circus! Whoa! Record stopped? FLIP IT OVER! Where are we, India? And so on, so.on.

[@dustinjones8887]

With all due respect, Professor, they are THE greatest band ever, not just of their time. Not opinion. Most album sales of all time, most #1 hits of all time, most #1 albums of all time, most covers from a catalog of all time, most influential, most innovative. I'm GenX so no generational bias here. Just a music lover like you. Great episode! Love your channel!

[@AdamReader_on_Te-I-egram]

I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion

[@t40onbass]

They were a profound dividing line...all that came before and after them. I've heard the things they gave away and the things they discarded or shelved. A lot of it is of much higher caliber than the majority if not all the music I've heard the last quarter century. That's a band that cares.

[@kevanbrown7620]

@@dustinjones8887 I totally agree. The Beatles are my favourite artists and imo the greatest ever. I love the work of Dylan, Rolling Stones, up to '74, The Who, The Kinks, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, all of these are great artists who i hold in very high esteem, but it always comes back to the Beatles, who i believe will be forever the greatest band of all time.

[@johnorgan3]

they did this 58 years ago, and it has the same incredible reaction today. And tomorrow.

[@johnrowemd5476]

@@johnorgan3that is indeed amazing - and due in no small part to Sir George Martin and crew.

[@Skedawg88]

You're so right. The Beatles are in a separate category. Their own category. " A Day in the Life" is a day in all our lives that grew up with the Fab Four as I did. Thanks for all you do.

[@ponzo1967]

It amazes me how through it all, including the sudden death of their manager, they continued to produce stellar music. Even the deep cuts have a level of quality few ever matched.

[@markj122]

I have all the Beatles records too. Even though I didn’t find out about the Beatles until the 70s. The Beatles were still together when I was little but I didn’t know about them then.

[@michaelrochester48]

The favorite part of the song is the wordless chorus after “had a smoke, and then I went into a dream,” ….the harmonic vocals with the crashing cellos gives you real goosebumps when you hear it

[@ProfessorofRock]

Same!

[@tinie15]

Right? Every single time!

[@playnicechannel]

It creates a complete auditory suspension of reality. You are willing transported into an unknown space.

[@KevinR1138]

I was going to come in here and comment on that very thing, it’s my favorite part of the song always has been.

[@ewest14]

I love Paul’s vocals in that section

[@josephalexander5161]

My biggest takeaway from this episode is that after it ends, I once again find myself deeply appreciating you Adam. Your insights, passion and personal reflections always fill me with joy. You are awesome my friend

[@mjemigh3304]

You've got me in the mood to listen to the album again today. But not before I find my way downstairs and have a smoke.

[@KenLieck]

A day later in this person's life, he still was in a dream and hadn't gotten around to listening to the record...

[@porridge57]

I did that too. But then somebody spoke, and I went into a dream.

[@tedbecker4051]

One of my all-time favorite songs. Yes, a masterpiece

[@ProfessorofRock]

Yes it is!

[@tooruoikawa8985]

Like em or not they did everything. Movies, tv, cartoons, music videos, recording techniques, memorabilia, insane popularity and probably most important of all inspiring many generations of musicians to play, even some of your favorites ;)

[@ProfessorofRock]

Amen!

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

I don't care for them but yes you are correct, I will give them that but don't get it 🤷

[@KenLieck]

@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr That's a shame I suppose, but you're not required to by any means.

[@pocopico7409]

I love lots of things about the song, but one of the things that is my favorite is something that probably most people don’t even think of… and that’s Ringo’s drumming, especially in the earlier parts of the song. As he so often did, he came up with something just perfect for the song. 😊

[@Rob_Kates]

The creativity of The Beatles was incredible, especially since it was the 1960s. Way ahead of their time.

[@AdamReader_ONTELE-GRAM]

I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion

[@KenLieck]

Actually, the '60s were a decade of creativity trying to make up for the stuffiness of the '50s! If The Beatles have come along earlier Paul would have had a great time making more Gershwin type music and probably would have been huge but wouldn't have changed the world by any means. It's hard to say what it would have been like if they came along later, because they wouldn't have had the Beatles to build on like everyone else did!

[@georgemathie8123]

I had a late relative of mine who passed away on December 2021 who was the most passionate Beatles and Paul McCartney fan that I ever knew and he totally educated and enlightened me on the magic of the Beatles music and beyond the day he passed i played yesterday, a day in the life and motor of love in his memory

[@ProfessorofRock]

thanks for sharing George! Cheers to him!

[@georgemathie8123]

@ProfessorofRock music lives forever in all of us and those who get such as my late cousin ray inspire us all to totally embrace it

[@mikebuck1897]

Eh, I still like McCartney in Wings better. “Live or let die” is one of the most bad ass songs ever. 👍

[@georgemathie8123]

@@mikebuck1897 totally agree with you massive wings fan to

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

So sorry for your loss.

[@IheartDogs55]

My social studies teacher in 7th grade was a Beatles fan. He often played their music while we were doing worksheets in class. When "Sgt. Pepper" was released, he played it for us. Of course, it took many days. "A Day In The Life" captivated me immediately. It's the Beatles' greatest song from their greatest album, in my opinion. I was lucky to have had such a great teacher.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

That teacher rocks!

[@cherylgrec9701]

The Beatles are a phenomenon that will never happen again.

[@AdamReader_ONTELE-GRAM]

I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion

[@conormacpicks]

Facts

[@cards0486]

And I’m always grateful I got to live it all in real time.

[@johnparsons1573]

Right on

[@daveowens271]

Let's not forget Ringo Starr's amazing drum work. Personally, I think he should get songwriting credit. It's that iconic.

[@SimonFoster23111971]

He said that he learned to play chess on that record

[@monsieurcommissaire1628]

Agreed. Ringo was a true genius as a drummer. He's finally starting to get the credit he deserves.

[@kskernen]

In June 1967, my dad took me to the record store so I could buy Sgt. Pepper's LHCB, which had just been released. On the way home I laid down in the back of our station wagon, opened it and starting pouring over the liner notes and lyrics (which were printed on the back cover album jacket). My first thought was, "Okay, this is VERY different!" Once I got home and put on the record, it hit me that this was a turning point for the Beatles -- really for music. How else could a 10-year-old comprehend what he was hearing? "Okay, this is VERY bizarre." After all these years, there is still some new surprise each time you play it. I spun it probably a dozen times that first day -- over and over, stopping on each song, reading the lyrics, starting and stopping...Skipping past "Within You Without You" after one pass (what the hell was that I just listened to?) Only years later would I come to realize its genius. The Beatles constantly elevated the bar over which no one else could jump.

[@JohnMcClain-s5w]

I too was born in 57, my older sister sat in her bedroom with an earphone in one ear and wrote down the lyrics of those new releases as they came out on AM radio, and eschewed by "FM" which was entirely focused on "classical music" the sort my dad claimed was the "only real music". I grew up immersed in the music of the 60's and 70's and still the best to this day in my opinion.

[@JeffTaggart-p6o]

Chris Farley asking Paul “Remember when they said you were dead? That wasn’t true, right?”…… Best reference ever!

[@ProfessorofRock]

I have to agree! Hilarious!

[@revwillyg6450]

"Remember when you say that part, and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make?... remember? Is that true?"😂

[@revwillyg6450]

"Paul McCartney! Awe-some!"

[@marktait2371]

funny that rerun was on last week

[@playnicechannel]

@@revwillyg6450 It is true. Despite current evidence. This is the last Beatle lyric on the final Beatle album (recorded last, but weirdly released before Let it Be) I think it’s a fitting final legacy for a band which helped create a global love of Rock and Roll in a way not quite achieved by their predecessors. ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧

[@mattperegrine873]

When my father left for a pack of smokes in '69 all he left was his albums. Sargent Peppers was one of those vinyls along with Velvet Underground & Nico, Love "Forever Changes", The Sonics "Boom" among many others. My father's absence affected me many negative ways but those discs were the only positive inheritances.

[@stevebengel1346]

Forever Changes is top notch 💯

[@starrywizdom]

I'm glad he left you SOMETHING good!

[@trinaq]

"I read the news today, oh boy, oh boy." Such a memorable opening line, and just as timeless now as it was in 1967.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I think it's the greatest opening line in history!

[@lesliegmn3927]

That line could be uttered several times a day in 2025 America.

[@jeromethiel4323]

@@lesliegmn3927 Yeah! Except we're finally getting some good news for a change...

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

One of the greatest opening lines ever.

[@Bradferd333]

Yes! Cover the Race! The competition between the Beatles and the Beach Boys is one of the most interesting stories of Rock History

[@AdamReader_ONTELE-GRAM]

I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion

[@petercena9497]

There was no real competition. Mostly a myth.

[@PaulSteinmayer]

One of the greatest songs of all time, on the greatest albums of all time... No Question about it!!! Great episode Adam!!!

[@tohrazul]

One of the greatest songs of all-time, and my favorite Beatles composition. For all of the praise that John and Paul get for this song, and rightly so, this is one of the best examples of why Ringo was their drummer. He absolutely kills it in this song. Absolutely love his fills.

[@petewingnut6827]

A description/opinion I read years ago sums it up for me. 'There are groups and supergroups, then there is THE group.

[@dianacryer]

It took me a while to really appreciate the Beatles, definitely one of the best bands ever.

[@gdholmfirth]

ONE of?

[@fender1000100]

Yeah Queen are the Governors. Bohemian Rhapsody and Another one bites the dust are greater than any Beatles song. I would even put bands Like Journey and Foreignor above the Beatles.

[@Pam-56]

I was 8 years old when The Beatles graced the stage of the Ed Sullivan show for the first time. I was an instant fan and still am. I cried when I watched the movie Yesterday and the lead actor went to meet John Lennon because I wished so much it was true.

[@robertcuratolo5339]

🤗 The greatest band of all should have a holiday for them where you must play Beatles music all day long. 🎼🎵🎶

[@Bctass]

My older sister was giving SPLHCB for her 13th birthday, which was 2 days before my 7th birthday. Within a month I'd remembered every sound. FF maybe 9 years and we listened to it again on her much, much better stereo and it was almost - almost - like listening to it for the first time. I was able to hear way more than we could on our parents' furniture record player . It was from the beginning, and remains, my favorite album ever. And I pity the folks who cannot recognize its genius. NM

[@DveDveSold]

A rare gem! Way to step outta the box!! ✌️

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@DaveWillmore]

I love this song. There is something about the composition that puts me in another state of mind with no drugs needed.

[@ProfessorofRock]

When music can do that... It's a whole other level!

[@rayweeboy]

The Beatles are what makes Rock and Roll important.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

The true rock and roll pioneers.

[@science4charlie]

They're game changers.

[@alvincash3230]

In 1969, my young & hip 6th grade Music Appreciation teacher spent an entire class playing the album and talking about it. After that, 12 year old me started seriously listening to music.

[@Tinks82]

You Professor, are the PERFECT man for this job! You're our Casey Kasem! RIP Casey 🙏❤️

[@YYZ1166]

Definitely one of the greatest songs ever released. A true masterpiece.

[@Digitalhunny]

THIS is my most favorite Beatles song of all time, _ever!_ ❤❤❤

[@tedbecker4051]

My favorite too

[@ProfessorofRock]

That's saying something!

[@ijustdontknow7107]

Same. In fact, in the early 80's I was obsessed with Zeppelin, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Rush, etc, etc etc. A Day in the Life is the song that made me stop and listen closer to the Beatles. It was my gateway to Beatles, my favorite, and IMHO is in the discussion for the greatest song ever. Forget Rolling Stone's list, this song is in a class by itself.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Mine too!

[@Digitalhunny]

@@ijustdontknow7107 😂😂 I _really wish_ you coulda heard me reading your comment, just now. Think I just said, "Yes, me too!" outloud like 9 or 10 times?! However, I'm seriously hoping that your "etc..." would honestly include: Jim Hendrix, David Bowie & just a _little bit_ of Grace Slick too! 🤞🏻 Those are of course just a smidge of the greats, obviously. Heck, our brief chat hasn't included anybody from later in that century like: Johnny Cash, TOOL, NIN etc... 😂😂

[@perspectivewithmikeb]

It is the greatest album closer ever!!! Thanks for sharing Adam!!

[@tedbecker4051]

Couldn't agree more

[@ProfessorofRock]

THanks!

[@patrickmaruniak5987]

I think you mean album cover ever not closer

[@jamesponicsan6129]

​@patrickmaruniak5987 No, he means "closer". It was the last song on the album, the closer.

[@tomstovell7425]

Absolutely brilliant brilliant episode. Nailed it on the head. Had to go off and listen to it as soon as I finished watching this. I like the story of your Dad playing it to you. Reminds me of my Mum telling me stories of seeing the Rolling Stones before they hit the big time.

[@flavellinator]

Professor, love the sharing of songs between father and son. I do that with my adult son all the time too and it keeps the legacy of the genre intact!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Same! It keeps the world turning!

[@lesliegmn3927]

@@ProfessorofRock My youngest has methodically stripped all of the vinyl from the attic. He knows more about my hometown band, The Beach Boys, than I do.

[@garrett6064]

I did this with my kid. One very memorable moment was seeing his face when the last stanza of Paradise By The Dashboard Light played.

[@ThePMcDonald]

My aunt (my mom's oldest sister, eighteen years older than my mother) bought me "Meet the Beatles" when it was released, as a belated Christmas gift, I wasn't even one year old yet ... that was all I needed ... not only did I become a Beatles FANATIC, I turned my oldest son into one, as well ... this past July, I finally made my pilgrimage to Strawberry Fields and the Dakota in Manhattan ... Meanwhile, my wife and I are BIG fans of the Fab Faux (helps that Jack Petruzzelli graduated from East Brunswick (NJ) High School with my wife, a year after I graduated ... and Jack's rendition of "Oh Darling", in my mind, outdoes Sir Paul EVERY TIME!!!) and the Faux pay strict homage to the Beatles' catalogue on a note-by-note basis, so the later works are played live as closely to the recorded renditions as possible ... gives us the best opportunity to experience the Beatles' masterpieces live, even though John & George are gone ... So many people vote "Stairway ..." as the greatest ever, but without the Beatles crashing the party on THIS side of the pond, NOTHING by Led Zeppelin becomes relevant ... If possible, "A Day in the Life" IS GREATER than "just" number one ...

[@chrisbodi6470]

The Yin and Yang…. John and Paul, perfectly exemplified in this exquisite masterpiece…. First album to also print out the lyrics on the back of the beautiful gate fold album design too 🎶♥️

[@MrDJS444]

I was 15 in 1978 when I first heard this song. It was in my friend’s car and he had just bought the Sgt. Pepper cassette. We were just cruising around town listening to music, as teenagers with a car have done for decades. A Day in the Life was the final song and I just sat there in the passenger’s seat being more blown away with every verse and bridge until the final orchestral crescendo. Mind completely blown, and since then A Day in the Life has been, by far, my favourite Beatles song. Such a masterpiece!

[@rickallen1908]

I always considered A Day In The Life a dream sequence. That was my first take when I heard it when I was 12 in 1969, the first time I listened to Sgt. Peppers all the way through.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Good call!

[@karaokekraziness3891]

I've always been fascinated with this song! The way it was recorded in segments and the ascending orchestral crescendo was a big influence on me becoming a prog rock fan. I've been toying with the idea of doing a cover of this song for a while because I love it so much. This episode is a sign that I should do it. Thank you for helping me decide to do it!

[@rogertemple7193]

I really liked all of the songs of the Beatles but I prefer the early songs like Help, A Hard Days Night, I Want to Hold your Hand and She Loves You along with songs that never got radio airplay i really enjoyed listening to you talking about the Beatles thanks again Professor.🎶🎶📻🎶🎶

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

Thank you Professor! ✌🏼😊

[@keitherickson5057]

My father had bought a 8mm movie camera. When Day in the Life came out, my friend and I made a movie acting out line for line the sound track. As a sixteen year old Steven Spielberg, I think the movie turned out GREAT.

[@garyhalmbacher6875]

Nobody can duplicate your passion and enthusiasm for music Adam. You are an amazing guy. We're all glad you share with us on the internet.

[@geoffstrickler]

“A Day In The Life” a timeless classic that changed Rock forever. A masterpiece.

[@fender1000100]

Changed it for the worse. All this prog rock crap started after that.

[@billallen7775]

My uncle Doug Deem long passed, was the person who had music in his life and kind of passed the infection along to me. I'm pretty sure he brought that album over and we all listened all the way through. I must have been like 11. He was a music collector and was always bringing new stuff he would buy over to play so we could all enjoy it. Always had the best sound system available for his home and car so we always heard him rolling down the street before he actually pulled up.

[@amyspickard6270]

When I got my first CD player the first 2 CDs I bought were Goodbye Yellowbrick Road and Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Both very ahead of their time

[@notmyrealname1437]

One of your best videos! I was in college when this song came out and it was truly a game changer.

[@shelleyobrien8180]

“Day In the Life” is a masterpiece. Thank you ❤️

[@bbmousedoowop]

I was a junior, going into my senior year in college when SPLHB came out. At the time I had a lot going on, my upcoming senior field work, girlfriend, applying to grad school and of course, the dreaded military draft. Unfortunatly, the dreaded draft got me a year later in the summer of 68. I recall my last night home, lying on the floor with my head between the two wing speakers on my GE portable record player playing "A Day In The Life" over and over and over... so much that it was still bouncing in my aching head the next morning when I boarded the bus for Fort Dix. Today I have that original LP in a display frame on the wall as well as a new copy (LP not the CD) for play. And, needless to say, I always gravitate to this cut which sounds even more amazing on a modern high end system. A great video. Thank you!

[@evanstaub2548]

I often say that psychedelia is music that makes your head spin as if you’re high on acid, weed or mushrooms. The end of this song with the rising strings and the vocal loop after the final note is as head spinning as a psychedelic song gets.

[@ProfessorofRock]

So true. What a showstopper!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It’s a dizzy note for sure!

[@richardbeal2451]

Amazing video Prof. Thank you.

[@jamesevans3492]

Out Of All Of The Amazing, And Fantastic Songs On Their 1967 Sargent Peppers Lonely Hears Club Band, Is My Favorite " She's Leaving Home ", With The Beautiful Harp Introduction . . .'-) I Was 5 Years Old, When That, Their Amazing Album Came Out, Wherein My Older Brother Bill, Being A Major Beatles Fan, Played That Album All The Time, When Our Parents Were At Work . . .'-)

[@edwardgarcia614]

Excellent analysis and breakdown, Adam. I am glad that you really appreciate real music. I was listening to music when the Beatles first aired on US radio, saw them on early TV, followed and bought many Beatle records since.

[@rogerdeahl9629]

The Beatles. First true super band. In school, we did experiments on beetles. Sorry, I just had to. Everyone have a great weekend. Always love listening to the Professor.

[@janetwentz3259]

You have a great weekend too 😊

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Roger!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

You extracted their organs? 🤣

[@rogerdeahl9629]

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 No. Their pianos. 🤣

[@billygoth]

Thank you! I love all the Beatles content.

[@mitchellbaker9434]

My favorite Beatles song ever. A rock epic.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Amen!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Same here.

[@geohaber]

How is it rock?

[@allenboogaard5690]

Adam, with this video, you have reached a new intellectual level. Yet it isn't at all insulting to the viewer. It lifts us all up who want to see the depth that the rock era could go. Nice job, brother!

[@davidsradioroom9678]

I first head it when WABC radio played a pre-release copy. I think they had to pay a hefty fine for doing so, but I bet their ratings soared. My daughter loves it, too.

[@rabby-u]

Love all the "hate" comments on this episode on the Beatles. It shows their music can only bring out a reaction within everyone. You are so correct that the Beatles are in a league of their own. They were a great rock band, but most of that they played out in Germany before they even started recording. They just grew so musically, they went into all genres and did it so well. The best! ❤ 🤘😎✌🙏🕊

[@ProfessorofRock]

Culturally, musically, mythically! The Best!

[@revwillyg6450]

I have a die hard Stones friend who STILL tries to insist that they were more important, even though the Beatles were inventing music when the Stones were still copying American blues. I don't get it. I'm right, he's wrong. Period 😂

[@rabby-u]

@revwillyg6450 lol its okay. Its hard for small vision to imagine how big of an impact the Beatles had.

[@magneto7930]

​@revwillyg6450 even today's generation recognizes the significance of a Beatles song when they hear it. They're not familiar with songs by The Rolling Stones.

[@seldonplanB-24]

I'm not a huge Beatles fan, but Sgt. Pepper's is one of the 10 most important albums in rock history, and that's not even subjective

[@kennethserfass5361]

My daughter was born in 1995, and I raised her on 80s films and music, and of course the Beatles. She would be in the tub, at 3 years old singing "She Loves You" in German. To this day, her fav Beatle is Ringo and she loves them. She also loves vinyl records and makes her friends listen to hers for the best experience as she puts it. LOVE your channel and appreciate the time you take to make this all work!

[@MyName-pl7zn]

There is a moment in every great band's collaboration that it reaches their highest creativity and no one has reached this point as the most influential and creative band ever. This track was that moment! Fantastic episode professor many things I didn't know, well written!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks My Name!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Agreed. The Beatles at their peak.

[@robertcringle4865]

My favorite Beatles song.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very COOL!

[@steveg9674]

Always finish my day with one from you Adam. The best for last. Thanks

[@HoosierJim]

A Day in the Life was the song which elevated Rock'nRoll from being music to dance to, to music to listen to.

[@p-dru2205]

I have watched - and greatly enjoyed - many of your videos. Your ability to tell a story that, while it might otherwise be 2 minutes long and rather boring, you make it so very interesting is (in my opinion) second to none. However, this just might be a mic-drop moment - a gripping, 22-minute long history of what many of us believe to be The Beatles greatest song yet so rarely talked about. Thank you so very much for this.

[@martineldritch]

Sgt Pepper's was recorded several months after the 1966 release of Dylan's Blonde on Blonde that opened with Rainy Day Women #12 and 35..with a Salvation Army band playing. Dylan and Lennon shared a taxi cab ride in '66 at the end of Dylan's world tour. A few months later Dylan would have his motorcycle accident and the Beatles would hold their very last concert. The Beatles included Bob on the album cover.

[@ProfessorofRock]

What history!

[@cncautotec]

I love the part of your dad telling you to be prepared to get your mind blown a way, and then you telling your son, the same thing, I will definitely do the same thing with my son when I see him next, thanks for that 🙏🏽

[@ericleiter6179]

Great video of a great song!!! In my opinion, if one had to pick their one favorite Beatles song, or pick their one greatest song, it would have to be A Day in the Life imho...its their Stairway to Heaven before there was a stairway (another amazing song that wasnt a single) but The Beatles couldnt have picked a more powerful conclusion to their sonic masterpiece of an album...btw, my kids love it too!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@jugibur2117]

Once again you really took me away with your enthusiasm, yes, the song is so great and at the same time so different from all the other songs - at least back then and for a long time afterwards. The Beatles again set the bar a little higher with this song (and album!). When I play this song to people who don't know the Beatles very well, they are usually completely stunned. Because you rarely hear the song on the radio (here in Germany), they usually only play the best-known songs, unfortunately. How good that KZbin exists with channels like yours!

[@AdamReader_ONTELE-GRAM]

I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion

[@thejackal007]

The "Never could see any other way" still unnerves me to this day.

[@philkane4390]

Another terrific story. Thanks Adam

[@DC8091]

Sgt Peppers (Reprise) & Day In The Life are one of those “Two Songs That Absolutely Need To Be Played Back To Back”🤘. Really ya can’t listen w/o the other in the album order

[@stevehaas6307]

Absolutely do a video on the competition between The Beatles and The Beach Boys! I’ve been a massive Beatles fan my whole life and have recently been doing a deep dive into The Beach Boys, watching movies, docs, and videos and have been wanting to see more about the creative rivalry and how it elevated each of their works

[@Lam_3-22-23]

Prof, thanks for making the statement: "if he really wanted to save his girlfriend's life, he shouldn't have been behind the wheel". 👍

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@rickkalich7639]

@@ProfessorofRock. But then, this would have never been written. Strange how the butterflies wings can change the world.

[@lear1980]

I am always blown away by the Beatles Rubber Soul and Sargent Pepper's as well as The Beach Boys Pet Sounds and Smile. The complex sounds the were able to create with the limited recording equipment available in 1966 and 1967 is the definition of genius.

[@BlindGordie]

Probably one of my favourite song off of Sgt. Pepper. I love the version by Rick Moranis which reverses the musical demeanour with the the main part being done fast and the middle section with Paul being played slow and balladic. I don't know if it is available, but I may take a peak after I send this.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Rick Moranis? I'll have to check it out!

[@BlindGordie]

@ yeah, he put out a comedy album in the late 80s and covered My Sweet Lord as well, along with some other musical and spoken word bits on it.

[@cm4660]

My favorite Beatles song! Thank you!

[@scowlistic]

I still have my dad's original pressing.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very cool!

[@heraldoamorim6661]

I was driving to my grandma's funeral - with a Beatles playlist in the car stereo - and holding my tears. During a day in the life I lost It and the Waters flowed. Whenever I hear this song I need to hold the tears. Damn It, I love this song (and also you, granny, wherever you are)

[@donwarrington4916]

That closing note should have ben used to end the Sopranos ....

[@mikenicholson7465]

Brilliant song. Psychedelia at its finest.

[@GringoLoco1]

You might also cover the other big concept album of 1967: Days of Future Passed

[@ProfessorofRock]

Love that one! Need to get an interview!

[@GringoLoco1]

@ProfessorofRock better hurry. Justin and John are pushing 80 if not already there!

[@DDKaraokeOutlaw]

@@GringoLoco1 Justin is 78. John is 81.

[@russzilla7615]

I saw John Lodge perform Days of Future Past and Nights in White Satin in Boston last summer with five musicians, including a cello. Fabulous doesn’t really describe it.

[@raynelson6575]

One of the greatest songs ever!!! Many people thought it was John's way to say Paul is dead. "nobody was really sure if she was from the house of Paul." That's the way I hear it.

[@mutantryeff]

Yet, Blood, Sweet & Tears was great competition at the end of the Beatles career

[@johnrichardson7629]

😂

[@petercena9497]

CCR.

[@AlanEmmons-qw6bg]

Is that the original BST featuring Al Cooper "the child is the father to man" or the David Clayton Thomas knock off band?🤔

[@arizonastrummer]

Although I had fully enjoyed watching live the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, my first real taste of rock music was BST and Chicago. Had 45's of their hits I would play over and over on my record player. It was years before I really took a deep dive into the Beatles. Oh, and for the comment below, David Clayton Thomas was brilliant. I got to see him solo in a small bar in a hotel in Tucson. It was years after BST disbanded and his voice and professionalism were amazing.

[@joshbodenhamer8737]

Just sent this to my parents. I am stoked to talk to them about it. Thanks

[@hw343434]

In George Martin’s book “All You Need is Ears” Martin says it was totally John’s idea to do the orchestral crescendo “from the lowest sound to something like the end of the Earth. With a symphonic orchestra.” Only Paul himself contradicts this but George Martin wrote the truth as he was the producer. It was John’s song all the way and John decided to insert Paul’s bridge into his piece. Amazing collaboration between all geniuses involved

[@strathman7501]

"It was John’s song all the way" Not according to John. According to John they developed it together, from an original verse idea of his, into something much bigger that he had not envisaged: *"A Day in the Life - that was something. I dug it. It was a good piece of work between Paul and me. Paul and I were definitely working together... we were doing it in his room with the piano. He said 'Should we do this?' 'Yeah, let's do that.' I had the "I read the news today" bit, and it turned Paul on, because now and then we really turn each other on with a bit of song, and he just said "yeah" - bang bang, like that. It just sort of happened beautifully... "* You say that "John decided to insert Paul’s bridge into his piece." That wasn't how it happened, according to John: *"He [Paul] had that beautiful little lick in the song 'I'd love to turn you on' floating around in his head, he couldn't use it for anything, so he stuck it on, and instead of going on and developing that lick into the middle eight which we would normally do we got into 'How about putting [in] a whole different song', which he already had... which is a precursor to Abbey Road style later on... and we arranged it and rehearsed it, which we don't often do, the afternoon before [recording]. So we knew what we were playing."* They already had the cacophanies planned into the song at home, before Take One where you can hear Paul's piano sketching in a rising dissonant crescendo as a placeholder. What they hadn't decided for sure was how to fill that out, and this is where it gets confusing because George Martin told several different stories about who suggested what. In AYNIE he does indeed say he asked John how he imagined it, and John suggested an orchestra going "from nothing to something like ther end of the world." But in 'Summer Of Love' GM tells a more detailed story in which "Paul fancied the idea more than the others...I really was not sure it had been properly thought out but Paul had been listening to a lot of avant garde music... He had told John that he would like to include an instrumental passage with this avant garde feel. He had the idea to create a spiralling ascent of sound, suggesting we start with all instruments on their lowest note and climbing in their own time." Then again, in an interview about Sergeant Pepper available on KZbin, George Martin said that he couldn't really remember whether it was Paul or John who first mentioned the idea to him, but that "probably they both did"! This is all a bit unfortunate, but since we know that they did both originate the basic concept of a crazy crescendo together at home before taking the song into the studio, that last version is possibly as close to the truth as we need to get.

[@gettinhungrig8806]

​@@strathman7501And you need to get a life, writing all that crap. And Paul said "it was mainly John's song" and "it was already a gorgeous song when John brought it"....that's in Anthology....enough said. John's song all the way is right.

[@strathman7501]

@@gettinhungrig8806 Clearly you're not someone there's any point trying to interact collegially with, so I'll just emphasise, not for you but for the benefit of anyone else unlucky enough to stumble across this abusive comment, that "all that crap" is the words of John Lennon and of George Martin.

[@stevebenger8343]

In that book you mentioned All you need is ears,, John told George Martin that the music linking the verses should be orgasmic. It was Paul, who went to George Martin with how the notes should be played and with that Martin wrote down those notes for the Orchestra.

[@ag358]

Ty for this incredible video it reminded me of the first time i put the album on .

[@MELLOWuOUT]

Lennon and mcartneys Magnus opus the peak of their writing collaboration

[@johnjmccluskey1]

I think you mean their collaboration

[@MELLOWuOUT]

@johnjmccluskey1 C U Next Tuesday 😁

[@gdholmfirth]

Love Me Do to A Day in the Life in just 4 years. Absolutely incredible.

[@jeffreyflick4501]

Someone in Texas told me there's only 2 kinds of music, country, and western!😂

[@deanevangelista6359]

Rawhide!

[@tedbecker4051]

🤠

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha!

[@marktait2371]

ha just yesterday got george jones his golden hits u.a. label

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Hahahahahaha

[@RobertL_0563]

Thank you, Professor, for covering this today. Sgt Pepper's LHCB has always fascinated me; every track. Learning about ADITL is truly mind-blowing. Great episode!

[@AdamReader_ONTELE-GRAM]

I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion

[@David-i1g1r]

Billy Preston wasn't the 5th Beatle. George Martin was. The many invaders Britain experienced throughout the centuries influenced the eclectic nature of numerous British songs.

[@mudhens4ever]

A wonderful lesson, Professor. Thank you!

[@fmbbeachbum8163]

I like some of the Beatles, but they were never my cup of tea. I think the accent of John always turned me off especially this song. I do like some of his singing, just not this one.

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Same

[@Digitalhunny]

Hold up, are YOU British?? I have so many questions, re your comment. 😂

[@jayluck8047]

The only Beatles song I really like is, “Twist and Shout”. It’s the only song of theirs that doesn’t sound like a Beatles song to me.

[@Chapps1941]

​@@jayluck8047one tye greatest catalogues in all of rock history

[@OttoByOgraffey]

​@@jayluck8047it's not a Beatles song.

[@ANDY-h6m]

I'm definitely going to share this with my kids.

[@mariehughey5390]

My favorite interview of the young Beatles, they were asked why were the audience reacting like they were. Paul very quickly answered, “we don’t know.”

[@marktait2371]

yes ringo we thought americans were mad 60 year beatlemania pauls photo exhibit from that era is coming here this year i plan to go my fabvorite george asked whats it like to be a beatle i dunno whats it like not to be one