MSNBC had an article yesterday about June 1, 2007 being the 40th anniversary of the release of the Beatle's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
This album was, of course, slightly before my time. Add that to the fact that I usually pick up on good music a decade or so late, and well, you'll understand why I became such a fan about 30 years late.
I've had a few Beatles albums for several years now, with Sgt. Pepper's being one of my all-time favorite albums. It truly is a classic.
Ironically, I first discovered the Beatles music because, in 1978, at age eight, I saw the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Movie starring the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton. I seem to remember that I saw this movie several times, so I must have really liked it. As these were my my brain is a sponge for all things music years (see: School House Rock), I knew the songs well, and remembered all the lyrics. Sadly, though, I knew the movie version of the songs first. It wasn't until years later that I became hip to the original Beatles songs, which obviously, are SO MUCH BETTER than the movie versions. How sad is it that the first Beatles songs that I knew were sung by the likes of Steve Martin and George Burns?
Reading the article yesterday reminded me of this movie which I haven't seen in several decades. It made me wonder about it, and I admit, I added it to my Netflix queue based on curiosity alone. I don't have high expectations.
When we were in Vegas last week, we went to see the new Cirque du Soleil show, Love. I really liked the show a lot. I didn't LOVE it, but I think that's because I'm so terribly spoiled in the world of theater that I have extraordinarily high expectations. But I did like it a lot, and I'd recommend seeing it to anyone. I realized afterwards, though, that most of the reason why I liked it so much was simply because of the soundtrack. I mean, let's face it. It's the Beatles. You either love the music, or you don't, in which case, why would you see this show? Anyhow, the music was spectacular, and having a cirque show that was centered around all things Beatles was pretty cool.
Anyhow, Happy 40th Anniversary to Sgt. Pepper's. It's quite amazing how it's stood up to the test of time.
...and while we're talking about it, here's the Christmas Card I made in 2003. My cousins, who were in their early 20s at the time weren't familiar with the album art work at all, and hence, thought we were doing some kind of "Where's Waldo" take.
Where's Dick and Trina?
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