It Was 20 Years Ago Today...

mousepod · 06-01-2007, 07:08 AM

It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles celebrated its 20th anniversary.

For a while, it topped the critics polls as the greatest all-time rock album - lately, it isn't even guaranteed to be listed as the best album by The Beatles.

So 40 years on... does anyone still listen to this album?

Snowflake · 06-01-2007, 07:16 AM

I'm woefully behind in adding Beatles to my CD collection. I always loved Sgt. Pepper and thanks to you, I now have Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band running through my head endlessly....

DreadPirateRoberts · 06-01-2007, 07:21 AM

It's one of the few Beatle's CDs I own. I've listened to it in the past month or so.

€uroMeinke · 06-01-2007, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles celebrated its 20th anniversary.

For a while, it topped the critics polls as the greatest all-time rock album - lately, it isn't even guaranteed to be listed as the best album by The Beatles.

So 40 years on... does anyone still listen to this album?

Hmmm - I have the picture disk, maybe I should pull that out of the garage and give it a spin today

DreadPirateRoberts · 06-01-2007, 07:28 AM

listening now...

Alex · 06-01-2007, 07:34 AM

Until recently I didn't even know it was a Beatles thing rather than an actual band.

wendybeth · 06-01-2007, 08:13 AM

It's one of my most favorite records, and I still listen to it regularly.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-01-2007, 08:19 AM

I haven't listened to it lately, but that's because I listened to it incessantly as a teen.

innerSpaceman · 06-01-2007, 08:45 AM

I remember when Sgt. Pepper first came out on CD, and without realizing the date ... I choked up when Paul sang, "It was 20 years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play," and I realized it was 20 years ago that ground-breaking album came out.

Wow ... 20 more years have gone by since then?!?! WTF??!

I listened to Sgt. Pepper just a couple of weeks ago. Its strength and its weakness is its very particular sound ... inimitable and completely unique. It's brilliant for that quality, but you can't exactly be "in the mood" for that sound - - - since there's nothing else like it. As such, I listen to it less than many other Beatles albums (which I don't listen to very often ... but am due for a MAJORASS and extensive review ... and the O.P. knows what I mean - aka, yeah, I still haven't had time to listen to those 25 CDs, Jesse ... but I will make time when life slows down a bit, er, in late summer perhaps.)

And whether it stays on Very Best playlists or not ... its place in history as the first of its kind will never change ... and its place as one of the best of its kind is, I believe, pretty much assured for a long, long, long time. Wake me when it's the 20th anniversary of the 20th anniversary of the 20th anniversary, and we'll revisit the matter.

Gemini Cricket · 06-01-2007, 08:48 AM

Great album!

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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I'm woefully behind in adding Beatles to my CD collection. I always loved Sgt. Pepper and thanks to you, I now have Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band running through my head endlessly.... __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	It's one of the few Beatle's CDs I own. I've listened to it in the past month or so.
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DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	listening now...
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Until recently I didn't even know it was a Beatles thing rather than an actual band.
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	It's one of my most favorite records, and I still listen to it regularly. __________________
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I haven't listened to it lately, but that's because I listened to it incessantly as a teen. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I remember when Sgt. Pepper first came out on CD, and without realizing the date ... I choked up when Paul sang, "It was 20 years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play," and I realized it was 20 years ago that ground-breaking album came out. Wow ... 20 more years have gone by since then?!?! WTF??! I listened to Sgt. Pepper just a couple of weeks ago. Its strength and its weakness is its very particular sound ... inimitable and completely unique. It's brilliant for that quality, but you can't exactly be "in the mood" for that sound - - - since there's nothing else like it. As such, I listen to it less than many other Beatles albums (which I don't listen to very often ... but am due for a MAJORASS and extensive review ... and the O.P. knows what I mean - aka, yeah, I still haven't had time to listen to those 25 CDs, Jesse ... but I will make time when life slows down a bit, er, in late summer perhaps.) And whether it stays on Very Best playlists or not ... its place in history as the first of its kind will never change ... and its place as one of the best of its kind is, I believe, pretty much assured for a long, long, long time. Wake me when it's the 20th anniversary of the 20th anniversary of the 20th anniversary, and we'll revisit the matter.
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06-01-2007, 08:48 AM	#10
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Great album!
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