Today's song is "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", which was composed by Lennon and credited to him and McCartney. The song sounds like a carnival (John told George Martin "that he wanted 'to smell the sawdust on the floor.'"), and it's "one of the most musically complex songs on Sgt. Pepper".
I really like this one. (I'm particularly fond of the Eddie Izzard version from Across the Universe, which is a spoken version but nonetheless fantastic. :P) The song, being based on an actual circus poster from the 1840s, really accomplishes John's goal of having it feel real, while at the same time completely embracing the psychedelic theme in the rest of Sgt. Pepper.
That's all for today. See you tomorrow. :)
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Heard It Tally: 25
Songs Completed: 121
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