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==Lyrics==
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[[File:Strawberry Fields Forever.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The single.]]
  
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'''Strawberry Fields Forever''' is a 1967 hit song by [[The Beatles]], taken from their album ''Magical Mystery Tour'' (1967). It's widely seen as one of their best numbers.
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==Lyrics==
  
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==Notes About This Song==
  
'''"Strawberry Fields Forever"''' is a 1967 song recorded by [[The Beatles]]. Widely considered to be one of the group's best recordings, it is also one of the defining works of the psychedelic rock genre. Although conventionally credited to both [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] (see Lennon/McCartney), "Strawberry Fields Forever" is known to have been composed solely by Lennon.
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Frank Zappa named it as one of three Beatle songs he really liked, along with ''[[Paperback Writer]]'' and ''[[I Am The Walrus]]''. In 1988 he covered it during his tour, though under the title ''[[Texas Medley]]'' and with modified lyrics which poked fun at the [[Jimmy Swaggart]] sex scandal.  
  
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==CC Clues In This Song==
[[Wikipedia:Strawberry Fields Forever|Strawberry Fields Forever]] at Wikipedia
 
  
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*[[88/03/19 Allentown PA US Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College]]
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*[[88/03/17 Binghamton NY US Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena]]
  
Played during the '88 tour. Lyrics were adapted to recent events, including the [[Jimmy Swaggart]] sex scandal. (See [[Texas Medley]])
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Latest revision as of 08:40, 16 December 2021


The single.

Strawberry Fields Forever is a 1967 hit song by The Beatles, taken from their album Magical Mystery Tour (1967). It's widely seen as one of their best numbers.

Lyrics

Notes About This Song

Frank Zappa named it as one of three Beatle songs he really liked, along with Paperback Writer and I Am The Walrus. In 1988 he covered it during his tour, though under the title Texas Medley and with modified lyrics which poked fun at the Jimmy Swaggart sex scandal.

CC Clues In This Song

See also

External links