“I Am the Walrus”
Album: Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Composer: Lennon/McCartney
Call it a voyeuristic ride through an acid head’s mind, or call it a cryptic diatribe on capitalism. Call it his bait for all the tiresome song dissectors in the world. Call it what you will- the controversy and questions surrounding its genesis, its meaning, and its […]

“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”Album: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)Composer: Lennon/McCartneyThe tinny vocals and trippy lyrics of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” fit the stereotype for the drug-induced, psychedelic romps of other late 60’s bands. Lennon insists he didn’t intend to directly reference LSD with the song, though he was admittedly […]

In a rare week when new releases from the Beatles and Jay-Zduked it out on the album sales charts, the British pop group and the Brooklyn rapper are both entitled to boast about their accomplishments.