Strawberry Fields Forever (track)
by The Beatles

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Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles
Year: 1967
From the album Magical Mystery Tour (track #8)
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From 05/14/2024 02:02 | #303508
Absolute masterpiece. The opening Mellotron notes can arguably go done in history right alongside Chuck Berry’s first 18 seconds of Johnny B. Goode. Never misses a beat. The best Beatles song. Well done John, well done.
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From 01/02/2022 18:47 | #278418
One of the best psychedelic tunes of all time and still sounds fresh - great ending stuff and reprise
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From 06/22/2020 16:45 | #254161
Lennon Masterpiece which became one of his most iconic after his tragic death.
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From 05/24/2020 17:49 | #252031
Along with A Day in the Life , my two favourite songs of all time. Apparently the ending with the Beatles just making random sounds and banging on drums etc was recorded separately and done as a joke. It was meant to be left off. During mixing they decided to include a bit of it which is why it fades in and out. Magnificent.
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From 04/27/2020 15:11 | #250577
Simply one of the greatest songs ever made
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From 01/21/2019 03:17 | #230171
Such a magical song. The Beatles in their prime
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From 12/16/2018 16:15 | #227287
Ainda não conhecida ou valorizada da forma devida! Magnífica!
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From 01/16/2018 03:55 | #205774
Easily one of the Beatles best songs.
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From 12/22/2017 09:57 | #203716
The greatest song of all time
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From 12/22/2017 00:27 | #203693
I'm not sure I quite see what makes this a Beatles masterpiece yet... it has a good melody, some interesting orchestrations, especially in the 'nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about' bit. But other than that line, which I find really cool sounding, this song doesn't seem a hugely special song to me. I'm sure I'm just missing something though.
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