Letters to the Editor
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You had to be there
Where you folks there when Sgt. Pepper came out, or are you too young? It was unlike anything that had come before, even Pet Sounds. Up till then, the Beatles and everyone else were recording albums that were comprised of 10 or more individual songs, each about three or four minutes long, with nothing connecting them, and nothing particularly innovative going on. This album changed all of that forever. I still remember the first time I listened to it in June of 1967. I was all alone in front of our stereo with nothing to distract me, and as the final chord of A Day in the Life wound down, I was paralyzed by the significance and beauty of what I had just heard. And no emotion? My eyes still get teary when I listen to "She's Leaving Home." If you weren't there when it happened, and didn't witness its influence first hand, then you really can't understand how important this album was.