Talk:Strawberry Fields Forever

message: I think both these sections should be removed. They add nothing and are full of uncited items that have little notability. What do others think?
70.54.124.95 17:24, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Strongly agree. Most of these "trivia and pop culture" sections translate to "random crap that somebody thought was cool" and this article is no different. Almost all of the "covers and derivations" should be trashed as well (except for the Love version and one or two others). Raymond Arritt 18:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Agree - In general, I am not a fan of trivia sections although I think some trivia items can be integrated in the article body. The trivia items in this article are not worth moving. I think Cultural reference sections can be used to document how a song affected other artists and also reflects the popularity and staying power of the song, both of which are notable. In this specific case, however, I think the Pop culture section is weak. John Cardinal 19:21, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia and Pop Culture

message: How come the videos for Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields aren't as readily available as the records? Lee M 02:46, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Videos

message: *"Nonetheless, the double A-sided single is widely-regarded as the greatest single in the history of popular music."
I removed that sentence. I wouldn't be surprised if it were so, but claims of such loftiness require references. --bodnotbod 05:22, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed 

message: I removed this paragraph, which, even if probably true, is pure speculation and opinion:
It is likely that the inclusion of "Penny Lane" on the single upset John Lennon.  He saw "Strawberry Fields Forever" as the most innovative pop single ever at the time of its release. 
wikipediatrix 17:55, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speculation 

message: says in the text that the separate strawberry fields single in the US reached number 8, but in the 'box' it says #1? Bungalowbill 13:34, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: number 1 @ US?

message: "Epstein urged Martin to issue the songs on a double A-sided single in order to regain popularity"
What is this supposed to mean?
the beatles stopped touring and had the longest break between a musical release of there career between revolver and strawberry fields forever.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.28.185 (talk) 02:25, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regain popularity? 

message: At the very end of the song (You need to almost blast the volume) John says "I Buried Paul" Which was one of the main reasons people thought Paul was dead. That, and this. The whole thing was caused on April 1st by a DJ.
Some key points (feel free to corect names):
#Geroge is at the front dressed like a preist.
#Ringo is next dressed up. He was suposedly the under-taker.
#Paul isn't wearing shoes (People are never burried with shoes on) and is smoking. Paul never smoked, but a dieing man's last request is often "one last cigarete"
#John is last wearing work cloths. As mentionecd above, he suposedly burried Paul.
#The beatle's (car) licence plate reads 28 IF. Paul would have been 28 IF he lived till his next birthday.--Labine50 03:13, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, and Paul is the only human being who ever walked to his own funeral with no shoes on (they always bury people with shoes on, 'cos I polished my father's) with a priest, a gravedigger (he'll have had to work fast to get that grave dug in time) and an undertaker (which must have saved a lot of money on a hearse). Don't make me laugh and buy a round... :)--andreasegde (talk) 17:10, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, John doesn't say 'I buried Paul'. He says 'Cranberry sauce'. 'Strawberry Fields Forever' was recorded a little while after Thanksgiving, which is not a festival in the UK but the story goes that the Beatles had been talking about it because it was in the news, and John was calling out random Thanksgiving-related nonsense during the recording of the song. One other thing: Paul did smoke when he was a Beatle, although he may or may not have given up since. Lexo (talk) 01:35, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paul isn't dead! 

message: The only Beatles album I have is the 1967-1970 compilation, but the title of the song is listed there as "Strawberry Fields"... Should that be noted? Is it already noted? (Sorry I haven't looked through the article) --Zouavman Le Zouave (Talk to me! • See my edits!) 19:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: I honestly think that if there is a good picture that agrees with the article, you shouldn't
replace it. Before the cover you see on the page, there was a higher quality scan.
The current one (no offense to the user who scanned it) looks batterd. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.140.120.221 (talk) 13:22, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We don't need any new rules. I thought the original picture looked too pristine; it didn't look like a single cover because you couldn't see any ridges caused by the disc inside the sleeve. Also, it was  42KB (vs. 22KB for the replacement) and the picture is used on other pages with multiple images on them. Anyway, I restored the last version. John Cardinal 15:18, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What should be a new rule on pictures. 

message: It says in the LOVE version that "Baby Your A Rich Man" is in it. Where is it? Can anyone confirm it? I always hear it in "All You Need Is Love," but not "Strawberry Fields." 01kkk 23:49, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  LOVE Version (Baby You're a Rich Man?)

message: I've put in as many as I could find.--andreasegde (talk) 21:56, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't think it goes unappreciated, me friend. All the best, Kodster (heLLo) (Me did that) 03:05, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

text: If dates are not linked anymore, does this, "began on 24 November 1966 in Abbey Road's Studio Two", mean that commas are now also omitted after dates?--andreasegde (talk) 12:00, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: Are we keeping a covers section out deliberately? Can understand why (wouldn't want it to become a dumping ground for obscure versions), but Candy Flip's cover was a big hit (#3 in the UK).. worth a brief mention perhaps? Pawnkingthree (talk) 09:35, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It could go in, but you would have to slip somewhere in the article, because having a cover version section quickly turns into a list.--andreasegde (talk) 16:17, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Added and its well-referenced and formatted, not a list. Hope it doesn't get erased. Sincerely. --Scieberking (talk) 22:11, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Covers

message: The achievements section consists of a whopping 1 sentence. A little playtime in the sandbox might do it some good, no? Kodster (heLLo) (Me did that) 20:42, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Achievements? 

message: It says in the article under "Promotion and reception" that "Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys said that "Strawberry Fields Forever" was partially responsible for the shelving of his group's legendary unfinished album, SMiLE.[56]" and that he "first heard the song on his car radio whilst driving, and was so affected that he had to stop and listen to it all the way through.", also refering to [56]. [56] is indeed about SMiLE, but it says nothing about the song.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.22.99.114 (talk) 12:28, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that reference says nothing about SFF. The Smile (The Beach Boys album) article cites a video interview for that information (Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson & the story of Smile). I don't have access to it. — John Cardinal (talk) 12:48, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

text: I've seen the footage that you're talking about (it's from the Maysles brothers documentary of the Beatles first US visit), and not only is John not in the same room as Epstein playing the intro to this song on the Mellotron, he's not playing the Mellotron at all, because he's not in the shot. In fact, he's not in the room. He couldn't have been playing the intro to the song on the Mellotron, for two reasons: 1., he didn't acquire a Mellotron until the summer of 1965 (nobody in British rock had one in '64) and he didn't start writing this song until he was in Spain shooting How I Won The War in 1966. On the assumption that you posted this comment in good faith, I can only assume that you either dreamt this scene or that your memory of the scene is at fault. Otherwise, you are just making it up. Lexo (talk) 01:56, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Brian Wilson and SMiLE

message: Has anyone anywhere added why the song fades out and in at the end? On the LOVE DVD, they talk about mixing the album on one of the extras. George Martin said that the reason the song fades in and out at the end is simply because the rythym section got wild at one point, and there was something after it that he wanted to add to the song. 
"Well I faded it in and out, because, of course in those days we had no kick tracks to keep us in sync, and in fact, the rythym went completely haywire at one point, and there was a bit after that I wanted to include, and I couldn't really edit them together, so the only thing I did on the mix was to dip them down to nothing, with the bit that was wobbly, and bring them back again, and everybody said 'what a great idea, fade it and coming back!' I didn't tell them my reason, but now we don't need to do that!" Soundslikealotofhooplah (talk) 17:04, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fade Out and In 

message: Does anyone think 'Strawberry Fields Forever' should be listed as progressive rock? Either that or art rock would be rather fitting due to its experimental and progressive qualities such as hazy orchestral use and backwards noises plus a fade-out followed by a fade-in. Who else agrees?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.219.160.114 (talk) 04:53, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Progressive rock? 

message: I'd like to discuss the source given for the psychedelic pop genre. The source says that it was one of the earliest psychedelic pop records, but the fact that song is so un-poppy makes we wonder if the source was really talking about the genre. I'm pretty sure it was just calling it a 'pop record' (popular music, as opposed to classical, blues, jazz etc) that is psychedelic, rather than a record that falls under the genre 'psychedelic pop'. Poppermost2014 (talk) 17:21, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Psychedelic pop 

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message: Today, I was listening to Dave Fanning, Irish rock journalist and radio presenter for 40 years, on RTÉ 2fm radio interviewing Hunter Davies, the Beatles biographer, discussing his writing. When discussing Strawberry Field Forever, Fanning commented that: It's the best song I've ever heard in my entire life. Hopefully we can get a source for this; there might be a podcast of the show or maybe it will get picked up by one of the Irish newspapers. ww2censor (talk) 10:07, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Currently, but I don't know for how long, the programme is available at: http://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/rteradiowebpage.html#!rii=b1%5F21205372%5F1031%5F16%2D07%2D2017%5F ww2censor (talk) 11:29, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: ''It's the best song I've ever heard in my entire life''

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message: Keith Richards mentions in his memoir, Life, that "Strawberry Fields" was also a "brand" of high-grade LSD supplied to parties where Lennon was present by David Schneidermann. --Dystopos (talk) 13:01, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: LSD

message: "...only the sales of the best-selling side of a double A-side..." Huh? How could one side of a single sell better than the other side?—Chowbok ☠ 14:17, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a misconception that stems from comments made by George Martin where he conflated the practices of the UK charts with the US charts, where the sides were tracked separately. Unfortunately, this has found its way into sources that meet the guidelines for reliability so we are stuck with this nonsense until Mark Lewisohn's All These Years, Volume Three comes out about 10 years from now. Ohnothimagain (talk) 20:00, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Single sales 

message: Well, there are some Wikipedia projects where a (by all means hard-working) contributor is very dedicated to removing everything from "his" garden that he considers weeds. This one here seems to be such a project. Ok so far, but that he or she goes to the extent of discrediting other committed people as "obsessive cretins" (see the article history page) is a bit too much for me personally, so, sorry, I will refrain from further contributions. I wish the rest of you more patience and/or resilience and continued success. FePo2 (talk) 14:39, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "obsessive cretins" 

message: What's the source for George Martin on cello? Thanks. 79.56.0.170 (talk) 18:47, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Read that again. Martin didn't play the cello and trumpet – he did the arrangements. The source is Ian MacDonald's book Revolution in the Head: "...[Lennon] and George Martin agreed to start from scratch using different instrumentation: trumpets and cellos.... [T]he session players, scored by Martin, performed their overdubs" (p. 218). Tkbrett (✉) 19:04, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cello