Sgt. Pepper Across The 8th Dimension
I was going through my old poster collection, recently unearthed after nearly a decade of storage, and I asked my son if he wanted a few of them for his wall. He got his two requests: Star Wars and Beatles. Can you spot the two 30-year-old posters in the picture above? I told my son, "These posters are special to me, so I want you to take care of them. They used to hang on my wall when I was a kid, you know." He stared at them in silent awe, then said, "Thank you Daddy, I always wanted to have antiques in my room!"
Strange sounds have been coming out of the shower when my son is in there... He likes to sing at the top of his lungs and lately it's been a non-stop Beatles medley. His favorite songs are from the Sgt. Pepper's album, but he can only remember the first few lines of each song so it sounds something like this:
"It was twenty years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper told the band they could play,
and if I sing a song out of tune,
would you stand up and leave the room.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
And Lucy up in the sky with diamonds!!"
So I've been making all sorts of Beatles-related playlists on iTunes for him. After explaining what a "cover song" is, he really liked this re-imagining of the Sgt. Pepper album...
I call it Sgt. Pepper Across The Eighth Dimension. Click each MP3 file to listen. Enjoy:
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Bill Cosby
2. With A Little Help From My Friends by Wolf Sun
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by William Shatner
4. Getting Better by Hawaiian Style Band
5. Fixing A Hole by Hampton Avenue
6. She's Leaving Home by Billy Bragg
7. For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite by The Spongetones
8. Within You Without You by Big Head Todd & The Monsters
9. When I'm Sixty-Four by John Denver
10. Lovely Rita by Big Daddy
11. Good Morning, Good Morning by The Lolas
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) Outtake by The Beatles
13. A Day In The Life by Jeff Beck
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5 Comments:
William Shatner? Really?
Phil, I am about to commit murder. 007. You know what I mean. I need help. I will go to office. I will endeavor this day to do no harm. I will. Just for this day.
LOL!!!!! Your son's Beatles medley is hilarious! =)
Sure makes me nostalgic for those old tunes.
William Shatner? But that's Star Trek, right? I don't see any Star Trek poster in the picture...
Oh btw, Phil, you may want to pass by my other blog sometime. It's at http://notjustforsuperheroes.blogspot.com
The latest post right now has something about a kid's birthday party and also about Madagascar (the movie), so I thought these might interest you.
Enjoy the week ahead!
That's pretty cool that your son likes those posters....he has good taste
that's not as bad as when i was still living at home. i had my psychedelic posters, lava lamps, black lights, candles and incense. one evening i had jimi spinning with candles and incense burning and the black light and lava lamps on. i was laying on my back just reading a wakeboarding mag and my dad comes in telling me that he was having flash backs due to my room.
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