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Sunday, November 14, 2010
91. Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles 1967
I was living in Elwood in the late 80's when one day I was listening to the radio which is an incredibly rare occasion for me. Commercial radio at that! I don't know the name of station but is was around 105 FM. Anyway they had a competition where you wrote in and told them the best song ever and if they picked you you won 105 dollars and went in the draw for a sports car.
One day at work, teaching in Footscray, the cleaner came into my class and told me they were saying my name on the radio. I had 40 minutes to ring, 35 minutes ago. I quickly got someone to take my class , ran up to the Principal's office and rang. So I was on air talking about Strawberry Fields and the Beatles and they were making fun of my accent and I won my 105 dollars.
It is one of the greatest songs ever recorded. It is in a class of it's own. I love this period of the Beatles.I can't believe that they didn't include it on Pepper. Singles were that important in the sixties you wouldn't dream of doubling up.
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