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You Won't Believe What The Beatles Put in Their Tea to Write 'A Day in the Life'!

You Won't Believe What The Beatles Put in Their Tea to Write 'A Day in the Life'!

How four lads from Liverpool turned newspaper clippings into musical gold

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Aug 20, 2024
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  • Lennon's morbid fascination with a car crash inspired the song's opening

  • McCartney's contribution was nicked from his own schoolboy memories

  • The BBC banned the track, thinking it was a psychedelic love letter to drugs

Gather 'round, you lot, and lend us your ears. We're about to embark on a magical mystery tour through the creation of what some stuffed shi…

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