The Tragic True Story and Recording of A Day In The Life

A Day In The Life, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney is one of the most beloved songs from The Beatles and it serves as the closer to one of the most loved albums of all time: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. But did you know the song is inspired by a true tragic event involving Tara Browne, the heir to the Guinness fortune? This video explores the inspiration behind the song, the process by which Lennon and McCartney wrote it and the groundbreaking way the orchestra was recorded for the song.

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00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Tragic Story
03:28 - How Lennon and McCartney Wrote It
06:50 - Recording the Orchestra
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[MusicMongoose]

While the car did indeed crash into a parked van, it seems that newspapers in 1966 reported Tara Browne dying because of 'a 120mph sports car' meaning the car was capable of going 120mph but not necessarily that it was going that speed at the time of the crash. This has led modern reports to confuse the speed of the crash, which, in turn, has affected this video. My apologies!

[thepagecollective]

I was 13 in the 1980s. I only vaguely knew about the Beatles and mostly their mop-top thing. My parents were mad at me, my brother hated me and I had no friends. It was dark. In my room I put on my headphones and turned on the radio. This song came on. I knew it was the Beatles but it was like nothing I had ever heard before. My eyes closed, I could see waves of color emanating from a beautiful Sun. I was transported, changed. Life was beautiful again. I had never done drugs or even had a beer, but I was high in the best way possible. For six years, I would describe this song to people and they could not tell me what the name was. I lived in a small town. The name of the song, as I would come to find out was A Day in the Life.

[kellyjennings]

Lennon was one of a kind generationally sorrowfully missed. Almost every song he wrote was ahead of its time. His solo work is so much more appreciated today. He just didnt care abkut making pop songs anymore. True Genius

[CplArvinBethe]

I loved the days of listening to an album from beginning to end, the creative process of deciding what to end an album with made a huge difference.

[juliahuff]

I enjoy how the time signature changes throughout the song, which makes it unique and very enjoyable.

[josephhinton]

Very enlightening. Love learning things I didn't know before. Thanks. - from someone who watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan live as a six-year-old.

[lg]

I had the amazing opportunity this past summer to visit Abbey Road Studio's studio II. Along with two other individuals, we played the final chord for this song on the actual pianos used byThe Beatles. Once in a lifetime opportunity I will never forget.

[georgannebeck]

A haunting beautiful song that digs into your heart… beautiful song

[JohnJoyce-oqdp]

SGT PEPPER! I praise God that I was a teenager when this album was released. The found memories of listening to this album during a time of living through the perils of a dis functional family and how it carried me through… Priceless.

[nemo]

The Sgt. Pepper album was/is extraordinary. A co-worker invited several of us to his house during our lunch break. He had this album that he said we "had to hear." and he was correct. 1967, and I had to go out and buy it shortly after.

[FindingMyPlace]

EXCELLENT VIDEO! Thank You for the clarification about this tragic story involving Tara Browne. I remember it as being the story behind the supposed death of Paul McCartney and his supposed double. It is indeed nice to be able to finally know the truth! I'm subscribed!

[grateful]

I will always associate the song with 9/11. I remember driving home from work that day with it on the radio. That final crescendo and piano was too much for me. I had to pull over and I burst into tears.

[Kae]

I always thought of the that final piano chord as the car crash from the beginning of the song. To me it bookends the piece rather nicely.

[GeraldJackson-os]

I remember when Sgt. Peppers first came out. It was 1967, I was 14 years old. The guys I hung out with had an old chicken coup out back of their house and had turned it into a clubhouse. We listened to that album for the first time in that clubhouse. I was not really a Beatles fan up to that point but that album changed everything. It completely blew my mind. As the final note of A Day In The Life faded away, I sat there stunned by what I had just heard and about jumped out of my skin when the never goose me any other way part came on.

[melissaferguson]

Thats what always delighted me about this band. They continually changed and were pretty much style setters.

[Mr.Crowley]

I’ve heard a number of people say that a DJ misreporting the Browne car crash in the United States and discussing Browne and the Beatles and people thinking it was about Paul being involved in the crash started the entire “Paul is dead” insanity (in those days one couldn’t just check the Daily Mail website of course)

[professor_kenneth]

Probably my favourite record by them...for now😅 i love the Beatles and it's a bit difficult to decide. Pepper and the white album are my two favourites.👍🏻💯🎸

[thume]

I used to listen to the LA radio station, KLOS 20 years ago when every Sunday 9am to noon they played "Breakfast With The Beatles". 
3 hours of nothing but Beatles music and interviews from people that were close or that worked with the four members of the group. 
One particular story that I remember was during the recording of "A Day In The Life" back in early 67.
Lennon and McCartney wanted the BEST orchestra to help record this song, so the London Philharmonic was hired to come in and play at John, Paul's and George Martin's direction.
When asked to play slightly off key,  David McCallum, the leader of the London Philharmonic, was overheard saying "Why do we need to play off key?" 
"You could get any orchestra to play off key!" "Why hire us for that?"
Little did he know that the genius of Lennon, McCartney and Martin would eventually be realized. 
I thought it was a great and interesting story of the genius of the Beatles.

[doubleddiox]

It takes approximately 202.7692307692308 holes to fill the Albert hall just in case you were wondering

[mikeross]

Stan Kenton was the first recording of discordant orchestral music, in an album he had an orchestra tune-up their instruments all at once the album was called "City of Glass!" late 50's or early 60's Kenton was known for avant-garde jazz!