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Lennon's Lyrics to 'A Day in the Life' Could Fetch $1 Million
<p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/04/30/lennons-lyrics-day-life-fetch-million/" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/04/30/lennons-lyrics-day-life-fetch-million/</a></p><p><img src="http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Entertainment/043010_matt_beatles_doomsday_604x341.jpg" alt="" width="604" height="340" /></p><p> </p><div class="smalltext bodytext"><p>They are the pop memorabilia equivalent of a preliminary sketch for the Mona Lisa or the first draft of Hamlet<em>. </em>John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "A Day in the Life," one of the Beatles’ most celebrated songs, are to be sold at Sotheby’s in New York on June 18.</p> <p>The sheet of paper is priced at $500,000 to $700,000 but is likely to fetch more than the record $1 million paid for the lyrics to "All You Need is Love" in 2005.</p> <p>The various crossings out provide a fascinating insight into Lennon’s thought process, notably revealing that one of the most poignant lines he ever wrote was an afterthought.</p> <p>"A Day in the Life" is the final track on the group’s eighth album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band." According to Philip Norman, the author of "<a class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/04/30/lennons-lyrics-day-life-fetch-million/#" target="undefined"><span style="color: blue !important; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: relative;">John </span><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: relative;">Lennon</span></span></a>: The Life," it is his masterpiece. Ian MacDonald, the author of "Revolutions in the Head," a song-by-song critique of the group, describes it as the "peak of the Beatles' achievement . . . among the most penetrating and innovative artistic reflections of its era."</p> <p>When he wrote "A Day in the Life" in Jan. 1967, Lennon had been a Beatle for seven years and was exhausted, bored and fed up. The song was a cry of despair, Norman said. "At this point he is feeling imprisoned by the Beatles and wants to get out but does not know where to go."</p> <p><a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7112267.ece">Click here for more on this story from the Times of London.</a></p><p> </p><div>Beatles A Day In The Life Lyrics</div><div>Send "A Day In The Life"Ringtone to your Cell</div><div>Songwriters: Mccartney, Paul;Lennon, John</div><div> </div><div>I read the news today oh, boy</div><div>About a lucky man who made the grade</div><div>And though the news was rather sad</div><div>Well, I just had to laugh</div><div>I saw the photograph</div><div>He blew his mind out in a car</div><div>He didn't notice that the lights had changed</div><div>A crowd of people stood and stared</div><div>They'd seen his face before</div><div>Nobody was really sure if he was from the house of lords</div><div></div><div>I saw a film today oh, boy</div><div>The english army had just won the war</div><div>A crowd of people turned away</div><div>But I just had to look</div><div>Having read the book</div><div>I'd love to turn you on.</div><div></div><div>Woke up, fell out of bed</div><div>Dragged a comb across my head</div><div>Found my way downstairs and drank a cup</div><div>And looking up, I noticed I was late</div><div>Found my coat and grabbed my hat</div><div>Made the bus in seconds flat</div><div>Found my way upstairs and had a smoke</div><div>And somebody spoke and I went into a dream</div><div>Ah</div><div></div><div>I read the news today oh, boy</div><div>Four thousand holes in blackburn, lancashire</div><div>And though the holes were rather small</div><div>They had to count them all</div><div>Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the albert hall</div><div>I'd love to turn you on</div><div>© SONY BEATLES LTD;SONY/ATV TUNES LLC</div><div class="smalltext bodytext"></div></div>
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Never liked The Beatles.
You grow up ina house with aister obsessed with them,you learn to hate their music real fast LOL.....
We are not a one dimensional site Digger. We also discuss music related events that are note worthy. I typically posts stuff like this that I find a little out of the ordinary.
i personaly am at a loss here gentelmen... i thought this was an indipendent music site.
Jim yours sounds more credible.
As for Lyrics, mine are done in Notepad. So would I be selling the song_name.txt file??
It reminds me of L.S Lowry's paintings.
Just a common man's view of his own little sphere of reality.
Like it says.a day in the life,a diary page
my apologies, it would appear i have been looking at this place to literally...
You and me both Dazed.
It's stupid.
Stupid momey for a stupid reason.
Nigel
No apologies necessary Digger
IMHO Norman, is really projecting into these lyrics ..."The song was a cry of despair, Norman said. "At this point John is feeling imprisoned by the Beatles and wants to get out but does not know where to go."
John and Paul challanged each other to write a song from the newspaper - and one of the headlines reported that there were (so many) 4000 pot holes in the road in Blackburn Lancashire that It would take enough black top to fill the Albert Hall. John also read in the newspaper of a fetal car crash due to a guy running a red light.
While I do believe John may have been depressed and may have wanted out of the Beatles as Norman said but, I really don't get the impression that this was the song supporting Normans projection ... IMHO
This is exactly why I keep all my old hand written lyric notes.....I still might get discovered LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some folks have too much money to burn if the lyric is going for a million bucks..... I don't see the cry of despair connection to the lyric either Jim.
Farrell
I can't even sell a song for a $1.00.