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1.43am
4 April 2010
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It’s weird that this is my favorite song. I love Helter Skelter , I’m Down , Back In The USSR , and Revolution because they’ve got such a “rock image”. And yet, I sometimes skip songs like Julia , I Will , When I’m 64, and Yesterday because they just presented a “calming aura” that I had to be in the mood for. Usually my friends thought this one be #1 on my hate list for being so long and “orchestral” and “slow”. I have no idea why this is my favorite song. I don’t know, it just seems very “festive”. Is this anyone else favorite song as well?
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5.00pm
5 February 2010
Offline Yes, count me “out … in” on this one. It took years for this song to grow on me, but when I listen to Pepper today, all the songs that lead up to this one seem like appetizers (really, really, really good appetizers, I hasten to add, hastily). I think the melody is just absolutely gorgeous (I get that familiar, “Beatle-tingle” in my skin when George goes up for the repeated, swooping high note, “if they only kneewww-eewww-eewwww“), and as I’ve gotten older and more “introspective” about life, the lyrics have really come to mean quite a bit to me as well. I’ve never found a song quite like it.
Thanks for bringing it up – I think I’ll go have a listen to it now.
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2.16pm
I love Within You and Without You. i agree, lyrics take on a whole new meaning now that I’m older and wiser?, lol. So happy I have The Fab Four to grow old with, can’t wait till I hit 64, havin tea with Dear Prudence and Eleanor Rigby . Only 13 years to go….lol.
11.02pm
21 August 2009
Offline This is a song I have to listen to with my eyes closed- it has an entirely different effect on you.
And how beautiful are the Indian and string swoops in the song? Gorgeous!
“Life flows on within you and without you” was always a tattoo contender for me.
Tongue, lose thy light. Moon, take thy flight… see ya, George!
6.35pm
19 September 2010
Offline I HATE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
7.12pm
1 May 2010
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Actually this is one of my favorite from Sgt. Pepper . The lyrics are quite profound. Is it a Beatle song? Absolutely. Many people don't like the Indian style.. but the lyrics are so spiritual that's impossible to think in rock style for this. Besides, it's perfect for its time. 
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U.C.NothingHere comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
7.25pm
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline This is definitley one of my favorites on the album. I especially enjoy the Anthology instrumental version because I can be the lead singer!
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
10.11pm
1 December 2009
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Yeah, it was one of the highlights of the album for me too, for many years. It's slipped a couple of places but I still enjoy it a lot. George always said that he didn't consider it part of the Sgt. Pepper “concept”; and it does feel like an intermission from the main event – but it's that very apartness that ironically emphasizes its place within the whole, as an added attraction, maybe; and the laughter at the end reinforces that and mocks it
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
12.15am
18 April 2010
Offline laughter? Why do I always hear crying then?
4.13am
1 May 2010
Offline No… it’s definetly children laughing. Here’s from our favorite website.
https://www.beatlesbible.com/s…..thout-you/
The laughter at the end of the track was Harrison’s idea. While some
listeners initially thought it was the sound of the other Beatles
mocking his songwriting effort, it was in fact meant to lighten the mood
after five minutes of sad, almost mournful, music.
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
5.04am
28 November 2010
Offline This is one of my favorite songs from Sgt. Pepper 's lonely hearts club band the other favorite being A Day In The Life .
3.12pm
9 June 2010
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mr. Sun king coming together said:
I HATE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You wouldn't happen to mildly dislike this song, would you?
I LOVE THIS SONG! (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
3.21pm
19 September 2010
Offline First Off, my hatred of this song has decreased since that post (You can thank Vonbontee for that)
And also, That is funny!
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
1.21am
11 November 2010
Offline I'm listening to the song right now.
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10.33pm
8 January 2015
Offline Brilliant song by Harrison, brilliant arrangement from Martin. Over time it’s become more important than most of the other songs, which is an interesting result.
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7.30am
Moderators
15 February 2015
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Reading over these posts, I think we can all agree that this is a song that grows on you. ‘Let me know you, let me show you, let me grow upon you…‘ 
I was always pretty neutral about this one, though I liked the lyrics, particularly ‘Try to realise it’s all within yourself, no one else can make you change’, until rather recently, when I started to appreciate it more.
I must confess, though, I delight in singing it in a highly exaggerated ‘Mystic-George’ voice. 
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7.34am
1 November 2013
Offline I like this song. I heard the love version more than the original.
7.37am
12 May 2015
Offline It’s a beautiful track…I love the ‘anthology’ version because it highlights how awesome the arrangement was. Possibly george martins finest string arrangement for the band.
Listen out for when those plucked violins come in…
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Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline castironshore said
I love the ‘anthology’ version…
Same – I love singing the lyrics along with the instrumental. Très cool. 
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