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}} "Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. The song was written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. It was inspired by Lennon's memories of playing in the garden of Strawberry Field, a Salvation Army children's home near where he grew up in Liverpool.〔Miles (1997) pp. 306–307.〕 The song was the first track recorded during the sessions for the Beatles' ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (1967),〔Lewisohn (1988) p. 95〕 and was intended for inclusion on the album. Instead, with the group under record-company pressure to release a single, it was issued in February 1967 as a double A-side with "Penny Lane". The combination reached number two in the United Kingdom, breaking the band's four-year run of chart-topping singles there, while "Strawberry Fields Forever" peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in America. Numerous music critics consider it to be one of the group's best and most adventurous recordings.〔〔 Among the breakthroughs it established in studio techniques of the time, for a single release, the track incorporates reverse-recorded instrumentation and tape loops, and was created from the editing together of two separate versions of the song – each one entirely different in tempo, mood and musical key. The song was later included on the US ''Magical Mystery Tour'' LP (although not on the British double EP package of the same name). "Strawberry Fields Forever" is one of the defining works of the psychedelic rock genre and has been covered by many artists.〔 The Beatles made a promotional film clip for the song that is similarly recognised for its influence in the medium of music video. The Strawberry Fields memorial in New York's Central Park is named after the song.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Strawberry Fields )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Strawberry Fields )〕 ==Background and writing== Strawberry Field was the name of a Salvation Army children's home just around the corner from Lennon's childhood home in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool.〔''The Beatles Anthology'' DVD (2003) (Episode 6 - 0:32:32) McCartney talking about Strawberry Field.〕 Lennon and his childhood friends Pete Shotton, Nigel Walley, and Ivan Vaughan used to play in the wooded garden behind the home.〔''The Beatles Anthology'' DVD (2003) (Episode 6 - 0:32:36) McCartney talking about Lennon’s "Magic garden" (Strawberry Field).〕〔Spitz (2005) p. 642〕 One of Lennon's childhood treats was the garden party held each summer in Calderstones Park, near the home, where a Salvation Army band played. Lennon's aunt Mimi Smith recalled: "As soon as we could hear the Salvation Army band starting, John would jump up and down shouting, 'Mimi, come on. We're going to be late.'"〔〔Davies (2002) p. 57〕 Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever" and McCartney's "Penny Lane" shared the theme of nostalgia for their early years in Liverpool. Although both referred to actual locations, the two songs also had strong surrealistic and psychedelic overtones.〔''The Beatles Anthology'' DVD (2003) (Episode 6 - 0:36:32) McCartney talking about Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane being more surreal.〕 Producer George Martin said that when he first heard "Strawberry Fields Forever", he thought it conjured up a "hazy, impressionistic dreamworld".〔Spitz (2005) p. 641〕 The Beatles had just retired from touring after one of the most difficult periods of their career, including the "more popular than Jesus" controversy and the band's unintentional snubbing of Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos.〔Spitz (2005) pp. 619-625〕〔''The Beatles Anthology'' DVD (2003) (Episode 6 - 0:32:04) McCartney talking about not performing, and starting Strawberry Fields Forever.〕 Lennon talked about the song in 1980: "I was different all my life. The second verse goes, 'No one I think is in my tree.' Well, I was too shy and self-doubting. Nobody seems to be as hip as me is what I was saying. Therefore, I must be crazy or a genius – 'I mean it must be high or low' ",〔Everett (1999) p. 75〕 and explaining that the song was "psycho-analysis set to music".〔 Lennon began writing the song in Almería, Spain, during the filming of Richard Lester's ''How I Won the War'' in September–October 1966.〔Sheff (2000) p. 153〕〔''The Beatles Anthology'' DVD (2003) (Episode 6 - 0:26:28) Lennon talking about filming in Spain.〕 The earliest demo of the song, recorded in Almería, had no refrain and only one verse: "There's no one on my wavelength / I mean, it's either too high or too low / That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right / I mean it's not too bad". He revised the words to this verse to make them more obscure, then wrote the melody and part of the lyrics to the refrain (which then functioned as a bridge and did not yet include a reference to Strawberry Fields). He then added another verse and the mention of Strawberry Fields.〔 The first verse on the released version was the last to be written, close to the time of the song's recording. For the refrain, Lennon was again inspired by his childhood memories: the words "nothing to get hung about" were inspired by Aunt Mimi's strict order not to play in the grounds of Strawberry Field, to which Lennon replied, "They can't hang you for it." The first verse Lennon wrote became the second in the released version, and the second verse Lennon wrote became the last in the release. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Strawberry Fields Forever」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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