Découvrez les paroles de la chanson « A Day in the Life » de The Beatles, accompagnées des explications de leur signification, d’anecdotes et de contexte.
Paroles de la chanson
I read a news today, oh boy,
About a lucky man who made a grade,
And though the news was rather sad,
Well, I just had to laugh.
I saw the photograph.
He blew his mind out in a car,
He didn't notice that the lights have changed,
A crowd of people stood and stared,
They've seen his face before,
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords.
I saw a film today, oh boy,
The English army had just won the war,
A crowd of people turned away,
But I just had a look,
Having read a book, I'd like to turn you on…
Woke up, fell out of bed,
dragged a comb across my head,
found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
and looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed my head,
made the bus in second flat,
found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
and somebody spoke and I went into a dream
I heard a news today, oh boy,
four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire,
and though the holes were rather small,
they had to count them all,
now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall,
I'd love to turn you on.
Explication des paroles de A Day in the Life de The Beatles
La chanson « A Day in the Life » des Beatles, sortie en 1967 sur l’album « Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band », aborde le thème de la routine quotidienne et de la monotonie de la vie. Les paroles décrivent différentes scènes sans lien apparent, reflétant la banalité des activités journalières.
Cette chanson est le fruit de la collaboration entre John Lennon et Paul McCartney, chacun apportant sa propre contribution à la composition. Une anecdote intéressante est que la dernière note de la chanson est tenue pendant 42 secondes, marquant ainsi le point culminant de l’album révolutionnaire « Sgt. Pepper’s ».
En conclusion, « A Day in the Life » est une exploration profonde de l’ennui et de la routine, magnifiquement exprimée à travers la musique et les paroles des Beatles.