"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by The Beatles, first released in February 1967. The song was written by John Lennon but credited to the Lennon/McCartney songwriting partnership.
The Beatles, "Strawberry Fields Forever" promo, 1967
It is also the opening track on The W***** B*** Album, a 1971 demo tape by the group who would later become known as The Residents.
The Delta Nudes version[]
The version of "Strawberry Fields Forever" which opens The W***** B*** Album is merely a thirty second fragment, but introduces The Residents' ongoing fascination with deconstructing and parodying the work of The Beatles, the biggest pop group of the 1960s.
This demo was never officially released in its original mix, until when The Residents issued The W***** B*** Album in its entirety on Record Store Day 2018, as a limited edition pREServed vinyl pressing of 1000 copies. It was later included with the rest of The W***** B*** Album on the 2019 compilation A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big.
A very short and heavily effected sample of this version of "Strawberry Fields Forever" opens the 2003 version of "The Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany" from the remix album WB:RMX.
Lyrics[]
The W***** B*** Album version (1971)[]
Let me take you down 'Cos I'm goin' to Strawberry Fields (Strawberry Fields) No, nothing is real And nothing to get hung about Strawberry Fields forever
Releases[]
- The W***** B*** Album (1971, released 2018) [version 1]
- WB:RMX (2003) [version 2]
- A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big (2019) [version 1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Mateo home recording, 1971
- ↑ remix of San Mateo home recording, interpolated with "The Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany", 2003
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The W***** B*** Album (recorded 1971, released 2018) Side A |
