MUS 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Magical Mystery Tour (Film), Magical Mystery Tour, Masterful Mystery Tour
The Beginning of The End (5/14/18)
● Summer 1967
○ The Pinnacle
■ 1 June 1967 - released of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
■ 25 June - perform “all You Need Is Love” on TV show Our World,
first
global TV show, ca. 350,000,000 viewers
○ The Turning Point
■ 24 August - meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in London
■ 25 August - follow him to Bangor, Wales, for a Transcendental
Meditation retreat
■ Beatles announce they are “going off drugs”
● Jagger & Richards had recently been convicted & sentenced
■ 27 August - Brian Epstein dies (overdose)
● Fall 1967
○ Magical Mystery Tour
(film)
■ Inane film about the Beatles travelling in a bus, “magical” experiences
■ Simulated drug trip
■ 52 minute TV film
■ 10 hours of film shot between Sept. 11 - 25
■ Critics trashed it
○Magical Mystery Tour
(album)
■ Album a big success
■ Issued 27 November (US) and 8 December (UK)
● Magical Mystery Tour (song)
○ Mostly by McCartney
○ Recorded immediately after studio work on Sgt. Pepper’s finished on 25 - 27
April & 3 May 1967
○ Like the song “Sgt. Pepper’s “ it is an invitation
■ “Roll up, Roll up for the Magical Mystery Tour. Step right this way”
○ In addition to the Beatles
■ Mal Evans - percussion
■ Neil Aspinall - percussion
■ 4 trumpets
○ Covered by several heavy metal bands
● Butchering The Beatles: A Headbashing Tribute (2006)
○ “Magical Mystery Tour” with
■ Jeff Scott Soto - vocals
■ Yngwie Malmsteen - lead guitar
● Beatallica: Masterful Mystery Tour (2009)
○ Mash up of Beatles and Metallica
■ “Master of Puppets”
● Influence of “Purple Haze”
○ Verse uses same chords as “Purple Haze” (issued 17 March 1967)
Document Summary
1 june 1967 - released of sgt. 25 june - perform all you need is love on tv show our world, first global tv show, ca. 24 august - meet maharishi mahesh yogi in london. 25 august - follow him to bangor, wales, for a transcendental. Beatles announce they are going off drugs . Jagger & richards had recently been convicted & sentenced. 27 august - brian epstein dies (overdose) Inane film about the beatles travelling in a bus, magical experiences. 10 hours of film shot between sept. 11 - 25. Issued 27 november (us) and 8 december (uk) Recorded immediately after studio work on sgt. Roll up, roll up for the magical mystery tour. Butchering the beatles: a headbashing tribute (2006) Verse uses same chords as purple haze (issued 17 march 1967) E major - g major - a major (ostinato) Mccartney had promoted purple haze before it appeared. The who, i can see for miles .
