The Beatles Song A Day In The Life

Just like Ben and Elaine, The Beatles felt the need to express their needs to detach from society. After years of being in the limelight, they sought to express themselves in a different way that alienated from their girl listeners. They took on a persona in their album and distanced themselves from the crowd of girl followers. According to Corry, “Commitment to personal freedom lies at the core of the counterculture in its struggle with ‘the establishment.’ The outward symbol of this personal freedom encompassed personal appearance, and assumed major cultural and political significance” (4). With the struggle for personal freedom, this left them to create a concept album which explored themes of detachment and alienation. This leads to my final song analyzation from the album in which I will discuss briefly. The song is titled ’A Day In The Life’. The song begins with the speaker noticing in the newspaper that someone has passed away. However, it is clearly overlooked as he notices the crowd. Northcutt explains, “But as its title implies, ‘A Day in the Life’ is about the diurnal and mundane, at least on the surface. Even death is seen as mundane because the focus is on the crown, not the death” (145). The crowd looks upon …show more content…
Pepper and The Graduate both reflect the need for alienation from 1960s culture. There is a overlying theme of self-exploration, instead of aimlessly following societies standards. The film and the album critique society and suggests that there is an alternate way to live life instead of following in the footsteps of the prior generation. While society is training to contain people, The Beatles and the films story suggests that people should rebel from society. Instead of being conservative and conforming to a suburban culture, the film and the album question society and urge people to wake up and look around. There was a need for change, people had to become more open-minded and more progressive and this was felt in youth