McCartney Times

The truth about how John Lennon wrote Strawberry Fields Foreverby Katie Hickox, Beatles News Liverpool reporterOn September 19, 1966, John Lennon arrived in Almeria, Spain, for six weeks on invitation of Richard Lester to be part of the film, “How I Won The War.”Beatles fan and researcher J. Adolfo Iglesias came from his hometown of Almeria, Spain, to the Liverpool International BeatleWeek 2016 festival last week to give a fascinating one hour presentation about the 50th anniversary of John Lennon’s visit to Almeria, and to share with Beatles fans how John came to write Strawberry Fields Forever during his six week stay.Adolfo asked the question, “Why did John Lennon write Strawberry Fields Forever while in Almeria, Spain?”He found out that John didn’t take any drugs for six weeks during the filming, because he had to get up early every morning and had to be able to say his lines. Taking drugs would have interfered with his acting. Thus, Adolfo concludes, the lyrics in Strawberry Fields Forever have nothing to do with psychedelic drugs as was widely reported in the media.

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