Imagine, as John Lennon might say, the Beatles' entire "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album reproduced with a live orchestra and band in a wonderful hall.
The Green Bay Symphony Orchestra got by with a little help from their friends -The Beatles -for a fantastic show Saturday night. (GNS photo)
At its most exotic, the concert found George Harrison's "Within You Without You" ricocheting from India to recesses of 1,800 or so minds.
Music from the late 1960s didn't sound old at all. The songs expressing everyday life with soul and humor — "She's Leaving Home," "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite," "When I'm Sixty-Four," "With a Little Help from My Friends," etc. — remain exploratory, original and vital.
The voices of Lennon, Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr weren't imitated but interpreted by Jean Meilleur, who put the concert over the top with his enthusiasm.
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