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[JimmyMcCullochFan]

For my 1960's class each of us have to do a presentation on the 60's and I was thinking about doing mine on Sgt Peppers? Any of you have any other cool ideas that I could do a presentation on? It has to be around 10 minutes so I was planning on making a video.

[freakchic9]

I remember Martha Stewart did something about popular earlt '60s foods and alcoholic drinks on her show once. Maybe you could get inspired?

[HeatherBoo]

Hmm...Maybe incude some cool unknown facts about the album.  Maybe show images of the different covers different countries used (If I remember correctly, there are a few).  Myabe reference all the times someone has "copied" the cover.

Sorry, I am not very creative.  Good luck with your project and let us know and maybe even see how it goes  

[Pilzkopf]

I think your presentation should have some sense of direction. It's okay to use Pepper as the centrepiece, but it would be a good idea to show how influential it was beyond its own time. Look at all  the covers by different bands right up to the the present day, not forgetting the 2007 mini-festival the BBC did using different artists to cover all the songs on the album. Also, show how Pepper affected cultural norms, clothing, style, the whole hippie thing. In other words, don't just focus on the album itself, but make sure you show it to be representative of its time, pushing social consciousness in new directions. The title of the project is "The 60s", after all, not "Sgt Pepper", so don't forget that.  

[Penny Lane]

Also, show how Pepper affected cultural norms, clothing, style, the whole hippie thing. In other words, don't just focus on the album itself, but make sure you show it to be representative of its time, pushing social consciousness in new directions.

I love that idea!!

[JimmyMcCullochFan]

I think your presentation should have some sense of direction. It's okay to use Pepper as the centrepiece, but it would be a good idea to show how influential it was beyond its own time. Look at all  the covers by different bands right up to the the present day, not forgetting the 2007 mini-festival the BBC did using different artists to cover all the songs on the album. Also, show how Pepper affected cultural norms, clothing, style, the whole hippie thing. In other words, don't just focus on the album itself, but make sure you show it to be representative of its time, pushing social consciousness in new directions. The title of the project is "The 60s", after all, not "Sgt Pepper", so don't forget that.  

Thanks so much for your great ideas!  

[Pilzkopf]

I'll just add something else that deserves a place in your presentation. To show how immediate the impact of the album was, you could cite Jimi Hendrix. He was living in London at the time and must have got his copy from the first pressing on the day of release. I wouldn't be surprised if he was waiting outside the EMI factory and hi-jacked one of the vans carrying the first batch. Because he had a cover version of the title track ready for his next gig just 3 days later. I believe a couple of the Beatles were present, but they had no idea he'd covered their song. It must have set the world record as the fastest cover ever, which I doubt has been beaten since. It's one example to show that Pepper, or something like it, was what the 1960s had been waiting for. It was somehow necessary, like Citizen Kane had been in the 1930s.