I think Sergeant Pepper would be missing a vital piece without "Within You, Without You". It's the deepest statement on the album and incredibly original.(Also can't imagine With The Beatles without "Don't Bother Me.")
I’d agree on both counts. I’ve come to really like WYWY despite it being skipperish in my younger days. And it does add to that whole vibe of the era that Pepper reflects.And Don’t Bother Me is cool. A pretty good first effort (at least that made it to recording)
Skipperish ?
Skipperish: inducing feelings of wishing to skip.
Did you just make that up?
Skipperish: Like the captain of a ship (adjective)
And as LocoMo pointed out, wow, hard to believe George was just 24 when he wrote it.