Hmmmm.
he come grooving up slowly
he got joo-joo eyeball
he one holy roller
he got hair down to his knee
''''''
Remember this was written at the time when he and Paul were falling
out. Opinion is this was an attempt, in his way, to put things in the past.
Later the songs practically naming each other came out.
Originally posted by greenpawn34those are trademark lennon nonsense lyrics, you could probably attach any meaning you want... and still come away satisfied, but johns music speaks volumes. This has "blues riff" written all over it, a song with a message, the "swampy bass and drum vibe" makes it sound like john is claiming bragging rights about his band, even though by now it was probably over, in the larger scheme of things. iconoclastic john, but maybe that's just the way he wrote lyrics.
Hmmmm.
he come grooving up slowly
he got joo-joo eyeball
he one holy roller
he got hair down to his knee
''''''
Remember this was written at the time when he and Paul were falling
out. Opinion is this was an attempt, in his way, to put things in the past.
Later the songs practically naming each other came out.
I agree a lot of his lyrics were just words and people used them
to look for the 'hidden message' when there was none.
Dylan suffered from this more than anyone.
It was something I read, but the writer did have a John quote
where he used 'goo-goo' eyes to describe Paul in an interview.
In the later songs there was no mistaking he was aiming at Paul
and visa versa. Shame.
Something I only found out recently.
Elanor Rigby. A ground breaking pop song.
Paul claims he saw the name above a shop in Bristol. And research
shows there was such a shop.
However someone has found a grave in the cementry where John
and Paul first met in 1956. The name on the tombstone: Elanor Rigby.
Originally posted by greenpawn34Quite good greenpawn. In fact Eleanor Rigby is a "composite" person, with seemingly real roots and history in the real world.
In the later songs there was no mistaking he was aiming at Paul
and visa versa. Shame.
Something I only found out recently.
Elanor Rigby. A ground breaking pop song.
Paul claims he saw the name above a shop in Bristol. And research
shows there was such a shop.
However someone has found a grave in the cementry where John
and Paul first met in 1956. The name on the tombstone: Elanor Rigby.
Apparently.
Bob Dylan wanted a picture of the Beatles on this LP because
the Beatles had him on Sgt.Pepper.
CBS refused but Dylan had a word with the LP artist and the Beatles
are hidden in the tree (you have to turn the LP upside down).
If you google 'John Wesley Harding plus Beatles picture' you will see it.
I have the LP (you will not see it on the cd -too small). You can
see all four Beatles. Looks like the pics from the cover of the
Revolver LP.
Originally posted by greenpawn34Wow pretty cool! Will have to check that out. Read many books on the Beatles. more on Lennon. Simply just loved thier music since I was 7 yrs. old.
Apparently.
Bob Dylan wanted a picture of the Beatles on this LP because
the Beatles had him on Sgt.Pepper.
CBS refused but Dylan had a word with the LP artist and the Beatles
are hidden in the tree (you have to turn the LP upside down).
If you google 'John Wesley Harding plus Beatles picture' you will see it.
I have the LP (you will not se ...[text shortened]... small). You can
see all four Beatles. Looks like the pics from the cover of the
Revolver LP.
Originally posted by greenpawn34Actually i'm saying quite the opposite here greenpawn. For it's conceivable, in fact probable that the lyrics had a very specific and/or unique meaning for lennon the songmeister, but one that is entirely lost upon the average listener. There is a good bang-up article about eleanor rigby and how it came to fruition on wikipedia, it appears that evidently Donovan contributed bits to this and other beatle songs also.
I agree a lot of his lyrics were just words and people used them
to look for the 'hidden message' when there was none.
However someone has found a grave in the cementry where John
and Paul first met in 1956. The name on the tombstone: Eleanor Rigby.