Hey guys!!!
This link is about one of my favourites songs by The Beatles (of course!).
I've heard that John had been inspired by the siren from a police car, isn't that fantastic?
If you listen carefully to the begining of the song you will realised that!!
Here I found some information that confirms what I've just said:
The genesis of the lyrics is found in three song ideas that Lennon was working on, the first of which was inspired by hearing a police siren at his home in Weybridge; Lennon wrote the lines "Mis-ter cit-y police-man" to the rhythm of the siren. The second idea was a short rhyme about Lennon sitting in his garden, while the third was a nonsense lyric about sitting on a corn flake. Unable to finish the ideas as three different songs, he combined them into one.
I wish you enjoy it!
Cande.
Great song, Cande! Quite psychodelic, though. LOL Here are the lyrics in case you are wondering what they say. Please, notice the nonsensical and playful organisation of ideas ("stream of thought" or "libre fluir de la conciencia") which is a characteristic of postmodernism.
ResponderEliminarHere is a comment i found about the analysis of the lyrics. You can find more here: http://oldies.about.com/od/thebeatlessongs/a/iamthewalrus.htm
The odd nature of the lyrics have their genesis in Lennon's love for absurd wordplay, particularly Lewis Carroll, who is most famous fo r his books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1872). However, the main inspiration was a fan letter from Liverpool's Quarry Bank High School, which John had attended from 1952-1957. Apparently one of the headmasters had his students studying Beatles lyrics for "significance"; this amused John so much that he decided to make up a completely nonsensical song for them to figure out. Most of the lyrics were written on the spot, with Lennon turning to old friend Pete Shotton for assistance.
Finally these are the lyrics:
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly.
I'm crying.
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody tuesday.
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.
Mister city policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row.
See how they fly like lucy in the sky, see how they run.
I'm crying, i'm crying.
I'm crying, i'm crying.
Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye.
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.
Sitting in an english garden waiting for the sun.
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
From standing in the english rain.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.
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Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,
See how they snied.
I'm crying.
Semolina pilchard, climbing up the eiffel tower.
Elementary penguin singing hari krishna.
Man, you should have seen them kicking edgar allan poe.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.
Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo.
MARGA
pretty interesting marga!!
ResponderEliminarsee ya