Also, coincidentally, for the past half century one of the major activities of musical "armchair quarterbacks" has been to dissect, analyze, and interpret Beatles songs. In , a student from Quarry Bank High School Lennon's alma mater sent John Lennon a letter telling him his teacher was conducting a class analyzing the Beatles' songs.
Lennon was wryly amused. This letter served as the initial motivation for John to write a song that was beyond analysis for the simple reason that John didn't want it to make any sense at all. The whole purpose of the song, according to John, was to confuse, befuddle, and mess with the Beatles experts.
People draw so many conclusions, and it's ridiculous. I've had tongue in cheek all along--all of them had tongue in cheek. Just because other people see depths of whatever in it What does it really mean, 'I am the Eggman? It's not that serious. John also wanted to make a point about fellow musical icon Bob Dylan, who, according to John, had been "getting away with murder.
The song's opening verse, "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together," comes from the song "Marching to Pretoria," which contains the lyric, "I'm with you as you're with me and we are all together. The song's basic rhythm was actually inspired by a police siren.
John heard an oscillating siren blaring in his neighborhood, and this beat served as the basic beat for the entire tune. The lyric "Waiting for the man to come" was written by John, but was amended with "waiting for the van to come" by John's friend from his high school days, Pete Shotton, who was present during the song's composition. I was introduced to The Beatles, with my fr. I am currently writing this amidst the w. Abbey Road Studios is the.
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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. Yellow mother custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye. Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess, Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down. Sitting in an english garden waiting for the sun.
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