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I Am The Walrus
Beatles ^
| late 1967
| John Lennon
Posted on 01/17/2023 2:42:14 PM PST by DallasBiff
I Am The Walrus · The Beatles
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: beatles; iamthewalrus
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Well this video has the chorus of "everybody is effed up" at the end of the song.
To: DallasBiff
I don’t have a problem with a lot of the Beatles’ catalogue, but I never saw the fascination with this musically dreary, lyrically opaque piece.
At the time, I imagine the experimentation with unusual sounds in records coincided with extreme forms of modern art and nihilist/existential theatre. Most of it has not aged well.
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posted on
01/17/2023 2:46:50 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
To: DallasBiff
I probably still have the 45 I bought when it came out.
I was a Beatle nut.
I didn’t know what the actual chant at the end was until much later. Probably a good thing.
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posted on
01/17/2023 2:47:19 PM PST
by
old-ager
To: Dr. Sivana
> Most of it has not aged well.
Heh heh. A lot of people just as smart as us might disagree.
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posted on
01/17/2023 2:48:07 PM PST
by
old-ager
To: DallasBiff
To: DallasBiff
I was really drunk at the time.
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posted on
01/17/2023 2:49:50 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: DallasBiff
I always thought it said, "smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot"
But I was always pretty clueless, particularly about 1970's lyrics. I finally began to really hear them around age 40.
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posted on
01/17/2023 2:50:34 PM PST
by
blackdog
(The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
To: Dr. Sivana
Put me in the camp of “not aged well” for later Beatles music.
The earlier Beatles is timeless.
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posted on
01/17/2023 2:52:32 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(4,818,034 Truth | 87,745,895 Twitter)
To: Steely Tom
Yeah, and back then a six pack between two of us was a big buzz. As long as the song got me in firm grip on the girl I was dating, I really didn’t listen. I was on hormonal autopilot.
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posted on
01/17/2023 2:53:56 PM PST
by
blackdog
(The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
To: DallasBiff
No video of them actually dressed up?
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posted on
01/17/2023 2:54:07 PM PST
by
frogjerk
(More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
01/17/2023 2:54:17 PM PST
by
Obadiah
(The business of America is no longer business, it is war and arms sales.)
To: Obadiah
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posted on
01/17/2023 2:56:40 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
To: Dr. Sivana
Most of it has not aged well You can say that again! LOL! I liked anything Beatles back in the day. Now I see so much of it was just garbage and only popular because it was the Beatles that produced and performed it. Fortunately they put out far more good stuff than bad stuff.
To: DallasBiff
Sorry...no sale.Not everything they did was great,or even close to great.This is one of the “not even close” ones.
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
01/17/2023 3:01:29 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DallasBiff
Perhaps my favorite Beatle song, certainly top 5.
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posted on
01/17/2023 3:02:43 PM PST
by
Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
01/17/2023 3:03:24 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(E Porcibus Unum )
To: DallasBiff
“I am the Walrus.”
“Shut the F up Donnie!”
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posted on
01/17/2023 3:03:40 PM PST
by
freedomjusticeruleoflaw
(Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
01/17/2023 3:03:44 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: DallasBiff
I always enjoyed the cello in this one. The cello acts as a unifying force, a dark though guiding light among purposeful disharmony. A dirge surronded by confetti.
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