Uh oh, did I just put myself in cancel culture territory?
I loved that song. It was written in the classic John Lennon style; take a simple melody and make it better.
A lot of short, repeated notes in the verses.
John is singing about Prudence, Mia Farrow’s sister, who didn’t want to mix with any others in the small group that traveled to India in order to meet a famous Yogi.
Great song.👍🙂
After my freshman year at Cincinnati, I decided to move to LA and the girl-next-door (and future wife) joined me and my plan to transfer to UCLA.
We found a nice apt in Hollywood nestled in a middle-class neighborhood near Sunset.
One Sat afternoon, I had my clock radio tuned to KHJ and was hearing songs I had never heard before. Additionally, the guest DJ would talk about each song, what it was about or what was occurring in the recording session.
The songs? The entire White Album.
The DJ? George Harrison.
A week later, the album was released and I quickly bought it at a small record shop on Sunset.
Awesome song from that album. Lovely harmonies. And two drummers on it. Paul plays most of it (muffled drums), then near the end, Ringo’s edit was mixed in around the big finish; You can tell by his UN-muffled snare.
But great you brought up this song. It is just beautiful.
btw, did you get the memo?
You’re cancelled.
A slimed down 18 song White Album is awsome!
Great thread. Thanks for posting!