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Dear Prudence
1 posted on 08/28/2025 10:18:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Beautiful piece of music, so lyrical, evocative and innovative. One of Lennon’s best, I’d say.


2 posted on 08/28/2025 10:35:51 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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yeah that was a good one. i’ve heard it so many times, i can still hear the whole thing in my head.

no idea about the wierd back story though. i just saw kids in my old neighborhood going around knocking on doors and asking friends out to play. great song. very atmospheric as they say. so is julia.


3 posted on 08/28/2025 11:07:07 PM PDT by dadfly
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Look around………


4 posted on 08/28/2025 11:47:35 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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I like the Jerry Garcia’s Band rendition of this song.


5 posted on 08/28/2025 11:57:07 PM PDT by week 71
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Mike Love claims that “Back in the USSR” was also written at that Maharishi pow-wow, with him making lyrical suggestions to McCartney.


7 posted on 08/29/2025 12:10:22 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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The song is beautiful...memorable and one of their best.
As a group, they were amazing. Every evolution was unique and artistically stunning.

And here we are, nearly 60 years from them, still amazed by their songs.


13 posted on 08/29/2025 2:54:02 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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Wonder if she was messed up on LSD and wouldn’t come out and play?


14 posted on 08/29/2025 3:57:44 AM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ship)
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Pretty song; I like asking GROK the meaning of songs. Here is part of what is said about Dear Prudence.

Interpretation: Beyond its literal inspiration, the song can be seen as a broader metaphor for overcoming withdrawal or emotional seclusion, urging someone to engage with the world and find joy in simple pleasures.
15 posted on 08/29/2025 4:07:57 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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Dear Prudence always seemed a bit lengthy for me. Yer Blues, Glass Onion, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Savoy Truffle and Long, Long, Long are my top 5 from the “White Album”. I don’t care what the story is behind them, I just like the way they sound.


17 posted on 08/29/2025 5:33:32 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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I think My Friends by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Needle and the Damage Done by Neil Young are very similar to the Dear Prudence song. Same chord structure and picking style.


18 posted on 08/29/2025 5:35:54 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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“If she’d been in the West they would have put her away.”

Not in today’s world.


21 posted on 08/29/2025 6:08:46 AM PDT by No Party Affiliation
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They sat around and wrote hit songs, limitless talent.


22 posted on 08/29/2025 8:31:18 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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