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The Beatles "Day in the Life" a percursor to the Las Vegas massacre?
Youtube ^ | 10/20/17

Posted on 10/20/2017 8:26:40 AM PDT by DallasBiff

This verse of the song always perplexed me, could have John Lennon meant by "rather small" holes, bullet holes to fill the Albert Hall? I know this is "Paul is dead" stuff, but the one known shooter was 14 or 15 when this song came out in 67.

Ah I read the news today, oh boy

Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

And though the holes were rather small

They had to count them all

Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall

I'd love to turn you on


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: beatles; lasvegas
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To: BenLurkin

Do a little research and you will find out the “little holes” are actually Pot Holes as we know them and a failed attempt of Govt to fix them.


21 posted on 10/20/2017 9:57:09 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: Jimmy The Snake

How many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall = how many graves of British soldiers were dug while building Albert and Victoria’s legacy.


22 posted on 10/20/2017 10:10:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Gil4
My first thought was "Mick Jagger in a Beatles video?"

Mick Jagger was a frequent visitor to the Beatles' studio sessions. He shows up a few times in Beatle studio videos.

23 posted on 10/20/2017 10:16:40 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: CommerceComet

One of the Stones’ first hits was a cover of Lennon/McCartney’s “I Wanna Be Your Man.”


24 posted on 10/20/2017 10:17:35 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: CommerceComet

John Lennon also appeared on “The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus”.


25 posted on 10/20/2017 10:18:35 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: DallasBiff

Acoustic tiles have holes in them.

That’s what I assumed the lyrics were about.

Another LSD inspired song.


26 posted on 10/20/2017 10:24:29 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: DallasBiff

If this theory is correct it can mean only one thing:Donald Trump is the walrus!


27 posted on 10/20/2017 10:38:55 AM PDT by pluvmantelo (Bent out of shape by society's pliers)
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To: DallasBiff

That part of the song was based on news headlines Lennon had read (another section of the song was written by McCartney, the “get out of bed, drag a comb across my head” part). The part about “4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire” was from an actual news headline in the UK Daily Express in 1967 about a Blackburn roads surveyor counting potholes and commenting that the amount of material needed to fill them all in would “fill the Royal Albert Hall”.


28 posted on 10/20/2017 11:31:21 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: FirstFlaBn

“I told you about the walrus and me, man
You know that we’re as close as can be, man
Well here’s another clue for you all
The walrus was Paul”

- from “Glass Onion”, the Beatles having a little go at the fans looking for hidden clues in their songs.


29 posted on 10/20/2017 11:33:30 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Gil4

The Beatles and Stones were rivals, but it was a friendly rivalry. Lennon and McCartney wrote a song for the Stones (”I Wanna Be Your Man”), but then later recorded it themselves as well. Lennon and McCartney also did uncredited backup vocals on some Stones songs (”We Love You” for sure, and possibly “Dandelion” and “Sing This All Together”).


30 posted on 10/20/2017 11:41:50 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: dfwgator

Not a cover. Lennon/McCartney wrote the song in about 5 minutes at the studio the Stones were recording at and gave it to them, so the Stones actually recorded it first. Then the Beatles recorded it themselves later.


31 posted on 10/20/2017 11:44:16 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

“I could be the Walrus, I’d still have to bum rides off of people.” - Ferris Bueller


32 posted on 10/20/2017 11:46:56 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: G Larry

LOL, in 1967, what songs weren’t LSD inspired?


33 posted on 10/20/2017 11:47:55 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: FirstFlaBn

Was that the original Paul McCartney or the replacement Paul McCartney that said that?


34 posted on 10/20/2017 11:50:46 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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35 posted on 10/20/2017 12:10:32 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Sir_Humphrey

Someone broke into their eatable stash early today.


36 posted on 10/20/2017 12:12:35 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: gathersnomoss

Chuckle Chuckle. Wow somebody must have been stoned to come up with that interpretation.


37 posted on 10/20/2017 12:16:50 PM PDT by Sir_Humphrey (Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people -Socrates)
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To: pluvmantelo
"Donald Trump is the walrus!"

No! I am the Walrus!


38 posted on 10/20/2017 12:29:19 PM PDT by BlueLancer (ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
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To: DallasBiff

Holes to fill seats, if ye take my meanin’.


39 posted on 10/22/2017 8:16:32 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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