John always insisted the marijuana found at his flat was planted. Sergeant Pilcher later served six years in prison for his corrupt behavior. But this "interpretation" may be entirely conjecture, as John can clearly be heard singing "Semolina Pilchard," not Pilcher.
A "pilchard" is defined as one of "various small marine fishes relating to a herring. The line may just simply be another bit of Lennon-esque gibberish and wordplay.
Eric says he would crack eggs over naked women's bodies and that John witnessed him doing it one night. The song's closing features a snippet from a BBC Radio broadcast of Shakespeare's King Lear , which John happened to hear when he was working on the song. At the song's conclusion, the entire chorus 8 males and 8 females join in. John said the guys sang "Oompah oompah, stick it in your jumper," while the girls sang "Everybody's got one.
Brian died of a drug overdose on August 27, , and the recording of "I Am The Walrus" came mostly in early September of ' Engineer Geoff Emerick was never to forget "the look of emptiness on their faces when they were playing. John was always angered by this decision, maintaining that "Walrus" was a far superior song. It remains the only film of John singing the song. For this reason, Paul has said Magical Mystery Tour has "a special place in [his] heart.
To be fair, "Walrus" is definitely a strange song, but it may not actually be "the strangest Beatles song. They were also collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the twentieth century's most influential people. Featured lyrics. I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly. 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. Incidentally, the chant at the end is "everybody's got one", and I presume it refers to genitalia - everybody has genitalia, that of which it is impolite to speak in public was, in the 60s, at least. It's the kind of thing a parent in the 60s might say to reassure their child.
The guy with the low voice is definitely singing "oompa loompa, stick it up your jumper", but the woman or whatever the high voice is doesn't sound like that at all. Maybe they're sing multiple lyrics at once just to confuse everyone? Kermit4Prez on August 09, Roger, I was with you all the way until the Eric Burden reference.
John's interpretation of the poem was that is was a criticism of capitalism, but he incorrectly remembered the poem, thinking the Walrus was the good guy. When it was pointed out to him later, he realized that "I Am The Carpenter" would never have worked as a title. As for comments from other posts, there is some truth to John making fun of people finding meaning in his songs that weren't there.
He did once say something about, "If Dylan can do it, so can I. General Comment john wrote the two first lines on two separate acid trips the rest of it was a bunch of random stuff just to piss off people trying to find meaning in his songs including part of a nursery rime he got from a friend Pete Shotton "yellow matter custard" etc. No Replies Log in to reply. General Comment a philosophy for life: everyone in their lifetime is at one point the walrus, the eggman, and even..
The Eggman refers to Eric Burdon of The Animals who had a thing for breaking raw eggs on naked women. The song is intentionally confusing.
John wrote it to keep the people who held such deep meaning on lyrics to all their songs. He thought that was funny because often he would just make up nonsensical words and phrases because they sounded good.
The song does not contain any meaning, it was meant to be confusing to the analysts, especially the school children who wrote fan letters to him, one letter in particular. See the Beatles biography by Bob Spitz.
But then again, the meaning could have come out of his subconscious. If you watch the video and listen to the words, you hear a lot of tongue and cheek, but then again, there's the persistent theme of trying to understand a complicated society. In the end, you could hear what sounds like John saying, "I educate myself. So in a nutshell, I believe the song is about a brilliant mind trying to grasp meaning to a complicated society; his spirit very active amidst the confusion.
Perhaps Mr. Lennon might agree to that one? JOrca on September 02, Link. I think it was totally a spoof and as I recall it was inspired by some college professor who taught a course about Lennon's songs. I don't know if he was influenced by Marc Bolan who wrote mostly nonsense songs.
Balldozer on September 19, I think the lyrics refer to feelings and thoughts of dissociation, a detachment from reality as the singer observes apparent paradoxes and contradictions. Pigs that fly, pornographic priestesses, running policemen. Interwoven throughout is a plethora of tragedy, as the singer admits that over all this, "I am crying".
Is this the same John that saw the sadness of the world in later songs like "Woman is the nigger of the world"? General Comment Ok, and Paul was supposedly dead because he wasn't wearing shoes on the cover of an album, and Come Together was supposed to mean at his funeral. MAybe people should stop trying so hard to find 'hidden meanings' and stop playing their music backwards looking for little things that really aren't there.
I realize they were heavy into drugs, but I really don't think they tried to push them on anyone, and their music was too important to them to do that.
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