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Post by DarkHorse on May 18, 2006 17:00:12 GMT -5
The first song I looked up of Lennon's on sing365 was What You Got and it seems to be about PID. The references in songs after the Beatles are everwhere.  What You Got lyrics: Don't wanna be a drag, everybody gotta bag
I know you know, 'bout the emperor's clothes
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
Oh baby, baby, baby gimme one more chance
Well it's Saturday night and I just gotta rip it up
Sunday morning I just gotta give it up
Come Monday momma and I just gotta run away
You know it's such a drag to face another day
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
Oh baby, baby, baby gimme one more chance
You know the more it change, the more it stays the same
You gotta hang on in, you gotta cut the string
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know, you don't know what you got, until you lose it
Oh baby, baby, baby gimme one more chanceNotice the reference to the emperor's clothes. |
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Post by lili on May 19, 2006 8:54:22 GMT -5
Yes, I did notice that. There is also this:
It seems to be a deliberate reference to Lady Madonna. The line " You know it's such a drag to face ANOTHER DAY."
I think that ANOTHER DAY is a direct reference to BILL !
Those are great clues, thanks DarkHorse !
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Post by luvleerita on May 19, 2006 17:40:44 GMT -5
And wasn't "Another Day" a song Bill had a minor hit with?
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Post by pennylane on May 19, 2006 18:59:13 GMT -5
yup.. 1971. The song reached #2 on the charts.. bit more than a minor hit i guess.
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Post by luvleerita on May 21, 2006 17:30:09 GMT -5
Well, "minor" in that it's not a big song to most Beatle fans...maybe Bill fans...
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Post by beatlies on May 21, 2006 20:36:18 GMT -5
Yes, I did notice that. There is also this: It seems to be a deliberate reference to Lady Madonna. The line " You know it's such a drag to face ANOTHER DAY."
I think that ANOTHER DAY is a direct reference to BILL !Those are great clues, thanks DarkHorse ! Maybe also a pun on Doris Day? I think of this when the word "Day" is used in Beatles' songs. |
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Post by Paul Bearer on May 22, 2006 0:05:15 GMT -5
Another Day...Another Doris Day...Hmmm....never thought of that!
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Post by -Wings- on May 22, 2006 0:46:31 GMT -5
It could be John singing from what he believes is the real Paul's perspective, lamenting running away from life as a Beatle.
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Post by Doc on May 22, 2006 1:53:57 GMT -5
It could be John singing from what he believes is the real Paul's perspective, lamenting running away from life as a Beatle. Interesting. But is it too late, now? Is it? You say, but John and George are really gone. There is Ringo, there is Dhani, and there is Julian and Sean. And if there is James Paul, it is not too late for "The Beatles: The Next Generation." |
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Post by lili on May 22, 2006 8:38:28 GMT -5
Beatlies wrote:
If that's the case, then:
You know it's such a drag to face another day
Could mean finding out that another person has been replaced !
From the song:
You know the more it change, the more it stays the same
You gotta hang on in, you gotta cut the string
The more it changes the more it stays the same ? It sounds to me like John's making a direct reference to Paul being replaced ! Things might have looked the same, but they sure had changed !
He had no choice but to hang on in & cut his string to Paul !
Doc, don't we all wish that were possible !
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Post by DarkHorse on May 22, 2006 12:38:01 GMT -5
Slightly O/T here:
From How Do You Sleep?:
"And since you're gone you're just another day."
Now we know what John was referring to. Bill was just another 'Day' as in just another Doris Day, another double.
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Post by lili on May 22, 2006 15:09:37 GMT -5
That's a great interpretation, DH. I agree with you completely !
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Post by luvleerita on May 22, 2006 16:52:14 GMT -5
Good points....to be commended on possible puzzle pieces
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Post by beatlies on May 22, 2006 21:22:04 GMT -5
Slightly O/T here: From How Do You Sleep?: "And since you're gone you're just another day."Now we know what John was referring to. Bill was just another 'Day' as in just another Doris Day, another double. Yes, I'd thought of Doris Day in that line for a long tme, and was just about to post that. Consider also, though, that the lines are: "The only thing you done was Yesterday/ and siince you've gone you're just Another Day" --people at the time thought he was making a pun on the recent "McCartney" hit song "Another Day", which may in itself be a pun on Doris Day -- the song is about a young single girl who has a one night stand and lives a dull workaday life. "DAY after DAY alone on a hill/ the man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still ..." |
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Post by lili on May 23, 2006 8:59:23 GMT -5
You know, it could've been meant both ways. John was notorious for his use of the double entendre !  |
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Post by Paul Bearer on May 23, 2006 9:02:54 GMT -5
Of course, the song "Another Day" could be singing about a portion of Foris's life. Every Day She Takes A Morning Bath S E Wets Her Hair,
Wraps A Towel Around Her
As She's Heading For The Bedroom Chair,
It's Just Another Day.
Slipping Into Stockings,
Stepping Into Shoes,
Dipping In The Pocket Of Her Raincoat.
Ah, It's Just Another Day.
At The Office Where The Papers Grow She Takes A Break,
Drinks Another Coffee
And She Finds It Hard To Stay Awake,
It's Just Another Day. Du Du Du Du Du
It's Just Another Day. Du Du Du Du Du
Lt's Just Another Day.
Ay
So Sad, So Sad,
Sometimes She Feels So Sad.
Alone In Her Apartment She'd Dwell,
Till The Man Of Her Dreams Comes To Break The Spell.
Ah, Stay, Don't Stand Around
And He Comes And He Stays
But He Leaves The Next Day,
So Sad.
Sometimes She Feels So Sad.
As She Posts Another Letter To The Sound Of Five,
People Gather 'Round Her
And She Finds It Hard To Stay Alive,
It's Just Another Day. Du Du Du Du Du
It's Just Another Day. Du Du Du Du Du
It's Just Another Day.
Ay
So Sad, So Sad,
Sometimes She Feels So Sad.
Alone In Her Apartment She'd Dwell,
Till The Man Of Her Dreams Comes To Break The Spell.
Ah, Stay, Don't Stand Around
And He Comes And He Stays
But He Leaves The Next Day,
So Sad.
Sometimes She Feels So Sad.
Every Day She Takes A Morning Bath She Wets Her Hair,
Wraps A Towel Around Her
As She's Heading For The Bedroom Chair,
It's Just Another Day.
Slipping Into Stockings,
Stepping Into Shoes,
Dipping In The Pockets Of Her Raincoat.
Ah, It's Just Another Day. Du Du Du Du Du
It's Just Another Day. Du Du Du Du Du
It's Just Another Day.Now we're gonna start reading into any song the has the word day in it... For instance: I remember finding out about you
Every day my mind is all around you
Looking out from my lonely room, day after day
Bring it home, maybe someday soon
I give my love to you
I remember holding you while you sleep
Every day I feel the tears the tears that you weep
Looking out of my lonely gloom, day after day
Bring it home, maybe someday soon
I give my love to you ......
Looking out of my lonely room, day after day
Bring it home, maybe someday soon
I give my love to you
I remembert finding out about you
Every day my mind is all around you
Looking out from my lonely room, day after day
Bring it home, maybe someday soon
I give my love to you |
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Post by beatlies on May 23, 2006 20:15:28 GMT -5
I had been thinking about the "day after day" song for a long time before you posted that, Skirmisher: the "I remember finding out about you" part is scary. "Day after day" also recalls the beginning of "Fool on the Hill."
"She said she'd always been a dancer
She worked at fifteen clubs A DAY
and though she thought I knew the answer
well I knew but I could not say ..." ---She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
To throw something else in the mix:
"There's Nazis in the bathroom, just below the stairs ..."
---John Lennon, recorded in 1980
"Nobody told me there'd be DAYS like these ... Strange DAYS indeed"
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Post by lili on May 24, 2006 7:25:20 GMT -5
and though she thought I knew the answer
well I knew but I could not say ...
I posted the lyrics to Abbey Road under another thread. I believe that this line is a direct reference to the fact that he was hiding something ! That something is the fact that he isn't the REAL Paul McCartney !
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