The reason the Monkberry Moon Delight video blew me away was that it triggered a number
of possible clue connections in my mind, in addition to its being visually gripping.
Before I get into that, though, I'd like to discuss the actual song, "Monkberry Moon Delight"
a little bit, to put it in context.
You may be familiar with Apollo C. Vermouth's post at TKIN some years ago that suggested that
the "Paul is dead" mystery might be understood better in the context of the story
of Apollo and Hyacinthus.
(Click here for reference:
www.online-mythology.com/apollo_hyacinthus/ )
I believe he meant to suggest that just as Apollo sang about Hyacinthus's fate, Bill sings
songs about Paul.
In the Ram album in particular, the songs seem to relate to the fate of Paul and his Beatle departure.
There have been a number of clues that Paul was imprisoned along the way, somewhere.
People had speculated that it was in France, because of the cartoon drawing of former French
president DeGaulle, reaching for Paul in the Magical Mystery Tour comic book. It is also shown
on the cover of the "Up Against It" book.
The DeZombificator went into it quite a bit in his post #305 in this thread at TKIN:
60if.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=document&action=display&thread=1106732995&page=13I think that most of us have, 'til now, thought that this imprisonment was part of the
legal system, and that Paul was being held in a jail.
The song "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" seems to describe negotiations for the release
of the prisoner. The English stall for time, while secretly sending a rescue team, while the guards
who work for "Uncle Albert" are reporting to him that nothing is happening with the negotiations
for the prisoner's release. The "hands across the water" part is the actual escape being made by
the prisoner, with a little help from his friends.
Now look at the lyrics to Monkberry Moon Delight":
"So I sat in the attic,
A piano at my nose,
And the wind played a dreadful cantata (cantata...).
Sore was I from the crack of an enemy's hose,
And the horrible sound of tomato (tomato...).
Ketchup (ketchup)
Soup and puree (Soup and puree)..." This person isn't being held prisoner in a jail; he's in somebody's attic, where there's a piano.
My guess is that his hands are bound behind him, and so
he's banging on the piano with his face!
(Bill sings "a piano
up my nose" in the actual recording.)
He's been beaten with a hose, and has been given tomato ketchup soup, and puree to eat.
And why is he banging on a piano with his face?
Because he hears his rescuers are in the building (the "rattle of rats"),
and he wants them to be able to find where he is in the building.
"When a rattle of rats had awoken,
The sinews, the nerves and the veins.
My piano was boldly outspoken, in attempts to repeat its refrain."When he hears his rescuers sneaking around (which sound to the guards like rats scurrying
around in the building) his adrenaline starts pumping, and he pounds on the piano as best he can.
Then he looks out the window, and sees that two of his rescuers are secretly getting high, instead of
rescuing him, which is why it's a "terrible sight".
The banana verse is an added verse to send a message to John, and isn't relevant to the first two, imo.
As I've mentioned, until now, I think we've thought that this imprisonment was somehow
legal, but now I think this was an illegal kidnapping of Paul McCartney, and the reason
the English government was stalling in negotiations with the kidnappers was so that they
could get a hold of them. I believe that these words from Tom Petty's song "Refugee"
are a reference to this incident:
"Who knows? Maybe you were kidnapped,
Tied up, taken away, and held for ransom."I would heartily suggest people look at all the lyrics of that song here:
www.lyricsdepot.com/tom-petty/refugee.htmlI believe they were addressed to a
living Paul McCartney, who, after this incident,
lived life "on the run" for quite a while.
"Refugee" can be heard/seen here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXZrveuMP4Q
;D