I watched HEAD (the Monkeys movie) last night for the first time. In addition to finding it very entertaining, I also noticed that this movie about a fake band was obliquely telling the story of a *fake* man in a *real* band.
The more I watched, the more it became apparent to me that the Monkeys represent the Beatles and Mickey represents Paul. ESPECIALLY when the HEAD visuals began to overlap with the Rogers Waters video for "The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking", which happens to have several lyrical references to Yoko Ono and death/murder in the 3rd and 4th verses.
The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
Lyrics
"An angel on a Harley
Pulls across to greet a fellow rolling stone
Puts his bike up on it's stand
Leans back and then extends
A scarred and greasy hand...he said
How ya doin bro?...where ya been?...where ya goin'?
Then he takes your hand
In some strange Californian handshake
And breaks the bone
Have a nice day
A housewife from Encino
Whose husband's on the golf course
With his book of rules
Breaks and makes a 'U' and idles back
To take a second look at you
You flex your rod
Fish takes the hook
Sweet vodka and tobacco in her breath
Another number in your little black book
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
Ooh babe, I must be dreaming
I was standing on the leading edge
The Eastern seaboard spread before my eyes
"JUMP" SAYS YOKO ONO
"I'm too scared and too good looking" I cried
"GO ON", SHE SAYS
"WHY DON'T YOU GIVE IT A TRY?
WHY PROLONG THE AGONY, ALL MEN MUST DIE"Do you remember Dick Tracy?
Do you remember Shane?
Could you see him selling tickets
Where the buzzard circles over the body on the plain
DID YOU UNDERSTAND THE MUSIC, YOKO, OR WAS IT ALL IN VAIN?
THE BITCH SAID SOMETHING MYSTICAL "herrro"
SO I STEPPED BACK ON THE KERB AGAINThese are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
Oh babe, I must be dreaming again"
Ok, back to the visual similarities.
Both the Pros and Cons video and HEAD have several visual references to golf, which on the surface seems like nothing, but not when one considers the extremely odd, POV nature of the visuals used in BOTH.
Observe:
Pros and Cons golf @ 00:46 seconds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6_-dmrUVwE&feature=relatedand
HEAD golf @ 00:40 seconds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNdtqzm-v-w&feature=relatedBoth also contain nearly identical (style wise) shots of people free-falling. In Head, it's Mickey. In the Pros and Cons video, it happens to coincide with the lyrics where Yoko is telling *someone* to JUMP, and that ALL MEN MUST DIE.
Pros and Cons falling starts at 01:50, and coincides with Yoko's orders to JUMP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6_-dmrUVwE&feature=relatedWatch Mickey falling in HEAD here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdd5xI9l7Ns&feature=related Now, on top of all of that, let's not forget that Pink Floyd were recording "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" at Abbey Road, while the Beatles were recording Pepper.
In addition, Floyd recorded Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road while Wings were in there. In fact, it's Henry McCulloch of Wings who's voice can be heard on Dark Side saying "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time."
Summary:
Waters was there during Pepper.
Waters was there during Wings.
HEAD is a movie about a group who pretended to be something they were not.
Waters' video contains many of the same elements as HEAD.
Waters' song alludes to Yoko Ono and death/murder.
Some of the Monkeys appear in the video for ADITL
Mike Nesmith appears in the MMT booklet, in a cartoon that features TWO Pauls.
Whattaya think? Am I way off base here, or does this have legs?