PID/PWR songs

[GN]

letterb1 said:

Thanks to Jarvitronics for making me go out and get a 3 Dog Night album.

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The Show Must Go On (peaked at #4 the week of May 25, 1974).
(Leo Sayer and David Alexander Courtney)
Three Dog Night

hear it/see it:www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_mXqttv5rE

Baby, although I chose this lonely life (Paul left the band)
It seems it's stranglin' me now
All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic car
They're all laughin' at the lie (that Faul is Paul)

Oh, I've been used Ooo-oo-oo-oo
I've been a fool Oh, what a fool!
I broke all the rules, Oh, yeah!
But I must let the show go on.

Baby, there's an enormous crowd of people
They're all after my blood.
I wish maybe they'd tear down the walls of this theatre
Let me out, let me out!
Oh, I'm so blind Oh, I'm blind! (I think Paul suffered from blindness after a blow to the head)
I wasted time Wasted, wasted, wasted time
Walkin' on the wire, high wire
But I must let the show go on.

Oh, I'm so blind Oh, I'm blind
I wasted time Wasted, wasted, all too much time
Walkin' on the wire, high wire
But I must let the show go on

Baby, I wish you'd help me escape,
Help me get away!
Leave me outside my address,
Far away from this masquerade
'Cause I've been blind Oh, so blind
I wasted time Wasted, wasted, all too much time
Walkin' on the wire, high wire
But I must let the show go..
I must let the show go..
I must let the show go on

Notice that the band, being conducted from the rear by a goulish 'Billy Shakespearse slowly
grinds down to a halt. This is similar to the "descent into madness" ending of Faul's "Anyway",
or the speeding-up end of Harry Nilsson's "Gotta Get Up".
The point is that Paul burned out and went into madness, which is probably why he's Mr. Bellamy
in the mental institution in that Faul song. And why he's the "mad man across the water" in Elton John's song.
But then he died....for a while.
Of particular interest is the plea for "Baby" to help him escape in the third verse. Listen to
the sobby interpretation by the singer here.
I suspect that he arranged for Sylvie to help him escape from an imprisonment of some sort in France.
The plan seems to have been that they would "run away" to an island and get married, and live in
anonymity. There are so many songs that have been written about this (imo) that it's almost stunning.
I've posted many of them here. The Doors "Not To Touch the Earth" is one of them.[/i][/color]


[/quote]

That's really good Letter B!

[B]

Thanks, GN.

[B]

Think of "monkeys" here in the same way as "dogs" - standby musicians who double,
or fill in, for famous celebrity musicians.

"Bungle In The Jungle"
(Jethro Tull)

hear it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=THWgH85TyJQ

Walking through forests of palm tree apartments;
scoff at the monkeys who live in their dark tents.
Down by the waterhole --- drunk every Friday ---
eating their nuts --- saving their raisins for Sunday.
Lions and tigers who wait in the shadows ---
they're fast but they're lazy, and sleep in green meadows.

Let's bungle in the jungle --- well, that's all right by me.
I'm a tiger when I want love,
but I'm a snake if we disagree.

Just say a word (of protest), and the boys will be right there:
with claws at your back to send a chill through the night air.
Is it so frightening to have me at your shoulder?
Thunder and lightning couldn't be bolder.**
I'll write on your tombstone, ``I thank you for dinner.''
This game that we animals play is a winner.

Let's bungle in the jungle --- well, that's all right by me.
I'm a tiger when I want love,
but I'm a snake if we disagree.

(addressed to "Mother Nature's Son": )
The rivers are full of crocodile nasties,
and He who made kittens, put snakes in the grass.
He's a lover of life, but a player of pawns;
yes, the King on His sunset lies waiting for dawn
to light up His Jungle
as play is resumed.
The monkeys seem willing to strike up the tune. (The Monkees )

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This song appears to be sung from the perspective of someone who has the Beatles in his hands;
possibly an Apple executive. This is not a particulary nice person, and is addressing his comments
to Paul McCartney, telling him that he can be replaced. This may be who we think of as Faul,
but it may not be. The was being put on Paul.
He's being told he is but "a pawn" in the King's game. The King is the creator, metaphorically,
but the fact that he's waiting for the sun to light up "His sunset" may be an allusion to Sunset
Boulevard. In other words, an executive who Paul should consider respect as "god".

** There are many musical references to lightning that seem to suggest
that Paul McCartney was struck by lightning.

[B]

From the soundtrack to the movie "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid", in which Bob Dylan
played a role.

BILLY 1
(Bob Dylan)

partial cover version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lLPLhkT54Q

There's guns across the river aimin' at ya
Lawman on your trail, he'd like to catch ya
Bounty hunters, too, they'd like to get ya
Billy, they don't like you to be so free.

Campin' out all night on the verenda
Dealin' cards 'til dawn in the hacienda
Up to Boot Hill they'd like to send ya
Billy, don't you turn your back on me.

Playin' around with some sweet senorita
Into her dark hallway she will lead ya
In some lonesome shadows she will greet ya
Billy, you're so far away from home.

There's eyes behind the mirrors in empty places
Bullet holes and scars between the spaces
There's always one more notch and ten more paces
Billy, and you're walkin' all alone.

They say that Pat Garrett's got your number
So sleep with one eye open when you slumber
Every little sound just might be thunder
Thunder from the barrel of his gun.

Guitars will play your grand finale
Down in some Tularosa alley,
Maybe in the Rio Pecos valley
Billy, you're so far away from home.

There's always some new stranger sneakin' glances
Some trigger-happy fool willin' to take chances
And some old whore from San Pedro to make advances
Advances on your spirit and your soul.

The businessmen from Taos want you to go down
They've hired Pat Garrett to force a showdown.
Billy, don't it make ya feel so low-down
To be shot down by the man who was your friend?

Hang on to your woman if you got one
Remember in El Paso, once, you shot one.
She may have been a whore, but she was a hot one
Billy, you been runnin' for so long.

Guitars will play your grand finale
Down in some Tularosa alley
Maybe in the Rio Pecos valley
Billy, you're so far away from home.

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Substitute "Paul" for everywhere it says "Billy" in this song, and you've got it.
"Pat Garrett" is Faul.
Dylan asks Paul not to turn his back on him.

[B]

There's also a BILLY 4 by Dylan, similar to the 1 above, that includes these lyrics:

"The businessmen from Taos want you to go down,
So they've hired Mister Garrett; he'll force you to slow down.
Billy, don't let it make you feel so low down
To be hunted by the man who was your friend.

So hang on to your woman, if you got one
Remember in El Paso once you shot one
I'll be in Santa Fe about one
Billy, you've been running for so long.

Gypsy queens will play your grand finale
Way down in some Tularosa alley
Maybe in La Rio Pecas valley
Billy, you're so far away from home"

An encoded message to JPM, it would seem.

[stevenchrist]

letterb1 said:

He's being told he is but "a pawn" in the King's game. The King is the creator, metaphorically,
but the fact that he's waiting for the sun to light up "His sunset" may be an allusion to Sunset
Boulevard. In other words, an executive who Paul should consider respect as "god".

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No, you people are the pawns I have to play with.

[stevenchrist]

This is me.

Bark At The Moon Lyrics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXko2YCuZa8

Artist:Ozzy Osbourne


Screams break the silence
Waking from the dead of night
Vengence is boiling
He's returned to kill the light
Then when he's found who he's looking for
Listen in awe and you'll hear him

Bark at the moon

(laughs)

Years spent in torment
Buried in a nameless grave
Now he has risen
Miracles would have to save
Those that the beast is looking for
Listen in awe and you'll hear him

Bark at the moon
Hey, yeah
Bark at the moon

They cursed and buried him
Along with shame
And thought his timeless soul had gone (gone)
In empty burning hell--unholy one
But he's returned to prove them wrong
so wrong

oh yeah, baby

Howling in shadows
Living in a lunar spell
He finds his heaven
Spewing from the mouth of hell

Those that the beast is looking for
Listen in awe and you'll hear him
Bark at the moon.
Hey, yeah
Bark at the moon
Hey, yeah
Bark at the moon
Whoa Whoa Yeah,
Bark at the moon
(howls)

[stevenchrist]

#1 & #2. Not Going Away, I Don't Wanna Stop (from my pov)

#4 Lay You World on Me From Ozzy's pov written to me.

#5 The Almighty Dollar "Watching the ice crash down"

#9 Countdown Begins "You may see the mushroom" (the moon)

[stevenchrist]

Technically, Paul is back better than Superman...

youtube.com/watch?v=943P72Px2bQ

Here I come to save the day

A little boy inside a dream just the other day
His mind fell out of his face and the wind blew it away
A hand came out from heaven and pinned a badge on his chest
It said get out there, man, and do your best

They call him astro man
And hes flyin higher than
That faggot superman ever could

Oh, they call him cosmic nut
And hes twice as dense as donald duck
And hell try his best toscrew you up
The rest of your mind
Oh, look out! my guitars

Astro man, flyin across the sky two times higher
Than that old faggot superman ever, ever could
Ever could

There he goes, there he goes
Where he stops, no one knows
There he goes, there he goes
Hes tryin to, tryin to blow out the rest of your mind
Hes gonna blow out the rest of your mind
Talkin about lookin for peace of mind
Astro man will leave it in pieces
Have you put our trouble behind him
Make you fly around in pieces
Yeah, blow out the rest of your mind
Astro man will blow out the rest of your mind
Hes gonna blow out the rest of your mind

Yes I am.


"Excuse me while I kiss the sky"

He was seriuos!

[stevenchrist]

another me song....blush

youtube.com/watch?v=OY89s1tTI-Q

assive, drastic, classic, I'm interactive
You put me in your computer and Ima crash it
My claim to fame is my brain insane
And if the blame is framed then Ima smash it

I'm back again and on a rampage
Spittin' pain and fables onto a new page
Around the corner I'm comin'
There ain't no use in you runnin'
And now I'm pushin' the button into a new age

The whole world is waiting for the
King of the Stereo
This is too damn hot

I think we've proven that history's being made now
I see you suckas got nothin' that you can say now
And all the others who've fallen
With all their fakin' and ballin'
The kitchen's too damn hot for you to stay now

To everybody who's left you better recognize
Throw your hands in the air
And let me see your eyes
It only took one song for you to realize
Click, click, boom, the king is here tonight

The whole world is waiting for the
King of the Stereo
This is too damn h

[B]

In Reply #56 I discussed the Neil Young song "Last Trip To Tulsa" which I feel is unmistakeably a PWR
song. It is somewhat symbolic, but it includes these lyrics, which I never could quite fathom:

"Well I woke up in the morning
With an arrow through my nose
There was an Indian in the corner
Tryin' on my clothes."

My feeling was it was just a way to indicate (along with many other lyrics of the song) that Paul
was hiding out in the American mid-west and south-west.

But then I saw the video for the Faul song "Arrow Through Me",

www.youtube.com/watch?v=42IPlbC9H_Q

and knowing that Faul also puts PID/PWR clues in his songs, I've had to wonder if there really was
an episode where Paul McCartney was shot with an arrow.
I guess I'll have to throw it in as a possibility.

"Arrow Through Me"
(Faul)

Ooh, baby, you couldn't have done a worse thing to me
If you'da taken an arrow and run it right through me. ooh.
Ooh baby, a bird in the hand is worth two flyin'
But when it came to love, I'd knew you'd be lyin'.

It could have been a finer thing,
Would have been a major attraction
With no other thing: offering a note of distraction.
come on, get up, get under way, bring your love.

Ooh baby, you wouldn't have found a more down hero
If you'da started at nothing and counted to zero.

(repeat all verses)

[B]

Rainy Days & Mondays
(Paul Williams & Roger Nichols)

hear it/see it:[/color] www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmbT5XC-q0&NR=1

Talking to myself and feeling old
Sometimes Id like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and mondays always get me down

What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothing is really wrong
Feeling like I dont belong
Walking around some kind of lonely clown
Rainy days and mondays always get me down

Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you
Its nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that its the only thing to do
To run and find the one who loves me

What I feel has come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what its all about
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and mondays always get me down


Funny but it seems that its the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me
Hangin around, nothing do to but frown
Rainy days and mondays always get me down
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We know who wanted to quit. Is the rest of this song a reference to said individual?
rainy days - the wild and stormy night that the rain washed away
mondays - stupid bloody tuesday, man, you've been a naughty boy; you let your face grow long

[LOVELYRITA]

I remember the Carpenters recorded that song....sung by another tragic story..Karen Carpenter.

But regarding PID songs, and the idea of Paul going blind, someone else mentioned ELton John's Daniel...

.."your eyes have died but you see more than I"....

I have to wonder how much Elton knows about this....

[B]

I posted this some time ago in another thread. This seems to me that it could have been inspired
by (and about) Paul. The scene recalls the nightclub scene in MMT, or the Rolling Stones song
on 'Their satanic Majesties Request' called "On With the Show".
I think the tale told may be about Paul. It would be after he'd left the Beatles, and therefore
he'd have 'lost his crown', and his chance to be in the Beatles. He may have been hitting night
clubs to occupy his time. The 'hot babe' in the song may have been someone like Sylvie Vartan;
someone he tried to run off with. ("Run a mile.") He ran because
she was the wife of 'the clown',
and the clown didn't take too kindly to it.

Ha! Ha! Said The Clown
(Manfred Mann)

see it/hear it:[/color] www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_bfAdp-Ae0 (Manfred Mann)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWZocD3Mkpk (The Yardbirds)

(Song starts with the Chorus: )
"Ha! ha!" said the clown,
"Has the king lost his crown?" (left the Beatles, or lost his place in the band)
"Is the night being tight on romance?"
"Ha! ha!" said the clown;
"Is it bringing you down,
That you've lost your chance?" (he's mocked for what he's done by one who knows)

(setting the stage:)
Feeling low. Gotta go
See a show in town.
Hear the jokes, have a smoke,
and a laugh at the clown.
In a whirl, see a girl
with a smile in her eyes.
Never thought I'd be brought
right down by her lies!

Chorus

In a trance, watch her dance
to the beat of the drums.
Faster now, sweating brow,
I'm all the fingers and thumbs.
Wonder why I hit the sky
When she blows me a kiss!
In a while: run a mile!
I'm regretting all this!

Chorus

Time to go, close the show,
Wave the people 'good-bye'. (He's performing at the show. He's well known.)
Grab my coat, grab my hat,
Look that girl in the eye.
"Where's your home?
What's your phone number?
Stop fooling round!"
Could have died; she replied,
"I'm the wife of the clown."

Chorus

[iameye]

That's a sick tune.....Did Jimmy Page actually pay any notes?

[B]

He probably did play some.
He was the guitarist on the studio version of Herman's Hermits "Can't You Hear my Heartbeat?",
playing this riveting guitar solo you hear here from 1:30 to 1:43:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NslgtgmoztE

although it's not him in this video.
He wasn't one of the hermits at the time, just a studio musician.\

Here's my favorite by them, for what it's worth:
No Milk Today: *
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzX88hTXJuY
a clearer version:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Pi36klgUE
here's the European version of Herman' Hermits, which was an offshoot of the original band, but
without Herman (Peter Noone) in it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSwvwH23-zY&NR=1

* (A reference to a time when there used to be "milk men" who
would deliver bottles of milk to your house in the morning. If you didn't need milk, you'd leave
a note in the mouth of an empty milk bottle saying so.)
(Sheese! I feel older than dirt having to explain that. )

Uh...can you tell I was a Herman's Hermits fan?
OK...I'll confess. The first 45 rpm record I ever bought was "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat?"
(Beatles Schmeatles!)
(Yessiree. I knew from the start that Eric Clapton was going to be big!
But seriously, it was the energy of that riff that got me!

I tell ya, things were different back then. You had to do whatever they told you to make it big.
Here's a little number from a band up JoJo's way:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qiKvRsTVOA ;D
(That's eyesbleed in the plaid pants. )

[B]

Hooray! This has been Re-posted on YouTube as of yesterday, after being prohibited for ages.
It is full of PID/PWR clues! Please download it NOW before it disappears again!

American Dream
CSN&Y
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABfsIInfXgU

"American Dream" as a term meaning one of Paul's replacements first showed up in the Neil Young
(Buffalo Springfield) song, "Broken Arrow", in this verse:

"Eighteen years of American dream,
He saw that his brother had sworn on the wall. (His "brother" Paul had sworn an oath of silence; no performing)
He hung up his eyelids and ran down the hall, (made his eyes look like Paul's)
His mother had told him a trip was a fall,
And don't mention babies at all.
Did you see him, did you see him? (etc.)

The "Broken Arrow" song is a strange account of Beatledom being a "broken arrow"; a missing
'nuclear' weapon due to Paul's actions in leaving the group.
As it turns out, if you look up the town "Broken Arrow" in Oklahoma, the town motto is:
"Home of the American Dream". Oddly enough, there are some clues that Paul hid out in the
American mid-west for a while. Faul's (Home in the) "Heart of the Country" is one.

In the video above, the main focus is the dying of the "American Dream" in the conventional sense,
however there is a focusing in on the musical side of things. The picture of Frank Sinatra that
the pretty nurse uses as a table to get the autograph of the man in the wheel
chair represents the music business in its heyday of the 1940s and 1950s, when it was a cash cow,
and made many people rich. However it was also an industry that had ties to organized crime
and may have funded some early black ops programs. I believe that the man in the wheel chair represents
music from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, when the music business was
being used to promote drugs, and
by definition, corrupted, while the nocturnal visit to the record industry mogol by a punk rocker
represents the dissolution of the industry, with the punk guy representing the loss of control
over the industry that had been so centralized in the past.
From the orderly, but corrupt Sinatra days, to the wild and crazy punk state, terrifying the once
comfortable, but corrupt, music execs.

But remember, the "American Dream" also represents a person, whose face Neil saw smiling on every
TV screen, and who hung up his eyebrows and ran down the hall.
What recording "giant" had acquired tons of money in the "old" system. Whose autograph might the
young nurse want?

The reporters trying to uncover rumors of corruption at the "American Dreams's" house
while the staff desperately tries to hide and destroy the evidence.
(The evidence that Paul was replaced, perhaps, among other things.)
The thug shoots at the reporters, while the man in the wheel chair gets pushed down the stairs.
True, by the time he lands at the bottom of the stairs it's a motorcycle, and the guy is an
"Easy Rider" guy, representing the line in the song about things went wrong when "you were young
and strong", as if to suggest that's about the time the American Dream started being destroyed
by the Reagans and Bushes, and NWO power poseurs, or, in terms of time, about 1970.
But things also started going wrong for JPM when he was "young and strong", possibly resulting in his
being in a wheel chair, while another "Paul", the "American Dream" took over the role, and
basically discarded the old Paul (symbolized by the man in the wheel chair being pushed down the stairs).
The images of Jimmy Swaggert, the evangelist, crying, being watched by "wheel chair" Paul
(he one holy roller) while businessman Paul are notable.

So the video equates spiritual Paul being replaced by the greedy Faul, and things going down hill,
with the compassionate presidents being replaced by the greedy, corrupt and power-mad ones.
A person, a nation, a common condition: that of being hijacked by criminals.

[B]

It's worth noting the drug references in the video discussed above.
Money is being "laundered" in the washing machine.
Near the fellow being hidden in the star's house, the one in the wheel chair, we see a table
with chemistry materials, as if to suggest he was involved with drugs, as does the snow globe,
"snow" being cocaine.
The suggestion here is that the man in the wheel chair, being hidden from the public, is involved
with drugs, possibly using them to excess, but possibly being drugged as well.
The star and his wife are presumably elsewhere in the house, while the nurse and a money
manager are essentially "running the show".
What we have here is the "house of Faul", hiding the real Paul and keeping him doped up.
This somewhat parallels the idea of Paul being housed in mental institutions, as expressed in
the Faul song "Mr. Bellamy" and the other 'descent into madness' clues in other songs.
Paul being effectually dead, even if he wasn't truly dead, because he was being restrained
through drugging, and being 'imprisoned' in the 'house of Faul'. This is a very significant clue.
However I feel that ultimately Faul came around. He "used to be bad", but remember: he was being
controlled in the beginning as well.

[iameye]

letterb1 said:

Hooray! This has been Re-posted on YouTube as of yesterday, after being prohibited for ages.
It is full of PID/PWR clues! Please download it NOW before it disappears again!

American Dream
CSN&Y
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxLFZoVOrM0

I'll comment shortly.

"American Dream" as a term meaning one of Paul's replacements first showed up in the Neil Young
(Buffalo Springfield) song, "Broken Arrow", in this verse:

"Eighteen years of American dream,
He saw that his brother had sworn on the wall. (His "brother" Paul had sworn an oath of silence; no performing)
He hung up his eyelids and ran down the hall, (made his eyes look like Paul's)
His mother had told him a trip was a fall,
And don't mention babies at all.
Did you see him, did you see him? (etc.)

The "Broken Arrow" song is a strange account of Beatledom being a "broken arrow"; a missing
'nuclear' weapon due to Paul's actions in leaving the group.
As it turns out, if you look up the town "Broken Arrow" in Oklahoma, the town motto is:
"Home of the American Dream". Oddly enough, there are some clues that Paul hid out in the
American mid-west for a while. Faul's (Home in the) "Heart of the Country" is one.

In the video above, the main focus is the dying of the "American Dream" in the conventional sense,
however there is a focusing in on the musical side of things. The picture of Frank Sinatra that
the pretty nurse uses as a table to get the autograph of the man in the wheel
chair represents the music business in its heyday of the 1940s and 1950s, when it was a cash cow,
and made many people rich. However it was also an industry that had ties to organized crime
and may have funded some early black ops programs. I believe that the man in the wheel chair represents
music from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, when the music business was
being used to promote drugs, and
by definition, corrupted, while the nocturnal visit to the record industry mogol by a punk rocker
represents the dissolution of the industry, with the punk guy representing the loss of control
over the industry that had been so centralized in the past.
From the orderly, but corrupt Sinatra days, to the wild and crazy punk state, terrifying the once
comfortable, but corrupt, music execs.

But remember, the "American Dream" also represents a person, whose face Neil saw smiling on every
TV screen, and who hung up his eyebrows and ran down the hall.
What recording "giant" had acquired tons of money in the "old" system. Whose autograph might the
young nurse want?

The reporters trying to uncover rumors of corruption at the "American Dreams's" house
while the staff desperately tries to hide and destroy the evidence.
(The evidence that Paul was replaced, perhaps, among other things.)
The thug shoots at the reporters, while the man in the wheel chair gets pushed down the stairs.
True, by the time he lands at the bottom of the stairs it's a motorcycle, and the guy is an
"Easy Rider" guy, representing the line in the song about things went wrong when "you were young
and strong", as if to suggest that's about the time the American Dream started being destroyed
by the Reagans and Bushes, and NWO power poseurs, or, in terms of time, about 1970.
But things also started going wrong for JPM when he was "young and strong", possibly resulting in his
being in a wheel chair, while another "Paul", the "American Dream" took over the role, and
basically discarded the old Paul (symbolized by the man in the wheel chair being pushed down the stairs).
The images of Jimmy Swaggert, the evangelist, crying, being watched by "wheel chair" Paul
(he one holy roller) while businessman Paul are notable.

So the video equates spiritual Paul being replaced by the greedy Faul, and things going down hill,
with the compassionate presidents being replaced by the greedy, corrupt and power-mad ones.
A person, a nation, a common condition: that of being hijacked by criminals.

only Neil can pull off singing "you're all washed up"

[Deleted]

...anyone ever considered piano man by billy joel?


It's nine o'clock on a Saturday (reminds me of friday morning @ 9 oclock on "she's leaving home")
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."

la la la, di da da
La la, di di da da dum

Chorus:
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us all feelin' alright

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke and he'll light up your smoke (due to john's wit)
But there's some place that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face (living the PID lie..)
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place" (if this was bill's dialogue, possible meaning is that he was a great actor..i.e. he played the role of macca)

Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Now Paul is a real estate novelist (like a paperback writer?)
Who never had time for a wife (b/c he was killed in that car crash..)
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessman slowly gets stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone

Chorus
sing us a song you're the piano man
sing us a song tonight
well we're all in the mood for a melody
and you got us all feeling alright

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"

Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Chorus:
sing us a song you're the piano man
sing us a song tonight
well we're all in the mood for a melody
and you got us all feeling alright


yup, so pretty much only the beginning of that song seems to be PID/PWR related. any more suggestions or hidden meanings would be a lovely addition!

[iameye]

Now Paul is a real estate novelist (like a paperback writer?)
Who never had time for a wife (b/c he was killed in that car crash..)
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

could be

[B]

Getbackzack, and Iameye,
This song was already brought up at the Revolution 9 website*, so you're not the first to notice it.
You're in the ball park with the first two lines:
Now Paul is a real estate novelist (like a paperback writer?) (a historical novelist like Shakespeare)
Who never had time for a wife (b/c he was [alledgedly] killed in that car crash..)

but what about the rest of it?

And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy ("Davy Jones", the drowned saior, with his "locker" at sea bottom.)
And probably will be for life. ("Davy Jones" is "in the navy" 'for life'.) (More below )

So Paul's alledgedly "dead" body has been thrown into the ocean where he can talk to
"Davy Jones", another dead man. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Jones'_Locker
But who, really, is "Davy Jones"? There are two I know of: A Monkee, and David Bowie!
And a third: Faul, who represents the "dead man" Paul.
This might be clearer in the context of the song:

PIANO MAN (the real Paul, imo; not really Billy Joel)
(Billy Joel)

see it/hear it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ1_M_L_RSI

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday;
The regular crowd shuffles in. (Studio musicians and technicians)
There's an old man sitting next to me, (George Martin)
Making love to his tonic and gin.

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes,
But it's sad, and it's sweet, and I knew it complete,
When I wore a younger mans clothes!" (this actually goes too deep to comment on)

La la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da

Chorus:
Sing us a song, you're the piano man;
Sing us a song tonight.
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody,
And you've got us feelin' all right.

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine;
He gets me my drinks for free.
And he's quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke,
But there's some place that he'd rather be.
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me!" (Billy Joel, but also 'Bill I' aka Paul "Shakespeare" McCartney; not Faul)
As the smile ran away from his face,
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star, (John was in a movie.)
If I could get out of this place." (the recording studio)

Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da

Now Paul is a real estate novelist (the paperback Beatles writer Billy Shears/the piano man, Paul himself)
Who never had time for a wife,
And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy (Paul talks with "Davy Jones", the 'dead' version of himself: Faul)
And probably will be for life. (Davy (Faul) will secretly be in Her Majesty's service, acting as Paul, for life.)

And the waitress is practicing politics,
As the businessmen slowly get stoned. (record company execs)
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call 'loneliness',
But it's better than drinking alone.

Chorus

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday,
And the manager gives me a smile, (probably George Martin)
'cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see (the real JPM)
To forget about life for a while.
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival,
And the microphone smells like a beer,
And they sit at the bar, and put bread in my jar,
And say, "Man, what are you doing here?!" (They're amazed to see the 'dead' McCartney in the studio.)

Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da

Chorus

Many messages being sent here, imo. Probably more than we've mentioned.
Who is the waitress?
There's even more, possibly. "It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday"
Remember days of the week as code names for people?
"Will you come see me, Tuesdays and Saturdays?" in 'Suite Judy Blue Eyes' by Crosby Stills Nash and Young.
A plea for Paul and Faul to come see them, perhaps.
So then, "It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday" meaning:
"Hey, Faul's drawing a pretty good crowd!"(at one of his concerts)
And then: "Paul! What are you doing here?!"

* 1966.proboards40.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1150488249

[B]

I haven't had time to analyze this one, but I'm pretty certain it relates. (Watch the video!) ;D

Arnold Layne
(Pink Floyd)

by all means see it!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhEvf9mSmSg (posted today!)

Arnold Layne had a strange hobby
Collecting clothes
Moonshine washing line
They suit him fine

On the wall hung a tall mirror
Distorted view, see through baby blue
He dug it
Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know, two to know
Why can't you see?

Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne

Now he's caught - a nasty sort of person.
They gave him time
Doors bang - chain gang - he hates it

Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
two to know, two to know, two to know,
Why can't you see?

Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne
Don't do it again.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Layne

"Arnold Layne" was the first single released by British Psychedelic rock group
Pink Floyd, shortly after landing a recording contract with EMI.
The song was written by Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's co-founder and original front man.
Although not included on the band's debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, some consider
"Arnold Layne" to be one of the finest psychedelic pop songs of its time...

The song's title character is a transvestite whose primary pastime is stealing women's clothes
and undergarments from washing lines. According to Roger Waters, "Arnold Layne" was actually
based on a real person, and that this person routinely stole underwear from the mothers
of Barrett and Waters during their childhood days in Cambridge...

...A black and white promotional film of "Arnold Layne" was made the same year, and featured
members of Pink Floyd dressing up a mannequin before showing it around a beach.
Recently, an alternative promotional film was unearthed, which featured the young Floyd goofing
around in a forest and in front of a church. It is also the only known footage of Syd Barrett
lip synching to the song."

[jarvitronics]

The following is pure conjecture:

Somebody to Love is track #2 on Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow. The album was recorded October 31-Nov 22, 1966, and released February 1967.

On Sgt Pepper, track #2 is WALHFMF, Wherein Ringo, aka Billy Shears, sings, "somebody to love" over and over and over. Might this be a nod to the Airplane? Same track number, same lyric?

The Airplane album also includes the track White Rabbit. Perhaps the lyrical content of these Airplane songs happened to fit so well with the upcoming plans for Pepper that the line "somebody to love" was woven into WALHFMF in hopes of people making a connection.

The Airplane song was in AM radio rotation by the time WALHFMF was recorded, (March 29-30, 1967), so The Beatles must have known that the phrase was already "used up" by the Airplane's hit song, and would thus be recognized by Pepper listeners.


Somebody To Love
by Darby Slick

When the truth is found to be lies
and all the joy within you dies
don't you want somebody to love
don't you need somebody to love
wouldn't you love somebody to love
you better find somebody to love

When the garden flowers baby are dead yes
and your mind [, your mind] is [so] full of red
don't you want somebody to love
don't you need somebody to love
wouldn't you love somebody to love
you better find somebody to love

your eyes, I say your eyes may look like his [yeah]
but in your head baby I'm afraid you don't know where it is
don't you want somebody to love
don't you need somebody to love
wouldn't you love somebody to love
you better find somebody to love

tears are running [ahhh,]running down your breast
and your friends baby they treat you like a guest.
don't you want somebody to love
don't you need somebody to love
wouldn't you love somebody to love
you better find somebody to love



WHITE RABBIT
by Grace Slick

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Recall Alice
When she was just small

When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the door knob said:
"Feed you head!"

Now consider the cover of Surrealistic Pillow:



A band in front of an artsy wall holding instruments that are different from the ones they normally play. The band name is printed on a drum head. And there is Paul Kantner holding the scroll of his violin over his eye. It makes me think of those pictures that evilsvesillives posted, where all the people's eyes line up around certain focal points on the Pepper cover.

-j

[iameye]

good conjecture, Jarv.