The+Beatles

The Beatles    The Beatles is a band consisting of four members; Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr They came from Liverpool in England and started out in 1962 with the hit record “Love me do”
 * I am the Walrus **

I’ve chosen a song called “I am the walrus” and it comes from the album “Magic Mystery Tour” from 1966. This is an album full of songs that they actually tried to make no sense out of. The songs don’t actually have any deeper meaning or explanation, but I think you can analyze them sort of the way you like. Among the songs on the album, you also find “Penny Lane” which is sort of my favourite song of all their songs. It’s about a street or a Lane in Liverpool, it does not have any other meaning, it just tells you their memories of the street. It’s cute. media type="youtube" key="Nnpil_pRUiw" height="344" width="425" 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.
 * __I am The Walrus__**

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. I'm crying, I'm crying.

Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye. Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess, Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.

Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun. If the sun don't come, you get a tan From standing in the English rain. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.

Expert textpert choking smokers, Don't you thing the joker laughs at you? See how they smile like pigs in a sty, See how they snied. I'm crying.

Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower. Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna. Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob. __Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo.__

The song-lyrics of “I am the Walrus” is written by John Lennon. The lyrics have a lot of things that can be connected to John Lennon’s life, childhood and memories. You can find words that are totally taken out of a context. A name that’s mentioned is //Semolina Pilchard// ; it’s actually two names on some food that Lennon hated when he was a kid. It’s just a random combination of his memories and thoughts. It’s just total randomness. Roomers says that he wrote the song when he was high on LSD, Paul McCartney wrote down every word Lennon came up with and they put it together in a sequence. It’s a weird composite actually. Even if the roomer is not true, it's actually a credible story I would reckon.

Despite the fact that Lennon wrote this song as a response to his alma mater interpreting Beatles songs, "I am the Walrus" is often interpreted by the public.

Who was the walrus? In the music video and on the cover of the album, we can see that John Lennon is dressed up like a walrus. He's sort of talking about himself and tries to compere himself with the walrus.

Who was the eggman? Eric Burdon, lead singer of The Animals, is claimed by some to be the 'Eggman'. The reason for this is that Burdon was known as 'Eggs' to his friends, originating from his fondness for breaking eggs over naked girls. Burdon's biography mentions such an affair taking place in the presence of John Lennon, who shouted "Go on, go get it, Eggman.." The song happened to become a collection of some old nursery rhymes from Liverpool. //“// //Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye”, // is one of the frames. Lennon has later told that he used to sing those frames when he was a kid.

Their fans have tried to get a deeper understanding of the lyrics of the Beatles songs, but sometimes they go a bit too far. In a brief time people thought that Paul McCartney was dead since they heard it when they played some of their records backwards. They also construed the cover of their album “Abbey Road” from 1969. On this cover, you can see that Paul McCartney is barefoot; their fans claimed that this was another sign that he was dead; they had just switched the person with another one who looked very much like him.  I don't know why being barefoot means that you're dead, but I guess it got a deeper explaination..

I like the song “I am the walrus” because it was one of the first music videos I saw of the Beatles and I thought it was so funny and strange. I really like their clothing in all the sequences. It reminds me a bit of when I was little, my father had a copy of this record, a LP, and he sometimes listened to it and that was so much fun ‘cause he knew all the words.

//Marte Elise//