What songs are honestly about John?
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SusyLuvsPaul:
From Tug of War: "Trying to outdo each other (or one another?)" in a "Tug of War"--was about John and Paul, wasn't it, their dynamics toward the end of the Beatles
I always saw it as a peace song, comparing the sport with an actual war. In a time to come We will be dancing to the beat Played on a different drum Some day, we will all live in peace. Stick around, we're nearly there.
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nobodytoldme:
dcshark:
nobodytoldme:
The whole of 'Monkberry Moon Delight', cryptic, metaphoric, about the whole break-up, the lawsuits, the press drama.
I'm not hearing or reading that in these lyrics which seem free flowing and fun. The only quote I could find from Paul is: When my kids were young they used to call milk 'monk' for whatever reason that kids do - I think it's magical the way that kids can develop better names for things than the real ones. In fact, as a joke, Linda and I still occasionally refer to an object by that child-language name. So, monk was always milk, and monkberry moon delight was a fantasy drink, rather like Love Potion No. 9, hence the line in the song, 'sipping monkberry moon delight'. It was a fantasy milk shake. Can you explain
"Sore was I from the crack of an enemy's hose" "When a rattle of rats had awoken" "I stood with a knot in my stomach" * "Two youngsters concealed in a barrel" "I don't get the gist of your letter" and so on. *Paul McCartney on the Beatles' break-up: "We had to go and fight, which I didn't want, really. [..] It was murderous. I had a knot in my stomach all summer." - Richard Meryman, Life Magazine, April 1971
It seems like a stretch to me, but thanks for pointing that out. That's minimal at best and not enough to say it was about the Beatles or Lennon for me Paul has also said that Too Many People was the only song directed to John. I like Monkberry but I don't think Paul put in a lot of effort into the lyrics. They seem off the cuff and ad-libbed to me
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prudence1964:
This one is about telling your feelings to someone before it's too late. Something Paul has regretted not doing with John. Also, "what kind of magic might have worked if we had stayed calm..." Maybe not about John per se, but inspired by the sentiment of not having closure at his death.
By the same logic you could look at many of Paul's songs as being about John, or not. The only one I know of that has been acknowledged as being about John, is Here Today. John heard Too Many People, and thought it was about him and Yoko, and provoked him to write How Do You Sleep. I also think Let Me Roll It was about John, or to John, and John himself really liked it. And of course Early Days from New is about him and John.
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How about "brother John" from let 'em in?
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prudence1964:
How about "brother John" from let 'em in?
I've read that that refers to Linda's brother, John Eastman.
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I believe Dear Friend is about John.
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debbie:
I believe Dear Friend is about John.
Yes, that one for sure.
