--- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John Lennon acknowledged that he reverted to drug taking after his > time at the Maharishi's Ashram, and though many of the songs on the > White Album were written in India, not the ones mentioned ('Helter > Skelter', 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' or 'Why Don't We do it in the > Road?') nor were many of the others, which were written during the > sessions.
http://www.upv.es/~ecabrera/white.html Although they didn't stay in India for too long (having realized that the Maharishi wasn't the kind of person he claimed to be), the truth is that isolation and the absence of worries and daily stress made John and Paul write a good number of songs. In fact between all four Beatles 32 songs were brought from India, most of them basically acoustic due to the lack of any other instruments in India. The acoustic nature of many of these songs was reflected in the Esher sessions and can be heard in many of the tracks of the Anthology 3. With all these songs, the Beatles decided to issue a double LP which would provide both quality and quantity. There were several reasons for this decision. The individual talents of all four Beatles were already finding the group's structure too restrictive for their own ideas. None of them were willing to discard any of their songs in favor of someone else's. The White Album became the joint effort of four individuals, each one of them claiming the necessary playing time for their songs. Happiness is a Warm Gun Lennon John: Lead Guitar, Tambourine and Lead Vocal Paul: Bass Guitar and Backing Vocal George: Lead Guitar and Backing Vocal Ringo Starr: Drums John saw a in the cover of a magazine belonging to George Martin the phrase "Happiness is a Warm Gun In Your Hand". Obviously, a song followed. However, it was not a single song but three, what John put into the song. The three parts are described in the Anthology 3 review. A curious fact, is that to complete some of the lines of the song, Lennon gathered Derek Taylor, Neill Aspinall and Pete Shoton during a night of acid tripping. From this peculiar brain storming he got some of the weirdest lines appearing in the song. ------- http://www.iamthebeatles.com/article1027.html Yer Blues John Lennon wrote this song while in India, when he was in a total state of despair. The song represents a cry to Yoko for help. Lennon believed his life to be at a crossroads, as his concert career as a Beatle was almost over, their manager had died, and he was considering ending his marriage to his wife, Cynthia. Although John felt a loyalty to Cynthia, he also knew that he had met his artistic equal with Yoko, as she was just the type of girl he hoped to find in writing his song, "Girl." Yes I'm lonely, wanna die, yes I'm lonely, wanna die, if I ain't dead already, ooh, girl you know the reason why In the morning, wanna die, in the evening, wanna die, if I ain't dead already, ooh, girl you know the reason why My mother was of the sky, my father was of the earth, but I am of the universe, and you know what it's worth I'm lonely, wanna die, if I ain't dead already, ooh, girl you know the reason why The eagle picks my eye, the worm he licks my bone, I feel so suicidal, just like Dylan's Mr. Jones Lonely, wanna die, if I ain't dead already, ooh, girl you know the reason why The black cloud crossed my mind, blue mist round my soul Feel so suicidal, even hate my rock and roll, wanna die, yeah, wanna die If I ain't dead already, ooh, girl you know the reason why, yes, I'm lonely wanna die, yes, I'm lonely wanna die If I ain't dead already, ooh, girl you know the reason why, yes, I'm lonely wanna die Helter Skelter (you appear correct on this ) Unfortunately, the song Helter Skelter, just like Piggies, has been linked to Charles Manson in the killings of Sharon Tate and others in 1969, but has nothing at all to do with anything like that. On July 18, 1968, Paul and the other three Beatles were in the studio at Abbey Road, and Paul wanted to write a real rockin' song that would shock everyone. He got the idea from a newspaper review of a new song by "The Who," where their song received great reviews. Wanting to compete, Paul wrote this one. The name Helter Skelter is a roller coaster in England, described there as a spiral slide. If one knows this information, the song makes perfect sense ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
