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Lennon's Scraps
« on: May 13, 2004, 03:30:27 PM »
 It's amazing the way John would pull an old reference out to use in
a song, from out of the past or out of thin air...this tidbit from the
 beginning of his career to the end:

 JOHN: Let's get on with the interviews, then.

 Q: I'll tell you something, I haven't any charms 'round my neck, but
 Ringo's trying to get something placed somewhere, now what is it,
 Ringo?

 RINGO: I don't know what they're called, they're little green idols
 you wear.

 *****JOHN: There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu!*****

[London April 1st, 1964 !

by Bernice Lumb VOX POPS Interview NEMS Offices]

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Yes, I know Milk and Honey's version is 'island' over 'idol', but still...amazing to me!
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Re: Lennon's Scraps
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2004, 06:21:50 PM »
That's pretty amazing - got any more? :)
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Re: Lennon's Scraps
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2004, 07:19:57 PM »
Nope.

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Re: Lennon's Scraps
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2004, 08:15:08 PM »
lol, that was interesting!! :D
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Re: Lennon's Scraps
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2004, 08:42:34 PM »
[quote by=misterchaz link=Blah.pl?b=lennon,m=1084462227,s=0 date=1084462227] It's amazing the way John would pull an old reference out to use in a song, from out of the past or out of thin air...this tidbit from the
beginning of his career to the end:

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*****JOHN: There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu!*****

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Yes, I know Milk and Honey's version is 'island' over 'idol', but still...amazing to me!
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Charlie, I'm not trying to be a "smarty" here, but just to set the record straight: In NOBODY TOLD ME, John sings "idol" pretty clearly, as far as I can hear. In the lyric sheet the lyric is given as "idol" not "island".

Actually, the line There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu! is a misquote (of the sort which everybody does) from a famous poem. John Lennon and every other English schoolchild in those far-off days would have learned this poem off by heart
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Re: Lennon's Scraps
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2004, 08:55:55 PM »
THANK YOU!
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Re: Lennon's Scraps
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2004, 02:21:57 AM »
no man is an island....why do they call them apartments if they are together???
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« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2004, 04:34:26 AM »
The broken-hearted people are the parted ones. And though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see ...
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Re: Lennon's Scraps
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2005, 12:11:46 AM »
Didn't know that. Cheers, Maria!
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