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Title: The walrus
Post by: Rocky Raccoon on March 30, 2004, 01:42:31 AM
Anybody has any idea, or a theory, of what did John Lennon mean when he wrote I am the walrus, specifically in the lines that say "I am the eggman" and "I am the walrus". Is that supposed to mean anything at all?
Title: Re: The walrus
Post by: JWL on March 30, 2004, 01:49:39 AM
It means, "Goo Goo G' joob!"  The answer is in the micro-space particles betwixt the linguistic symbols!


JWL
Title: Re: The walrus
Post by: Bruno on March 30, 2004, 03:32:13 AM
I don't understand the lyrics of the song, but all I know is that the song is awesome
Title: Re: The walrus
Post by: on March 30, 2004, 03:54:03 AM
The Walrus is from the Lewiss Caroll poem The Walrus and the Carpenter (in Alice in Wonderland).

The eggman is a bit more mysterious, but there is a notion it is about Eric Burdon of the Animals, who had a strange penchant for breaking eggs over groupie's bodies.
Title: Re: The walrus
Post by: pc31 on March 31, 2004, 01:21:10 AM
yeah i heard that too but you start as an egg too.maybe he was deeper........
Title: Re: The walrus
Post by: Patton on March 31, 2004, 08:05:00 PM
Someone told john that his songs were starting to get in a rut. so he wrote a very odd and different song that was ment to make no sense. so that there would no reason for people to ask him what he ment.
Title: Re: The walrus
Post by: Bruno on April 06, 2004, 01:58:29 AM
[quote by=patton link=Blah.pl?b=songs,m=1080610951,s=5 date=1080763500]Someone told john that his songs were starting to get in a rut. so he wrote a very odd and different song that was ment to make no sense. so that there would no reason for people to ask him what he ment.[/quote]

yeah, that's what I heard too
Title: Re: The walrus
Post by: Patton on April 06, 2004, 07:08:05 PM
[quote by=Bruno link=Blah.pl?b=songs,m=1080610951,s=6 date=1081216709]

yeah, that's what I heard too[/quote]

Do you know where?
Title: Re: The walrus
Post by: ben on May 03, 2004, 11:58:26 AM
[quote by=Rocky_Raccoon link=Blah.pl?b=songs,m=1080610951,s=0 date=1080610951]Anybody has any idea, or a theory, of what did John Lennon mean when he wrote I am the walrus, specifically in the lines that say "I am the eggman" and "I am the walrus". Is that supposed to mean anything at all?[/quote]

Well here's another clue for you all
The walrus was Paul.  

Title: Re: The walrus
Post by: ringorama on June 05, 2004, 02:57:24 AM
Um, according to "The Walrus Was Paul: The Great Beatles's Death Clues of 1969" lol, it was about the Walrus and the Carpenter which was the story of the walrus that led all the clams or oysters or whatever to follow him and then he ate them all. Which could have many meanings, I dono, the book was talking about it having to do with Paul being dead, who knows. *shrugs*

The interworkings of John's mind are too genious for mine to try and understand...