I've read that Revolution 9 was "creepy" before I heard it, so when I did hear it, I was "prepared" and it didn't freak me out, just sort of gave me a question mark above my head
I used to think A Day in the Life was quite dark. And Eleanor Rigby, in a sad, lonely sort of way.
I'd ask my friends to come and see... an Octopus's Garden with me ^___^
I was reading something George Martin said last week at some awards show , he was at in America . And he said the string arrangement for " Eleanor Rigby " is based on the musical score to Hitchcocks " Psycho" Which is maybe why it doe's have that sinister feel ?
"Run For Your Life" wins for me. A guy threatening to hunt down and kill his girlfriend just because he's jealous is pretty damn dark. It edges out "Norwegian Wood" for me because, in that, he only burns her house, as opposed to attacking her personally. Both such cheery songs.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
Yah I'd have to agree. That song was a little out there the first time I heard it. haha
"Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe. Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind, Possessing and caressing me." "About a lucky man who made the grade" "I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you."
"What's The New Mary Jane?" sounds very creepy, specially with those weird echoing sounds. Lyrically the darkest must be Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Eleanor Rigby or maybe Run For Your Life. I wonder if Carnival of Light is creepy or just plain weird, but we'll have to wait until Paul decides to release it.
It's interesting that there are so many songs from the 'dark side', as the Beatles are so often associated with 'up' stuff, and Paul always points to how the songs are 'all about love or peace', but actually there's a lot more going on there! Can't really think of anything new to add for myself, but I would say that my kids won't let me play Yesterday or Eleanor Rigby in the car - "Don't play the sad song!" they say! and I haven't let them hear Maxwell yet - it's the audio equivalent of a video nasty, all dressed up in a jolly singalong! They'd probably start singing it at school, and the teachers would pigeonhole them as mentally disturbed!
Just an after thought - I am the Walrus has a lot of unpleasant imagery, and John sings in quite a confrontational, 'I want to provoke a reaction from you' way, I think.
^Oh yeah, Run For Your Life... when I first heard it I couldn't believe the lyrics And I said it before in the Food Songs thread, but I find "clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon" in Piggies quite dark, as in dark humour, I suppose. I dunno if it was meant to be that way, but it sounds to me like they are having to eat their fellow-piggies...
I'd ask my friends to come and see... an Octopus's Garden with me ^___^
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