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annie wrote:
Well it was Roy Wood who said that. I think he was referring to the violins, cellos, horns, clarinet and 16-piece choir and the chord progressions, not the lyrics. ELO were huge beer drinkers but were not into drugs.
Yes I could see where that would come into perspective towards what ELO were looking to archieve. Lots of groups were actually applying that kind of sound though with simply applying many instruments - not necessarily those you mentioned though.
"I am the Walrus" was just John screwing with all the people who were "interpreting" his songs so he wrote gibberish, and as he said, "it doesn't mean anything". The so-called drug references are only that if you want them to be. As we know, Lucy was a real person who died recently and John denied that the song title was a reference to LSD. "Smokers" does not refer to pot smokers but rather to his old chain smoking literary teacher. By the way, it's "everybody got some" not "everybody smoke pot" at the end.
Yes I really need to listen to the music of "I am the Walrus" rather than the words, cause the trouble is I haven't heard the song in yonks and like you say if John is messing around, then it's not really a song about the worlds - merely poetry made up to go with the tune. I guess another good tune to compare it with is "Mind Gardens" which David Crosby did with the Byrds, David did it a bit differently though and the song is basically a story he made up.
Well it was Roy Wood who said that. I think he was referring to the violins, cellos, horns, clarinet and 16-piece choir and the chord progressions, not the lyrics. ELO were huge beer drinkers but were not into drugs.
Yes I could see where that would come into perspective towards what ELO were looking to archieve. Lots of groups were actually applying that kind of sound though with simply applying many instruments - not necessarily those you mentioned though.
"I am the Walrus" was just John screwing with all the people who were "interpreting" his songs so he wrote gibberish, and as he said, "it doesn't mean anything". The so-called drug references are only that if you want them to be. As we know, Lucy was a real person who died recently and John denied that the song title was a reference to LSD. "Smokers" does not refer to pot smokers but rather to his old chain smoking literary teacher. By the way, it's "everybody got some" not "everybody smoke pot" at the end.
Yes I really need to listen to the music of "I am the Walrus" rather than the words, cause the trouble is I haven't heard the song in yonks and like you say if John is messing around, then it's not really a song about the worlds - merely poetry made up to go with the tune. I guess another good tune to compare it with is "Mind Gardens" which David Crosby did with the Byrds, David did it a bit differently though and the song is basically a story he made up.
