Word: lennons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sail under somewhat false pretenses. For one thing, most of its advertising gives the impression that the Beatles made it, though almost their only contribution consists of excerpts from their records, plus three new and not notable songs. Secondly, the credits state that it is based on John Lennon's and Paul McCartney's song by the same name, but the story line of the film has very little in common with that simplistic little allegory about goofing off on barbiturate capsules ("yellow submarines...
Most of the images have less darkling origins. The Sea of Holes ("Or is it the Holy See?" quips John Lennon) was originally intended to go with the Beatle song, Fixing a Hole, which was later dropped from the sound track. It obviously reflects a conscious or subconscious memory of episodes in the movie 2001. The cotton-tailed, clown-faced Nowhere Man is a satire on intellectuals ("So little time, so much to know...
...ricky-tick Honey Pie to the West Indian Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da to the schmaltzy Good Night, a sweeping panorama of pop genres unfolds in parodies, pastiches, takeoffs and put-ons. The boys even spoof themselves. George Harrison's Savoy Truffle contains a cross reference to Lennon and Mc Cartney's Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. In Rocky Raccoon, Paul McCartney imitates successfully and amusingly the nasal delivery of Bob Dylan. The lyric...
...Coincidentally with Beatle John Lennon's conviction by a London court for possessing marijuana. Lennon, who said through his lawyer that he had now "cleansed himself" of narcotics, was fined...
Done in the "Walrus" style with its affinity for messages of impending doom the song leaves me frozen, dreading for Lennon...