Re: I liked the songs better before I knew...

On Jul 13, 1:33=A0pm, cuppajoe2go <hoss5...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 13, 10:51=A0am, Mackenzie <jade_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Jul 13, 7:52=A0am, "RichL" <rpleav...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > How about a Beatles songs discussion? =A0Here's the idea.
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> > > Sometimes it's interesting to dig into what motivated a particular
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ng.
> > > Occasionally, however, the truth can be severely disappointing.
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> > > Case in point: =A0***y Sadie.
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> > > I think it's a beautiful song, and before I started reading RMB and
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MBM
> > > I assumed it was about a girl named Sadie who did some wrong to the
> > > character singing the song.
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> > > Then I find out it's about the Mahari****! =A0Damn, I get all wound
up
> > > imagining this girl named Sadie who broke men's hearts who gets her
> > > comeuppance. =A0And it's really about a petty little spat. =A0All
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 mental
> > > images I had formed over the years related to the song, just thrown
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> > > the window.
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> > Mine was Dear Prudence
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> > I had originally thought that the girl in question was a little girl
> > named Prudence hiding from the world and her little friends telling
> > her to come out and play.
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> > I did not know before reading songfacts and wikipedia that the song
> > was about Prudence Farrow who stayed in her room to meditate during
> > the time when the Beatles were studying with the Mahari****. Big
> > suprise for me!


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> My biggest disappointment came when I heard pot was the inspiration
> for "Got To Get You Into My Life." =A0Great lyrics. =A0What a let down!


Yes, that is a good choice for this thread. When one hears Got to Get
You into My Life it sounds as if Paul is singing about a woman, about
religion or some other very im****tant thing . . .  and then the real
punchline is it is about drugs.

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