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The lyrics of "Mother" address both of Lennon's parents, each of whom abandoned him in his childhood. [4] His father, Alf, left the family when Lennon was an infant. [4] His mother, Julia, did not live with her son, although they had a good relationship; she was killed in a car accident on 15 July 1958 by an off-duty policeman named Eric Clague when Lennon was 17. [4]
The lines "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange days indeed / Most peculiar, mama" are in contrast to the old adage "My mother told me there'd be days like this" (as in The Shirelles' song "Mama Said"). Yoko Ono called the track "kind of a fun song." She told Uncut in 1998: "I think that especially around that time he felt that ...
On the Beatles' recording, "Your Mother Should Know" is performed in the key of A minor [15] and its time signature is 4/4. [16] The use of piano crotchet chords is typical of McCartney's compositions of the time, starting with "Got to Get You into My Life" in 1966. [6]
While the Beatles classic “Yesterday” has always been considered a breakup ballad, one classic lyric by Paul McCartney is actually a mea culpa to his mother.
"Julia" was originally released as the final song on side two of The Beatles on 22 November 1968. [10] In 1976, it was released as the B-side of the "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" single. [11] In 1988, "Julia" was one of the nine Beatles songs on the soundtrack album Imagine: John Lennon. In 2006, a portion was used for the Love album, mixed with ...
"Taxman" is a song by English rock band the Beatles, from their 1966 album Revolver. Written by the group's lead guitarist, George Harrison, with some lyrical assistance from John Lennon, it protests against the higher level of progressive tax imposed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Harold Wilson, which saw the Beatles paying a 95% supertax.
"Tell Me Why" is a song by English rock band the Beatles from their album A Hard Day's Night. In North America, it was released on both the American version of A Hard Day's Night and the album Something New.
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