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"Me and My Uncle", often also written as "Me & My Uncle," is a song composed by John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, and popularized in versions by Judy Collins and the Grateful Dead. It relates the journey of a narrator and his uncle from southern Colorado towards west Texas, involving standard cowboy song themes like a poker game in ...
"Revolution" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. Three versions of the song were recorded and released in 1968, all during sessions for the Beatles' self-titled double album, also known as the "White Album": a slow, bluesy arrangement ("Revolution 1") included on the album; an abstract sound collage (titled ...
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics is a set of two books combining the lyrics of songs by the Beatles with accompanying illustrations and photographs, many by leading artists of the period. Comments from the Beatles on the origins of the songs are also included. [1] The book was edited by Alan Aldridge, who also provided many of the illustrations. [2]
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" The Beatles ("White Album") Lennon McCartney Lennon 1968 [62] "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" Beatles for Sale: Carl Perkins † Harrison 1964 [61] "Fixing a Hole" Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: Lennon McCartney McCartney 1967 [65] "Flying" Magical Mystery Tour: Lennon ...
John Winston Ono Lennon [nb 1] (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist.He gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles.
The song also refers to the "Cast Iron Shore", a coastal area of south Liverpool known to local people as "The Cazzy". [4] [5] [6] Lennon dismissed any deep meaning to the mysterious lyrics: I threw the line in—"the Walrus was Paul"—just to confuse everybody a bit more. ... It could have been "the fox terrier is Paul".
In 2018, the music staff of Time Out London ranked the track at number 13 on their list of the best Beatles songs. [37] Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of its release, Jacob Stolworthy of The Independent listed "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" at number 21 in his ranking of the White Album's 30 tracks. He wrote ...
John Lennon helped write the lyrics, which give an account of an overworked, exhausted (possibly single) mother, facing a new problem each day of the week. [15] McCartney explained the song by saying: " 'Lady Madonna' started off as the Virgin Mary, then it was a working-class woman, of which obviously there's millions in Liverpool.