Hip-Hop Fan Reacts to The Beatles’ ‘I Am the Walrus’ | Mind-Blowing First Listen!”

[@erikahlander3489]

Lennon heard that they analysed the Beatles lyrics in his old school, so he wrote a text that couldn't be analysed! The same is true of most of Zappa's and Yes' lyrics. Don't try to find a metaphor or hidden message. Jon Anderson's (Yes) lyrics are beautiful and melodic but nobody understands them. Zappa uses any stupid detail, silly jargong, or offending expression to make his lyrics - to very advanced musical compositions.

[@kingslaphappy1533]

This is true. That is all.

[@EvanWeber1234]

Great tune

[@braudabo]

There was a point during Beatlemania, when every word, every line of the Beatles' lyrics was carefully examined to discover "secret messages". In fact, many people still do this today. You can look for it, if you google "Secret messages in Beatles songs". John Lennon wanted to give these people a very special nut to crack with the "Walrus".

[@gpxo11]

If you haven't heard A Day In The Life by the Beatles-it is considered to be one of their finest.

[@samguberman2288]

You should be listening on headphones to capture all the sounds of this masterpiece. Goo goo gjoob!

[@edwardmeradith2419]

I’m thinking he’s got his ear buds in

[@fatovamingus]

When I was a little kid there was a Real to Reel player and a record player in the basement it was all my dad's stuff and I loved this song. Also the Mothers of Invention and Stravinsky Rite of Spring so I was weird kid but this song is bitchin

[@papercup2517]

The sequel to this is Glass Onion, from the Beatles White Album, in which the true(??) identity of the Walrus is revealed...!! And in which John trolls the people analysing I Am the Walrus for trying to find hidden meanings in what was just John trolling the people teaching classes in finding deeper meanings in Beatles lyrics generally. A couple of Beatles songs that really do mean something (very) deep, that some people assume are just trite pseudo-spirituality, are George's Within You, Without You, and John's Tomorrow Never Knows. And spiritual in a slightly different way is Paul's Let it Be, a beautiful song about a dream he had about his mother, who'd died when he was in his early teens, giving him some good advice when he was going through a rough patch..

[@peteypete1216]

Greatest ever and will ever be !!

[@quarkwrok]

For a couple of dance oriented tracks, try 'Tomorrow Never Knows' and 'It's All Too Much' by them.

[@dougdoesall]

Lennon often wrote stuff to blow the lid off of "this must make sense" or it is supposed to make sense or people trying to look deep into something to figure out some sort of secret code. What if it is just meant to be listened to without trying to figure it out?

[@terrenceplunkett]

This was John’s reaction to pundits who thought they could decipher the Beatles lyrics. It’s not supposed to make any sense. Lots of great songs of this era, particularly those by Bob Dylan, aren’t supposed to make any sense. Don’t any hip-hop artists have the imagination to do that?

[@gigatoob]

Oops, Paul was not that fond of MJ after he sneakily bought much of the Beatles catalog (ok, he bought it after not telling Paul). after they had friendly talks about music ownership. Paul was not happy about it.

[@jeffmartin1026]

"Don't you think the Joker laughs at you"?

[@lipby]

John Lennon met Bob Dylan and tried LSD. And there you go.

[@ChitwoodMitwood]

The egg men is a reference to a time when they were in Germany , it does mean something.

[@hungfao]

John wrote some of the lyrics influenced by LSD. The up-and-down background cadence was based on a passing police car or ambulance that made him uncomfortable and paranoid. You're correct when stating the words mean nothing. John had already published two widely celebrated books of his surreal writings. If you ever read those it will become very clear that John was into word play. The eggman mentioned was a reference to Eric Burdon and a thing he did with raw eggs and some girl he he was hanging out with. Basically John was trolling the fans since they were looking for hidden meaning where none existed. This kind of thing eventually resulted in fans looking for clues in their lyrics that allegedly proved that Paul was dead. We all fell for it back then.

[@scottgunvaldsonmusic4116]

Listen to "Why Don't We Do It in the Road." Great lyrics.

[@pilesovinyl]

1967 dude, was he waaay ahead of the musical curve?

[@ericingham9925]

"Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot...

[@Marlenefanclubsimone]

🇮🇹💣❤️

[@DJBilodeau]

Exactly right . . .the song "doesn't mean a goddamned thing"! Others have laid it out in the comments below to set the context and history. John Lennon is DARING you to find a meaning in THESE lyrics! Just absurd nonsense, but it works PERFECTLY!

[@kentclark6420]

The🦭 walrus was Paul.

[@robertszekely8686]

This is a psychedelic song. The words such as "sitting on a cornflake" really are not to be analyzed.

[@duckarse11]

[@ChitwoodMitwood]

Hip Hop drums by a real drummer in 1969 don;t say much for Hip Hop.

[@goodsonpavinginc.2261]

The real story is the New York times wrote a article about the only songs they could write were about prostitutes and lesbens, after Revolver and Rubber Sole. So Lennon wrote Walrus since they were analyzing hi songs. It was quoted after the play back he said let the fuckers figure this on out.

[@jeffmartin1026]

When asked, they said they like writing songs about prostitutes and lesbians.

[@garfle1959]

Lennon did hip-hop before there was hip-hop

[@thewizard6077]

I know that most hip hop is focused on the beat and words. You're not the first person on here who I've seen have to almost deprogram themselves to truly understand other genres, particularly rock music. When listening to music in other genres, you should leave those preconceived notions behind you and go with the song as a whole, the feel, the vibe. There doesn't always have to be a literal meaning to the lyrics and sometimes, the song as a whole is more important than any individual element within the song, including the lyrics. I hope that helps. I subscribed! Peace

[@docjmcg2]

Goo goog a joob

[@docjmcg2]

It’s a rap song

[@charleskelly1887]

Helter Skelter

[@SamuelGriffin]

Stop pausing the song!!

[@AntoineTee68]

Sitting in a Corn flake,, equals sitting down eating a bowl of cornflakes.

[@LeChaunce]

You're trying to make sense of something that was intended to be utter nonsense.

[@MichaelYoder-e8g]

This is a nonsense song. John trolling the people who think there's "deep meaning" to all the Beatles lyrics. Semolina Pilchard - Semolina is a type of flour and a Pilchard is a fish

[@danielhouse2895]

I can tell. You don't like it