He also is frustrated and disillusioned with those who go through life blind to things going on around them, and too there are indications of Lennon's own insecurities about his genius.
John invites us to come on "down" and join him into a world where there is no fussing, fighting, or killing. Misunderstanding all you see. This is so true when you deliberate about how easy life is when you accept things superficially and don't utilize research. However, John knew that living life shallowly is not really living at all.
The next verse begins, "No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low. There's a saying, "There's a fine line between genius and insanity," and John may, at that point in time, have questioned his sanity even for a brief time.
That is I think it's not too bad. Lennon tapped into primal emotions that never left his consciousness. He reassures us though that even when he may be in doubt and "thinks it's him," he is quite certain he " That is I think I disagree.
John want's to agree with society, but he knows society is "all wrong," forcing him to disagree with it's direction and conditions. John felt mankind could build reality from it's dreams. Kenny on May 05, Link. Great explanation : madgirl86 on April 11, With his childhood friends, John Lennon would roam the gardens of Strawberry Fields, and he would especially look forward to a garden party held each summer at the grounds. The song is resonant with the memories of McCartney and Lennon meeting at Penny Lane junction to catch a bus into the city centre.
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When was Strawberry Fields Forever released? Was there a real Eleanor Rigby? Legend has it that Eleanor Rigby was a fictional character — that the two names were chosen by Paul McCartney based on an actress he knew and a liquor store in Bristol.
But there may well have been a real Eleanor Rigby, and Annie Mawson says she may have proof. What album is Strawberry Fields on? Lennon also often alluded to how Strawberry Field was representative of his childhood, on the outside foreboding but once he climbed over that wall, full of wildflowers and secretive gardens. When John Lennon brought the song back to the band in November of , it was met with awe. It is widely thought of as the most complicated recording the Beatles ever did.
Today, Strawberry Field is in a state of disrepair despite continuing to be a tourist attraction for Beatle fanatics. In , after nearly 70 years as an orphanage, it closed down and all the remaining children were transferred to foster families.
While many of the original buildings and structures were torn down in the s, a few still remained including the iconic red Victorian-era Strawberry Field gates — until The gates, which dated back to Warren, were put into storage and replaced with replicas, leaving many fans and tour guides, who rely on Beatle-related income upset.
However, as of this writing, Strawberry Field remains abandoned and mostly decrepit. Thank you for this great explanation. Why is there no comments on that aspect of the song.
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