In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
One, two, three, four
Can I have a little more?
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
I love you
A B C D
Can I bring my friend to tea?
E F G H I J
I love you
Bom bom bom bompa bom
Sail the ship, bompa bom
Chop the tree, bompa bom
Skip the rope, bompa bom
Look at me
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
Black, white, green, red
Can I take my friend to bed?
Pink, brown, yellow, orange, and blue
I love you
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
Bom bom bom bompa bom
Sail the ship, bompa bom
Chop the tree, bompa bom
Skip the rope, bompa bom
Look at me
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
Can I have a little more?
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
I love you
A B C D
Can I bring my friend to tea?
E F G H I J
I love you
Bom bom bom bompa bom
Sail the ship, bompa bom
Chop the tree, bompa bom
Skip the rope, bompa bom
Look at me
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
Black, white, green, red
Can I take my friend to bed?
Pink, brown, yellow, orange, and blue
I love you
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
Bom bom bom bompa bom
Sail the ship, bompa bom
Chop the tree, bompa bom
Skip the rope, bompa bom
Look at me
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
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It kills me how they used this song for the Sprint commercials :/
It's about their love for eachother, and for their wives, I believe.
Didn't seame street take a lot of ideas from Yellow Submarine???
This song is great. I got a hole in me pocket, ha ha.
This song is a beautiful expression of Paul's genious nostalgic songwriting skills, it reminds me of a circus, a jugband and a band of children playing together creating something that has no meaning or anything deep but just making music. This song is a great representative of some of the things the Beatles stood for. It's one of my favourite Beatles songs and I cover this song with my band on concerts. It's usually our last song and it ALWAYS gets people singing along by the dozens!
Good little sing-a-long made famous at soccer matches in the UK. This song was originally recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions but was never released until the group was asked to come forth with some new tunes for their animated feature, Yellow Submarine.
@DeathCabbie I think the football one is a different "All together now". There's been a number of songs with the same name. Are you saying terraces of fans would gladly belt out "Pink, brown, yelloworange and BLUE I love you!" as the game was playing? Would that usually before "The ref's a wanker" or after?<br />
There is document I happened upon. It says All Together Now is a sublime message saying that in order to get to their true message a listener needs to look at how they used and defined the words, numbers, and colors in order to understand. It's at thegoodguise.wordpress.com. I don't know, I always thought the song was about how in order to make a cake you need to mix the ingredients all together (get it? I do).
can i take my friend to bed? hahaha...i love this song, it's so cute at the end of yellow submarine. i think the muppets did a cover of this..i remember kermit sang "E, F, G, H, I, J, I love you".
I know, the end of Yellow Submarine is awesome. The Muppets covered this? I really want to see it.
The Muppets??? I've got to see that. I wish I could take some of my friends to bed.:)