This song was written by John after he bought a victorian circus poster while recording Strawberry Fields. Inspired by the victorian wording and the was the names were posted i.e Messrs Kite and henderson, he decided to write the song. Almost all of the details on the poster are included in the song at some point.Some of the billed events have been changed for the song, e.g the horse was not named Henry and Mr. H actually was supposed to do 21 somersaults on solid ground! Gr8 song!
@Romeo_Scotland
Great Backstory to John's inspiration and lyrics content of Mr Kite .
Readers should be aware the full version including details of the poster are only on the extended version on the Love album. The Sgt Pepper's version is followed by a digression into She's So Heavy (Abbey Road) with garbled references to the poster by all the Beatles, but you'll need the poster in front of you to identify them. The trivia is covered by a good link with the poster. Pablo Fanque was a unique Frenchman of color; the only black circus owner in Europe; and...
@Romeo_Scotland
Great Backstory to John's inspiration and lyrics content of Mr Kite .
Readers should be aware the full version including details of the poster are only on the extended version on the Love album. The Sgt Pepper's version is followed by a digression into She's So Heavy (Abbey Road) with garbled references to the poster by all the Beatles, but you'll need the poster in front of you to identify them. The trivia is covered by a good link with the poster. Pablo Fanque was a unique Frenchman of color; the only black circus owner in Europe; and the song was banned in England for references to Horse they thought was to Heroin. Maybe the richest song in detail since Revolution #9
This song was written by John after he bought a victorian circus poster while recording Strawberry Fields. Inspired by the victorian wording and the was the names were posted i.e Messrs Kite and henderson, he decided to write the song. Almost all of the details on the poster are included in the song at some point.Some of the billed events have been changed for the song, e.g the horse was not named Henry and Mr. H actually was supposed to do 21 somersaults on solid ground! Gr8 song!
@Romeo_Scotland Great Backstory to John's inspiration and lyrics content of Mr Kite . Readers should be aware the full version including details of the poster are only on the extended version on the Love album. The Sgt Pepper's version is followed by a digression into She's So Heavy (Abbey Road) with garbled references to the poster by all the Beatles, but you'll need the poster in front of you to identify them. The trivia is covered by a good link with the poster. Pablo Fanque was a unique Frenchman of color; the only black circus owner in Europe; and...
@Romeo_Scotland Great Backstory to John's inspiration and lyrics content of Mr Kite . Readers should be aware the full version including details of the poster are only on the extended version on the Love album. The Sgt Pepper's version is followed by a digression into She's So Heavy (Abbey Road) with garbled references to the poster by all the Beatles, but you'll need the poster in front of you to identify them. The trivia is covered by a good link with the poster. Pablo Fanque was a unique Frenchman of color; the only black circus owner in Europe; and the song was banned in England for references to Horse they thought was to Heroin. Maybe the richest song in detail since Revolution #9