| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I seldom expect anyone to take my word for something, but in this case, there's no other choice. The phrase "rich fag Jew" was clearly audible on the original pressing of the 1967 single. How do I know? I bought the record the day it was released. I heard it and had to play it again to confirm it. Yep, there it was. At that point in their musical career, the Beatles had not developed the reputation for hiding little messages in their recordings. When I listened to their records, I didn't listen for so-called messages. Instead, I listened for little anomalies. Example: On "What Goes On", right before the instrumental break after Ringo sings the words, "Tell me why", you can hear George in the background saying, "We already told you why." You can still hear it on the remastered version. But with "rich fag Jew", it has slowly been eliminated from the track over the years, beginning with the U.S. "Magical Mystery Tour" album. As one who heard it back in 1967, I can honestly say that it cannot be heard on the remastered CD. To me, it is a glaring omission. I DON'T hear it on the remaster just as much as I DID hear it on the single. Does that make sense? My opinion, for what it's worth, without going into all the details behind the song: the record was released a few months before Brian Epstein's death. At the time, the "rich fag Jew" tag was meant to be a private (but not too private) joke between Lennon and Epstein. After Epstein's death, someone (be it the Beatles, George Martin, EMI officials, or whoever) felt it was in bad taste and made attempts to make it less audible. The best they could do with 1967 technology was to mask it. With digital equipment, they have virtually removed it from the mix. The closest thing I have to the original recording is a re-pressing of the 1967 single which, to my ear, sounds like it was taken from the mix of the MMT version. It can still be heard, but the vocals are very muddled at that point and the consonants are not sharp, thus contributing to the ongoing debate and controversy. |
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| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| It's inclusion at the end of the movie, "The Social Network", introduced the song to a new generation who had never heard it before. Upon looking it up on Google, YouTube,, etc., the controversy over the "rich fag Jew" in the fadeout generated a lot of comments. As for why it was popular in 1967...you had to be there. | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| John on Brian Epstein: "It was never consummated, but we had a pretty intense relationship". | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| The song was recorded in May, 1967. The Beatles did not meet Maharishi until August, 1967. | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Many Beatle biographers agree that there were times that Brian carried cash in a brown paper bag, usually money from promoters paid "under the table" as a way of reducing the Beatles tax burden. As for "zoo", my opinion is that it refers to Beatlemania, when the Lads were, in effect, in a zoo. John often referred to it as the "eye of a hurricane". But it's also an easy word to rhyme with "too" and "do", and still get the point across. | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| With the recording equipment they used at that time, multiple tracking of handclaps would have been possible, but very impractical. At that period, often the handclaps were added by two or three of the Beatles at the same time the lead vocal was recorded. Since the handclaps occur when John is singing, it could have been any combination of P, G, or R. However, according to Mark Lewisohn, noted Beatles musicologist, the handclaps were performed by George. Sounds like more than one set of hands to me. But since John double-tracked his vocals, perhaps George also double-tracked the hand clap at the same time. Or, if Mick Jagger was indeed at that session, maybe he joined in. Ringo can probably be ruled out because he played three different percussion instruments on the recording. Paul played bass and piano, so he might have been free to "lend a hand" on one track. | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Wow, I don't even know where to begin with your theory, Johnny. BYARM was recorded on May 11, 1967. Paul met Linda on May 15, 1967, four days later. He would not see her again until almost a year later. John would not meet Linda until she took the pictures of the Beatles that were included in the "White Album" in 1968. Time travel perhaps? |
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| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| As I've posted in other places, this entire song is about Brian. Google "Brian Epstein" with other key words (beautiful people, LSD, money, brown bag). The song's meaning will become clear. It's a loving tribute to Brian. Then read up on John's ant-Semitic attitude. John WAS anti-Semitic, but he also loved Brian. John was not being mean-spirited toward Brian, no matter how cruel his words may seem nowadays. | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Absolutely not. The "Beautiful People" of that era, as John saw them, were any people who, through LSD or other means, were becoming aware, enlightened, "hip", cosmic conscious, or whatever term you choose. It was not anti-hippie or anti-materialism or anti-anything. As was often proclaimed by folks during that time period: "I'm going through some good changes, man!" Or, as John once wrote: "I'd love to turn you on." Check out websites that explain slang vocabulary or hippie vocabulary in the late 60's and see how they tie into this song. | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Time to Google. Find out when Brian admitted to the press that he, like the Beatles, had taken LSD. The "Beautiful People" section of the song are questions that John was asking Brian about his LSD experience (check popular slang during this period). John wrote this section around the same time as Brian's public admission. The "rich man, too" part, written by Paul, was meant to identify Brian as the subject of the song. Refer to press interviews by the Beatles after their return from the U.S. in February, 1964. One of the questions had to do with their wealth and Brian's wealth. Also, Google "Brian Epstein", "money", and "brown bag". And in case Brian didn't figure out it was about him, John threw in the "rich fag Jew" at the end. John's so-called "taunting" of Brian's sexual orientation was not mean-spirited, but what was then, an inside joke between he and Brian and among the Beatles. Don't try to read too much into it. | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Pirtyfool, you are correct about the "rich fag Jew" line being buried under the music, but not when it was first released on a single in 1967. It was there. Clear as a bell. But subsequent releases on vinyl, cassette, and CD buried it deeper and deeper. I know there are doubters out there, but it's true. Anyone who tries to hear it on the remastered CD's is wasting his time. I have no idea who was responsible for the burial over the years, but it was buried. As for the Beatles feeling ripped off by Brian, it's not true. They would occasionally get pissed at him for overbooking them on tours or publicity junkets (they did need the occasional day off). They also had to remind from time to time they he had no say in what they recorded; that was George Martin's job. Brian was seldom welcome in the studio. George once told him: "We'll play the music, you just stick to your percentages." | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Brian did not take advantage of the Beatles financially. They agreed to his 25% cut of their income because he promised to work his butt off for them (which he did). His big failing was mishandling their merchandising contracts (wigs, lunchboxes, etc.) Not understanding merchandising, Brian took the smaller percentage rather than the larger one. That was a case of incompetence, not embezzling. Brian was a standup guy. | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I knew and corresponded with Ray Coleman many years ago. I found him to be the most objective of all the Beatles' biographers. There was no doubt in his mind that "Baby, You're A Rich Man" was a loving tribute to Brian, and the "rich fag Jew" tag in the fade out was like a "smiley face" from John. John was indeed homophobic at the time, but most of John's digs at Brian's expense were "inside jokes", not meant for public consumption. | |
| The Beatles – Wait Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Best line in the song: "I feel as though you ought to know that I've been good, as good as I can be." Given their escapades on the road, how good is good? | |
| The Beatles – Too Much Monkey Business Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| John, never noted for getting the words to cover songs correct, sings: "Too much monkey business for me to imbibe again" instead of "Too much monkey business for me to get involved in." | |
| The Beatles – This Boy Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This record shows George Harrison's strength as a harmony singer. He has the middle part of a three-part harmony arrangement, which is the hardest part. He did the same thing in "Yes It Is" and "Because" in the years that followed. | |
| The Beatles – The Ballad of John and Yoko Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| The "Christ" reference in the song actually refers to the press conference in Chicago after John had to apologize for his "Beatles are bigger than Jesus" comment. After John apologized in front of the press, one of the reporters tried to trip John up by asking: "Do you think the press is trying to crucify you?" John didn't fall for it. His reply: "No, I WOULDN'T say THAT!" | |
| The Beatles – The Ballad of John and Yoko Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Do some reading and you'll discover that Yoko never encouraged John to spend time with Julian after they got married. Yoko treated Julian like shit after John died. On Julian's first visit to Yoko after John died, she told him he could pick one of John's guitars to keep. Julian was no dummy. He wanted John's Rickenbacker (the one he played on Sullivan and at Shea). That's the only one he wanted. Yoko said, "No, not that one. That goes to Sean." On the other hand, May Pang DID get John to reunite with Sean more often during his separation from Yoko. | |
| The Beatles – The Ballad of John and Yoko Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Technically speaking, Julian's full name is John Charles Julian Lennon. | |
| The Beatles – Old Brown Shoe Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This was George's attempt to get away from formula songwriting and experiment with lyrics. Notice how he tries to put opposites in each line of the verses: right-wrong; short-long, etc. Great guitar solo. | |
| The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Norwegian Wood is a type of very cheap pine. It burns quickly. Paul says it was his idea to burn the place down in the song. John says there was no one woman he was thinking about when he wrote this song, but that he was having so many affairs at the time, he wrote it in such a way as to keep his first wife Cynthia from getting suspicious. It has also been suggested that the woman in the song was the actress, Natalie Wood. As an actress, she would need to get up early to be on the movie set. John did meet a number of starlets in Hollywood during their tours, including Jayne Mansfield, but Natalie Wood has never been documented. With John's love for word play, it's plausible he would change "Natalie" to "Norwegian", but I doubt this. | |
| The Beatles – Long Tall Sally Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yes, like many Little Richard songs, the character is gay. "Uncle John" in the song is a gay guy who hasn't come out of the closet, which is why he "ducks back in the alley" when he sees Aunt Mary coming. He doesn't want her to see him with Sally. Best part of the Beatles cover: Ringo's drums. He could really drive the band. | |
| The Beatles – I Saw Her Standing There Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Good one, Bobo. It should be mentioned that in changing the line from "Never been a beauty queen" to "You know what I mean", Paul was including one of the all-time great subliminal messages to the Beatles' male fans. If one teen guy says to another teen guy, "She was just seventeen...you know what I mean?", what it really means is, "Hey, this chick is hot and ready for sex." Guys get the line. They know exactly what Paul means. | |
| The Beatles – Girl Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| It IS a sigh, but John has confessed in at least one interview that it was meant to sound like he was taking a hit off a joint. Remember, John referred to Rubber Soul as the "pot" album. | |
| The Beatles – Drive My Car Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Believe it or not, the inspiration for this song came from an old British vaudeville joke. The entire joke is in the song. The punchline to the joke was: "I don't have a car yet, but I've got a driver. That's a start." In an interview in 1965, Paul was asked if he had written any songs for their upcoming album. His reply: "No songs yet, but we're working on a joke." | |
| The Beatles – Bad to Me Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Brain Epstein managed other groups besides the Beatles, including Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas. Both John and Paul wrote songs that they gave to Brian's other acts to record. I agree that this is a very sweet song, but you need to understand that when it was written, John did not feel that such songs were right for his image. Too tender and sentimental for a macho rocker from Liverpool. That's why John wrote two songs that he gave George to sing: "Do You Want To Know A Secret" and "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You". | |
| The Beatles – Back in the U.S.S.R. Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| You got it, MicSckitz. The Lads and the BB's had a friendly rivalry. Smack talk is all it was. | |
| The Beatles – Across the Universe Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Close, anlota, but more explanation is needed. Guru Dev was Maharisha's guru. Anyone who has practiced transcendental meditation knows that because it is included in the initiation ceremony. This was Maharishi's way of showing reverence to HIS teacher and to thank him for teaching the meditation technique. That phrase is NOT a mantra. I can tell you that each Beatle received the exact same mantra from Maharishi. It was a one-syllable Sanskrit word, which also happens to be a word in the English language. However, the word "OM" by itself IS a mantra, mostly used by Tibetan Buddhists, but is frequently used the same way Christians add, "Amen" at the end of prayers. | |
| The Beatles – Yellow Submarine Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Oh, my...the lack of knowledge about the Beatles is staggering. Paul says that the idea came to him while he was falling asleep. Just a simple children's song, nothing more, nothing less. And who better to pull it off than Ringo. It's also important to know that this song was part of one of the few double A-side singles that the Beatles released. What was on the flipside? "Eleanor Rigby"! Isn't it just a wee bit possible that the Beatles were announcing to the world that the band could no longer be pigeon-holed as just another pop group? | |
| The Beatles – Come Together Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Simon, Thanks for knowing your stuff and posting it. You are correct, sir. | |
| The Beatles – Come Together Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| sgt1pepper, you are almost right..it was the reference to "knickers" that got the song banned. Makes me wonder how Paul got the word "breast" passed the censors in "Lady Madonna". | |
| The Beatles – Hey Jude Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| FritzT, I can top that story. I was in the loop on the "Paul Is Dead" hoax before it went public. I met several of the students from the college where the rumor was started. But at the time, the "clues" that existed were meant to prove that "Paul was going to die." They pointed to "Hey Jude" as a song that was similar to Hamlet's famous soliloquy, "To be or not to be", and that the Beatles planned to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show, where Paul would commit suicide on live television to protest the Vietnam War. No, seriously. I guess when Paul "failed" to fulfill the prophecy, the students had to wait for Abbey Road to get more clues. | |
| The Beatles – A Day in the Life Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| John's entire lyrical contribution to this song was inspired by reading the newspaper. There was indeed a person killed in a car crash. Coincidentally, one of John's friends had recently died in an accident. His name was Tara Browne, but was not the victim mentioned in the news article. John simply combined the two people in that verse. The other verses were also based on news articles, with John taking literary license to make them more interesting. All of John's contributions to the Sgt. Pepper's album were inspired from other media: Julian's painting; a circus poster; and a cereal commercial. | |
| The Beatles – I Am the Walrus Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Roger, I was with you all the way until the Eric Burden reference. "The Walrus and the Carpenter" was a Lewis Carroll poem, written in his jabberwocky style. John's interpretation of the poem was that is was a criticism of capitalism, but he incorrectly remembered the poem, thinking the Walrus was the good guy. When it was pointed out to him later, he realized that "I Am The Carpenter" would never have worked as a title. As for comments from other posts, there is some truth to John making fun of people finding meaning in his songs that weren't there. He did once say something about, "If Dylan can do it, so can I." Anyone who read either of Lennon's first two books, knows that he loved to write nonsense and make fun of the Queen's English every chance he got. | |
| The Beatles – I Am the Walrus Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| There are two separate "chants". One IS "Everybody's got one!" In an interview, John explained what is was that everybody's got: "One penis, one vagina, one of whatever you've got one of." The second chant is INDEED "Oom-pah, oom-pah, stick it up your joom-pah". Joom-pah was an exaggerated way of pronouncing "Jumper", which is an English schoolgirl's dress, worn over a blouse. To see one, watch "A Hard Day's Night" and look at what the schoolgirls on the train were wearing. | |
| The Beatles – Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Kiddies, please, stop your bickering! "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" is NOT, I repeat, NOT about LSD. Please take the time to Google "Julian Lennon" and "Lucy O'Donnell". Lucy O'Donnell was THE Lucy from the song. She and Julian were friends from nursery school. They both vouched that the title of the song came from Julian in his attempt to tell John what was in his drawing. John freely admitted over the years that he DID write songs that were drug related, even going so far as to name some of them. Why in the world would he feel the need to deny the LSD connection to this song from 1967 through 1980? Having said all that, John's imagery in his lyrics were indeed very strong and "trippy", and his new found writing style may very well have emerged after he began taking acid. But the song was not intentionally written about drugs. |
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| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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First, a clue about my age: I saw the Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show when it happened. So part of my opinion is based on information that was floating around when "Baby, You're A Rich Man" was originally released. I happened to be in NYC the day it was released as the B-side of "All You Need Is Love." I bought the single (45rpm) and took it home with me the same day, on a flight back to my hometown. The record wasn't available there yet, unlike today when CD's hit all stores on the same date. 1. If you listen to the single version of the song, you can clearly hear John sing "rich fag Jew" before the fade. So if you can find a copy of the single and listen to it on a mono "hi-fi" from that era, it will stand out. 2. Subsequent re-releases of the track, beginning with Side Two of the Magical Mystery Tour album (in the U.S. only), seem to show some attempt to make those particular words less obvious. With the release of the remastered CD's, you cannot hear it at all. So stop listening for it; you won't hear it. 3. Consider that the "Baby, You're A Rich Man" segment was McCartney's contribution to the song, and as written, was very likely a reference to Brian Epstein. Lennon contributed the "Beautiful People" part of the song. For those of us at the time who were acquainted with the psychedelic drugs at the time, John's lyrics were LSD references, much like Jimi Hendrix asking, "Are You Experienced?" In John's lyrics, he asks the listener "How often have you been there?", "What did you see when you were there?", "Now that you've found another key, what are you going to play?", etc. Compare those questions to the Beatles interviews on LSD and you can see the connection. 4. Devout Beatles fans know that Lennon frequently offered parody versions of songs, including Beatles songs. Example: From the album track of "Get Back", before they start playing, John sings: "Sweet Loretta Fart she thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan." There are other examples out there. It was just John being John. 5. There is no doubt that John was homophobic in his teen and early adult years. Do your research and you'll discover that John used the word "fag" as a derogatory term. John would later become more enlightened, but he did use that term up to and including that time period, and even in the post-Beatles era. Look it up. It's there. 6. John was definitely ant-Semitic in his younger days. Again, it's out there if you're willing to search for it. Interestingly, by reading an early edition of "Lennon Remembers", you'll find John referring to a certain family as being "WASP Jews" and adding, "They're the worst kind." Those comments have been deleted from more recent editions, so you'll need to look for an older copy of the book. 7. Larry Kane, who wrote a book about traveling with the Beatles on their U.S. tours, reported anti-Semitic comments coming from someone in the group. He said that at one point, Ringo took him aside to explain the history of anti-Semitic views in the U.K. Please note that Mr. Kane is Jewish, and also became a close friend of Lennon in the post-Beatles years. 8. John's relationship with Brian Epstein was very complicated. Yes, he would say homophobic and anti-Semitic things in Brian's presence. And at the same time, he went on holiday and shared a hotel with him in Spain. John's taunting of Brian being both gay and Jewish was part of how he treated many people in the "inner circle" of the Beatles. Today, we might call this playful slamming, not unlike African-Americans playing the "dozens" back in the day. It was part of the Beatles/Liverpool culture, not unlike Harrison's famous, "For starters, I don't like your tie", to George Martin. I suspect Brian learned to accept it good-naturedly, as when John "retitled" Brian's autobiography from "A Cellarful Of Noise" to "A Cellarful of Boys." 9. John was not only outspoken, but by today's standards, he would be considered very "politically incorrect." His use of words like "deaf", "dumb", and "cripples" would be deemed highly offensive today. But there was NO political correctness in those days, and such words were widely accepted. 10. Published photos from 1967 suggest that Brian may very well have been visiting the recording studio when they recorded that track. I surmise this from pictures of Brian in the studio with the Beatles when their physical appearance and clothes indicate it was from the post-Sgt Pepper's period. By the way, I am a huge John Lennon fan, and none of this is meant to be anti-Lennon. I admire John, warts and all. But my conclusion is that John adlibbed the "rich fag Jew" spontaneously during the session, possibly because Brian was there. Over the years, someone has attempted to engage in a little revisionist history where Lennon is concerned. Perhaps it was EMI or Apple in the late 60's. Now it may be a case of Yoko trying to clean up John's history for posterity. Remember, there was talk of removing the cigarette from Paul's hand on the Abbey Road album cover, right? Anyway, I challenge all of you to go back and study the original sources for this information. Ignore the current revisions. |
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| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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First, a clue about my age: I saw the Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show when it happened. So part of my opinion is based on information that was floating around when "Baby, You're A Rich Man" was originally released. I happened to be in NYC the day it was released as the B-side of "All You Need Is Love." I bought the single (45rpm) and took it home with me the same day, on a flight back to my hometown. The record wasn't available there yet, unlike today when CD's hit all stores on the same date. 1. If you listen to the single version of the song, you can clearly hear John sing "rich fag Jew" before the fade. So if you can find a copy of the single and listen to it on a mono "hi-fi" from that era, it will stand out. 2. Subsequent re-releases of the track, beginning with Side Two of the Magical Mystery Tour album (in the U.S. only), seem to show some attempt to make those particular words less obvious. With the release of the remastered CD's, you cannot hear it at all. So stop listening for it; you won't hear it. 3. Consider that the "Baby, You're A Rich Man" segment was McCartney's contribution to the song, and as written, was very likely a reference to Brian Epstein. Lennon contributed the "Beautiful People" part of the song. For those of us at the time who were acquainted with the psychedelic drugs at the time, John's lyrics were LSD references, much like Jimi Hendrix asking, "Are You Experienced?" In John's lyrics, he asks the listener "How often have you been there?", "What did you see when you were there?", "Now that you've found another key, what are you going to play?", etc. Compare those questions to the Beatles interviews on LSD and you can see the connection. 4. Devout Beatles fans know that Lennon frequently offered parody versions of songs, including Beatles songs. Example: From the album track of "Get Back", before they start playing, John sings: "Sweet Loretta Fart she thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan." There are other examples out there. It was just John being John. 5. There is no doubt that John was homophobic in his teen and early adult years. Do your research and you'll discover that John used the word "fag" as a derogatory term. John would later become more enlightened, but he did use that term up to and including that time period, and even in the post-Beatles era. Look it up. It's there. 6. John was definitely ant-Semitic in his younger days. Again, it's out there if you're willing to search for it. Interestingly, by reading an early edition of "Lennon Remembers", you'll find John referring to a certain family as being "WASP Jews" and adding, "They're the worst kind." Those comments have been deleted from more recent editions, so you'll need to look for an older copy of the book. 7. Larry Kane, who wrote a book about traveling with the Beatles on their U.S. tours, reported anti-Semitic comments coming from someone in the group. He said that at one point, Ringo took him aside to explain the history of anti-Semitic views in the U.K. Please note that Mr. Kane is Jewish, and also became a close friend of Lennon in the post-Beatles years. 8. John's relationship with Brian Epstein was very complicated. Yes, he would say homophobic and anti-Semitic things in Brian's presence. And at the same time, he went on holiday and shared a hotel with him in Spain. John's taunting of Brian being both gay and Jewish was part of how he treated many people in the "inner circle" of the Beatles. Today, we might call this playful slamming, not unlike African-Americans playing the "dozens" back in the day. It was part of the Beatles/Liverpool culture, not unlike Harrison's famous, "For starters, I don't like your tie", to George Martin. I suspect Brian learned to accept it good-naturedly, as when John "retitled" Brian's autobiography from "A Cellarful Of Noise" to "A Cellarful of Boys." 9. John was not only outspoken, but by today's standards, he would be considered very "politically incorrect." His use of words like "deaf", "dumb", and "cripples" would be deemed highly offensive today. But there was NO political correctness in those days, and such words were widely accepted. 10. Published photos from 1967 suggest that Brian may very well have been visiting the recording studio when they recorded that track. I surmise this from pictures of Brian in the studio with the Beatles when their physical appearance and clothes indicate it was from the post-Sgt Pepper's period. By the way, I am a huge John Lennon fan, and none of this is meant to be anti-Lennon. I admire John, warts and all. But my conclusion is that John adlibbed the "rich fag Jew" spontaneously during the session, possibly because Brian was there. Over the years, someone has attempted to engage in a little revisionist history where Lennon is concerned. Perhaps it was EMI or Apple in the late 60's. Now it may be a case of Yoko trying to clean up John's history for posterity. Remember, there was talk of removing the cigarette from Paul's hand on the Abbey Road album cover, right? Anyway, I challenge all of you to go back and study the original sources for this information. Ignore the current revisions. |
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