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Savoy Truffle Lyrics
Cream tangerine and montelimar,
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart,
A coffee dessert, yes you know it’s good news,
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.
Cool cherry cream and nice apple tart,
I feel your taste all the time we’re apart,
Coconut fudge really blows down those blues,
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.
You might not feel it now
But when the pain cuts through you’re going to know, and how.
The sweat is gonna fill your head,
When it becomes too much you’ll shout aloud,
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.
Know that what you eat you are,
But what is sweet now turns so sour.
We all know ob-la-di-bla-da,
But can you show me where you are.
Cream tangerine and montelimar,
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart,
A coffee dessert, yes you know it’s good news,
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.
Yes you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.
I have a unique theory about this song. I think it's George poking fun at McCartney's songwriting, which John often thought too saccharine. "We all know ob-la-di-bla-da" (Paul song) "but can you show me where you are." And the title line itself "Savoy Truffle" -- "Savoy" is a reference to the retro early-century style Paul loved to noodle with in songs like "Honey Pie." In other words, many of Paul's songs are just confections with as much musical value as candy has nutritional worth. I also think Lennon's "Wild Honey Pie" on the same album is a cruder, blunter (typical John) shot at Paul's too-sweet "Honey Pie."
I completely agree that this is a jab at Paul. It is disguised, of course, since Paul and George were bandmates, but these guys were at odds in a big way. George talked about how he resented "Oh Blah Di Blah Da" making the album ahead of his songs. Can you blame him? Paul's song persona was very sweet, but he was not always the same guy in real life, it seems. George was calling him out.
I completely agree that this is a jab at Paul. It is disguised, of course, since Paul and George were bandmates, but these guys were at odds in a big way. George talked about how he resented "Oh Blah Di Blah Da" making the album ahead of his songs. Can you blame him? Paul's song persona was very sweet, but he was not always the same guy in real life, it seems. George was calling him out.
your theory may or may not be true John and George were always jealous of Paul. But tough to give your opinion credit when you don't even know that both Honey Pie and wild Honey Pie are Paul's
your theory may or may not be true John and George were always jealous of Paul. But tough to give your opinion credit when you don't even know that both Honey Pie and wild Honey Pie are Paul's
lol, Wild Honey Pie is actually also by Paul.
lol, Wild Honey Pie is actually also by Paul.
@curiojeff Like your theory! But about Wild Honey Pie, as the other guys said...sorry: "it was Paul" (again). Let's admit his talent was huge and spanned from retro-sweeties to hardcore metal (or whatever you may call Helter Skelter..). Anyway I agree partly with your approach... There is something about Paul: he is a great talented musician and composer, and also a good story-teller. But that's the point, he just tells nice stories, you know? He is not in the lyrics. Unlike John: he is really putting a piece of his heart and blood in his singing and writing. Compare...
@curiojeff Like your theory! But about Wild Honey Pie, as the other guys said...sorry: "it was Paul" (again). Let's admit his talent was huge and spanned from retro-sweeties to hardcore metal (or whatever you may call Helter Skelter..). Anyway I agree partly with your approach... There is something about Paul: he is a great talented musician and composer, and also a good story-teller. But that's the point, he just tells nice stories, you know? He is not in the lyrics. Unlike John: he is really putting a piece of his heart and blood in his singing and writing. Compare "I will" with "Julia". Compare "Rocky Racoon" with "I'm so tired". Compare "maybe i'm amazed" with "mother". Paul songs are great as songs but devoided of personal implication. "you are all fairy tales and pizza" John once told Paul. (by the way it was Paul who publicited the comment and apparently liked the pun...). Hey I love the music of both of them... the thing with Paul is that he was graced with a talent so huge that, even if he is NOT a personality of John's size... he can't help it but produce great songs. Paul is (or was) a machine of producing the best tunes..unstoppable, capable of mastering and merging any styles like probably no one else did. John was a genius in a wider, mysterious sense (i mean: he could have chosen a way of expression different of R'n'R and find success anyway). MacCartney was "only" a musical genius.
@curiojeff one of the stupidest comments I have ever seen on this site. George wrote this about Clapton’s fondness for chocolate. That’s all. Idiots like you always trying to analyze some imagined conflict between Paul and John. It’s about chocolate dumb ass
@curiojeff one of the stupidest comments I have ever seen on this site. George wrote this about Clapton’s fondness for chocolate. That’s all. Idiots like you always trying to analyze some imagined conflict between Paul and John. It’s about chocolate dumb ass
i think clapton had worse habits than chocolate
It's about hubris, vanity, over-indulgence, going too far.
'Savoy Truffle' is the ultimate high: so sweet, you'll lose all your teeth.
But you just can't help yourself.
worth mentioning the heroin/opiate refs (ginger sling, might not feel it now but when the pain cuts through, sweat)
I'd always gone with the Clapton sweet tooth thing, but I kind of like this idea about it being a comment on Paul's songs
worse habits like stealing george's goddamn girl clapton you fugger, youre "blistering" solo on while my guitar gently weeps is like grateful dead noodling or some shits. eric clapton is a great guitar player and a great songwriter, but he's boring. geroge's solo would have been way better....
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We all know ob-la-di-bla-da, But can you show me where you are?
Isn't this a dig at Paul?
Is it just me, or does this song almost make your teeth hurt listening to it?
Am I the only one who thinks this song is about sex?
You might not feel it now But when the pain cuts through you’re going to know, and how. The sweat is gonna fill your head, When it becomes too much you’ll shout aloud,
Sounds like a girls first time having sex and her subsequent orgasm.
lol. I always thought: "But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle. You might not feel it now But when the pain cuts through you’re going to know, and how. The sweat is gonna fill your head, When it becomes too much you’ll shout aloud"
like getting a cavity filled and candy rots your teeth. :(
There is a line which refers to what is sweet now taste so sour. there is a line from the Revelation of John that describes small scrolls that John was commanded to eat that had the same effect. that they @ first tasted sweet but later tastes sour. There is also reference to the sweats is gonna fill your head. Both of these suggest another type of candy which Eric (&others) were rather fond. that is the nose & arm candy otherwise known as heroin. so perhaps the wisdom is just like the drug, it starts off sweet & when it comes too much you will shout aloud.