This is one of my favourite Beatles songs. This is how I interoperate it....
At the time it was written, The Beatles were trying to break out of their shell and become more opinionated (their views on Vietnam for example). Their first "break away" record was REVOLVER.
With the song "Nowhere Man", they continue with this "breaking away". In the first five lines they try to establish a sad almost pathetic character. A "Nowhere" man if you will. Then, when the listener is thinking about what a pathetic individual this nowhere man is, the line "Isn't he a bit like you and me" comes along. The listener now compares himself/herself to this man and thinks, "could I be like that?", just like The Beatles probably did at some point. The lines "Nowhere man please listen, you don't know what your missing", and, "Nowhere Man, the world is at your command", try to establish that having an opinion is better than not having one. The rest of the song just continues this theme. I
n short, it is a reply to people who feel that the new direction The Beatles took was too controversial and, all in all, a bad decision.
If you agree with my view, or even if you don't, please feel free to e-mail me.
This is one of my favourite Beatles songs. This is how I interoperate it....
At the time it was written, The Beatles were trying to break out of their shell and become more opinionated (their views on Vietnam for example). Their first "break away" record was REVOLVER.
With the song "Nowhere Man", they continue with this "breaking away". In the first five lines they try to establish a sad almost pathetic character. A "Nowhere" man if you will. Then, when the listener is thinking about what a pathetic individual this nowhere man is, the line "Isn't he a bit like you and me" comes along. The listener now compares himself/herself to this man and thinks, "could I be like that?", just like The Beatles probably did at some point. The lines "Nowhere man please listen, you don't know what your missing", and, "Nowhere Man, the world is at your command", try to establish that having an opinion is better than not having one. The rest of the song just continues this theme. I
n short, it is a reply to people who feel that the new direction The Beatles took was too controversial and, all in all, a bad decision.
If you agree with my view, or even if you don't, please feel free to e-mail me.
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@jslatz Holy shit this comment is exactly 20 years old today.
@jslatz Holy shit this comment is exactly 20 years old today.
@jslatz Holy shit this comment is exactly 20 years old today.
@jslatz Holy shit this comment is exactly 20 years old today.