"That was just a sort of nice line that I made into a song. It was about me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow of love. Everything is clear and open when you're in love. Everybody was sort of tense around us: You know, 'What is she doing here at the session? Why is she with him?' All this sort of madness is going on around us because we just happened to want to be together all the time." - John Lennon
Basically the song is about how John felt that everyone was so nervous, except for him and Yoko because they were so in love. George Harrison also believed the "monkey" part was a reference to John's heroin habit, so there's definitely a heroin influence. "Oh, the deeper you go the higher you fly, the higher you fly the deeper you go" - definitely sounds like a drug reference to me.
If it was a reference then perhaps the "monkey" part came from some of the virulent racist slurs that were hurled against he and Yoko. They took the hate and flung it back at them in derision. Something Lennon did all the time.
If it was a reference then perhaps the "monkey" part came from some of the virulent racist slurs that were hurled against he and Yoko. They took the hate and flung it back at them in derision. Something Lennon did all the time.
"That was just a sort of nice line that I made into a song. It was about me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow of love. Everything is clear and open when you're in love. Everybody was sort of tense around us: You know, 'What is she doing here at the session? Why is she with him?' All this sort of madness is going on around us because we just happened to want to be together all the time." - John Lennon
Basically the song is about how John felt that everyone was so nervous, except for him and Yoko because they were so in love. George Harrison also believed the "monkey" part was a reference to John's heroin habit, so there's definitely a heroin influence. "Oh, the deeper you go the higher you fly, the higher you fly the deeper you go" - definitely sounds like a drug reference to me.
If it was a reference then perhaps the "monkey" part came from some of the virulent racist slurs that were hurled against he and Yoko. They took the hate and flung it back at them in derision. Something Lennon did all the time.
If it was a reference then perhaps the "monkey" part came from some of the virulent racist slurs that were hurled against he and Yoko. They took the hate and flung it back at them in derision. Something Lennon did all the time.
Sounds like you might be onto something
Sounds like you might be onto something