Saturday, March 19, 2022
Weekend Music
It is really amazing that sixty years on the cryptic lyrics issued by Lennon-McCartney during their "psychedelic" phase still swirl around in your mind. This song led to wild rumors of Lennon's premature death, based on the claim that in Norse mythology the walrus is a symbol of death. Lennon was actually seeking revenge on the pndits who over-analysed Beatle lyrics. The walrus in the song is taken from a Lewis Carrol poem in Through the Looking Glass Lennon wrote the song wile taking LSD. Are you a "stupid bloody Tuesday man" who let his face grow long? Maybe not, but US Person could be the "eggman", or just a "servicable villan". So, in honor of Lennon's visionary lyrics, here is "I am the Walrus", goo-goo g'joob: