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Subject: Re: I liked the songs better before I knew...
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On Jul 13, 6:52 am, "RichL"  wrote:
> How about a Beatles songs discussion?  Here's the idea.
>
> Sometimes it's interesting to dig into what motivated a particular song.
> Occasionally, however, the truth can be severely disappointing.
>
> Case in point:  Sexy Sadie.
>
> I think it's a beautiful song, and before I started reading RMB and RMBM
> I assumed it was about a girl named Sadie who did some wrong to the
> character singing the song.
>
> Then I find out it's about the Maharishi!  Damn, I get all wound up
> imagining this girl named Sadie who broke men's hearts who gets her
> comeuppance.  And it's really about a petty little spat.  All the mental
> images I had formed over the years related to the song, just thrown out
> the window.
>
> I had a couple of other Beatles songs I was thinking about for which I
> had the same kind of reaction, but they've escaped me for now.
>
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I just thought of one:  Hey Jude.  But this has nothing to do with
motivation behind the song.

I still like the song Hey Jude very much.  But when I learned that
Paul and George had a spat about the song's arrangement and George was
upset about it, it made me think of the song in a different light.

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