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Won't you come out to play?
Dear Prudence
Greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful, and so are you
Dear Prudence
Won't you come out to play?
Dear Prudence
Open up your eyes
Dear Prudence
See the sunny skies
The wind is low, the birds will sing
That you are part of everything
Dear Prudence
Won't you open up your eyes?
Look around, round
Look around, round, round
Look around
Dear Prudence
Let me see you smile
Dear Prudence
Like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again
Dear Prudence
Won't you let me see you smile?
Dear Prudence
Won't you come out to play?
Dear Prudence
Greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful, and so are you
Dear Prudence
Won't you come out to play?
Weird coincidence! I just finished reading the (in)famous 1970 Rolling Stone interview Lennon did after the Beatles breakup. He was very bitter and angry (also obviously in pain), and everyone remembers all the "genius is pain" kind of lashing out in the interview. But he had some interesting things to say about what is was like for him trying to write music during that time.
Excerpt:
in India I wrote the last batch of best songs, like “I’m So Tired” and “Yer Blues.” They’re pretty realistic, they were about me. They always struck me as – what is the word? Funny? Ironic? – that I was writing them supposedly in the presence of guru and meditating so many hours a day, writing “I’m So Tired” and songs of such pain as “Yer Blues” which I meant. I was right in the Maharishi’s camp writing “I wanna die . . . ”
He can be very funny as well as brutally direct when he's not just being mean. All in all it's worth going back to have a look at the whole interview if like me you hadn't seen it in a long time.
Turns out you can have too much of a good thing. There is now a evidence that too much meditation harms mental health: https://www.verywellhealth.com...
After more than 15 years as a listener to Radio Paradise I finally get to hear and rate my favorite Beatles song!
The high point in modern music.
I used the lyrics to this song for a psychology project when I was in High School..it was part of a photo collage..the teacher hated it and graded me accordingly...I never got over it..obviously.
Teachers can be Gods or true demons! I feel ya!
Ringo - "That's Two drummers!"
"Well can you try?"
In my top 3 Beatles songs! Just beautiful!!
But "Please please me" knocked me out when I was 15 and totally hung up on The Shadows!
Actually, Isaacson was quoting from an Apple advertising campaign, around the time the company was inching back from its near-death experience.
Excerpt:
in India I wrote the last batch of best songs, like “I’m So Tired” and “Yer Blues.” They’re pretty realistic, they were about me. They always struck me as – what is the word? Funny? Ironic? – that I was writing them supposedly in the presence of guru and meditating so many hours a day, writing “I’m So Tired” and songs of such pain as “Yer Blues” which I meant. I was right in the Maharishi’s camp writing “I wanna die . . . ”
He can be very funny as well as brutally direct when he's not just being mean. All in all it's worth going back to have a look at the whole interview if like me you hadn't seen it in a long time.
I used the lyrics to this song for a psychology project when I was in High School..it was part of a photo collage..the teacher hated it and graded me accordingly...I never got over it..obviously.
Breathe in. Release.
Again.
Breathe in. Release.
Continue this exercise for 20 minutes, three times daily, until the feelings pass.
"Dear Prudence is me.
Written in India.
A song about Mia Farrow's sister, who seemed to go slightly barmy, meditating too long, and couldn't come out of the little hut that we were livin' in.
They selected me and George to try and bring her out because she would trust us.
If she'd been in the West, they would have put her away.
We got her out of the house.
She'd been locked in for three weeks and wouldn't come out, trying to reach God quicker than anybody else.
That was the competition in Maharishi's camp: who was going to get cosmic first.
What I didn't know was I was already cosmic."
Walter Isaacson
Not only that, but that bass playing is just... cosmic :-D
For all the talents that were combined in this group, Paul's bass playing seems ever-under-mentioned and -appreciated (as is George's antics, for that matter, but that's a rant for another song ;-) )
The White Album shaped so many of us and kept us from going "barmy"...
"Dear Prudence is me.
Written in India.
A song about Mia Farrow's sister, who seemed to go slightly barmy, meditating too long, and couldn't come out of the little hut that we were livin' in.
They selected me and George to try and bring her out because she would trust us.
If she'd been in the West, they would have put her away.
We got her out of the house.
She'd been locked in for three weeks and wouldn't come out, trying to reach God quicker than anybody else.
That was the competition in Maharishi's camp: who was going to get cosmic first.
What I didn't know was I was already cosmic."
I'm slightly barmy too.
"Dear Prudence is me.
Written in India.
A song about Mia Farrow's sister, who seemed to go slightly barmy, meditating too long, and couldn't come out of the little hut that we were livin' in.
They selected me and George to try and bring her out because she would trust us.
If she'd been in the West, they would have put her away.
We got her out of the house.
She'd been locked in for three weeks and wouldn't come out, trying to reach God quicker than anybody else.
That was the competition in Maharishi's camp: who was going to get cosmic first.
What I didn't know was I was already cosmic."
"The wind is low, the birds will sing, that you are part of everything."
Ha I'm not alone!
Statistically, you are.
You're still a fool after all these years.
"Wouldn't be Prudence."
Yesterday was plain awful.
You can say that again.
Yesterday was plain awful, but that's not now...that's then...
I hope I ever get the chance to go there, sounds great
Play more of it, e.g. "Happiness is a warm gun". Dear Prudence is never played on german radio, I love it, really one of my favourites.
More, more, more ...
We miss you so much, Cynaera... we miss John and George, too... I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma... everybody in my elevator loves this song... we be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll... time flies when we're having fun... we love Radio Paradise...
Ha I'm not alone!
John Lennon at his very best.
You stalked 100's of my ratings and this is the best you could find. We all have are guilty pleasure songs and fortunately for me they are never the Beatles.
On_The_Beach wrote:
From Wiki:
". . . Paul McCartney playing the drums in place of Ringo Starr, who had temporarily left the Beatles. . . .
• Paul McCartney – backing vocal, drums, bass, piano, flügelhorn, tambourine, cowbell, handclaps . . ."
interviewer "...so is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world right now?"
John/Paul "he's not even the best drummer in The Beatles" (snigger)
I thought they were just being flippant - never knew Paul played drums on this track. Maybe they were being serious!
My recollection from watching that (10-part?) Beatles documentary was that Ringo was feeling out of his element (ie the drum parts were too complex) around the time of the White album and took a hiatus from the Beatles until the other 3 eventually pleaded "Come back Ringo. We still love you.". And he did. : )
On_The_Beach wrote:
From Wiki:
". . . Paul McCartney playing the drums in place of Ringo Starr, who had temporarily left the Beatles. . . .
• Paul McCartney – backing vocal, drums, bass, piano, flügelhorn, tambourine, cowbell, handclaps . . ."
interviewer "...so is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world right now?"
John/Paul "he's not even the best drummer in The Beatles" (snigger)
I thought they were just being flippant - never knew Paul played drums on this track. Maybe they were being serious!
f*** The Beatles.
Siouxsie and the Banshees rules! ;-)
I suspect you think it's a competition but it's not. It's just artists sharing.
From Wiki:
". . . Paul McCartney playing the drums in place of Ringo Starr, who had temporarily left the Beatles. . . .
• Paul McCartney – backing vocal, drums, bass, piano, flügelhorn, tambourine, cowbell, handclaps . . ."
Paul's vocals are pretty minimal on this number - it's pretty much all Lennon. But McCartney apparently played several instruments on this - including drums.
f*** The Beatles.
Siouxsie and the Banshees rules! ;-)
I was going to say how totally ignorant you are BMTR but you comment speaks volumes on your total ignorance lol sorry but TAKE A LONG HIKE OFF A SHORT PIER — PLEASE!
Amen.
Caught my attention too. I agree completely
By 1968 most bands had been delving into psychedelia for a couple of years - The Fab Four among them. This doesn't sound as "out there" as the stuff on "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" to me though.
AGREED! Exactly what I was going to say!
It is indeed a wonder...
AGREED! Exactly what I was going to say!
Pure musical brilliance......
Isn't that Donovan, Mia Farrow, Mary Anne Faithful, Peter Asher in that group. Where's Ringo?
That's Pattie (Harrison) Boyd on the far left, and I believe it's her sister Jenny Boyd on the extreme right. Peter Asher is not in that picture, but his sister Jane Asher is standing beside Paul. That's Mike Love peering over from behind Lennon and the maharishi.
f*** The Beatles.
Siouxsie and the Banshees rules! ;-)
Siousie and the Banshees can FROM: John, Paul, George & Ringo
f*** The Beatles.
Siouxsie and the Banshees rules! ;-)
It is top 5 for me and the others are interchangable...
Not to mention a pretty good drummer on this song.
Amen to that! I think the fact that all the Beatles music stands up so well over the years is one reason. I don't know of any other group that has had so much of their material continue influencing other bands many years after they stopped recording.
I don't think there is any.
martinc wrote:
Isn't that Donovan, Mia Farrow, Mary Anne Faithful, Peter Asher in that group. Where's Ringo?
and considering i've loved them since i was about 12 and im now 52 that's 40+ years of growing admiration, appreciation and love.....
Amen to that! I think the fact that all the Beatles music stands up so well over the years is one reason. I don't know of any other group that has had so much of their material continue influencing other bands many years after they stopped recording.
and considering i've loved them since i was about 12 and im now 52 that's 40+ years of growing admiration, appreciation and love.....
Yes!
and considering i've loved them since i was about 12 and im now 52 that's 40+ years of growing admiration, appreciation and love.....
I had the same thought, till I read that it was actually Paul McCartney kicking the drums in this song.
Perhaps because during the recording of their last studio album, Ringo was protesting his role and the band's growing dysfunction and was not attending some of the sessions.
I wanna meet everyone in your hotel room. I think we'd have a never-ending party...
Miss you so much, Cynaera...
love this song...
Clarification, I stand corrected on the drumming. Other premise still stands: damnfinetune.
76 people rated this 1. What is wrong with them?
Oh, so many reasons I could list but I'll just let it pass and enjoy one of Lennon's best!