What does that mean? At first I thought it was Love Me “Due” as in give me my due in your heart or something like that, but it is “Do.” Little help?
Love me, do. You know I love you.
IOW, Do please go ahead and love me because I love you.
Methinks you’re thinking waayy too hard about it. I am morally opposed to emoticons of any type or I would insert a happy smiley here
Paul McCartney says:
It’s all about the Beatles’ famously shaggy haircuts. Using “me” for “my” is a well-established Liverpudlianism (that’s Liverpool slang, ya know). And “do” has been a shortened version of “hairdo” since at least the 18th century.
So. “Love me do” = “Love my haircut” = “Don’t reject us for superficial reasons like our ‘crazy’ hair – give us a closer listen and you’ll find that we’re really quite a good band.” It’s a simple, heartrending plea for acceptance – nay, for an embrace – and as Beatlemania demonstrated, it was wildly successful.
Some people write it off as a silly love song, but you’ve always got to look to the next level with those clever Beatles.
I dunno, I always thought that their hair made them look like girls. Did they ever sell any albums?
They had that one hit, “I’m a Believer” that was covered by Smashmouth for the Shrek soundtrack.
But does anyone have any idea what “Love You To” means? Love you to what?
interrobang:
You are so going to hell for that one!
“Love you Do” requires more analysis than “A Whiter shade of Pale”
interrobang–interesting and funny analysis. Others, don’t easily dismiss it. A sign of a good poem is that it can be interpreted as such in different ways 40 years later.
Bizarre or what…I just finished listening to this song right before I opened the thread.
Yes, I felt I had to share.