The song from that album that crowbars its way into my skull is Your Mother Should Know. Holy crap, it’s catchy.
And Strawberry Fields Forever is still the best Beatles song of all time, even though it is horribly overplayed.
Oh wow, I find that fascinating. So this would be leftover footage from the “they dang sure ain’t gonna spot us on no radar screen” sequence?
Random thoughts – I believe IATW was composed while Lennon was trippin’. Not just drug-referenced, or drug-influenced.
And on my short list of potential SDMB user names I’d like to change to, is Semolina Pilchard. (Back off – I got dibs).
The quote comes from a guest DJ gig Lennon did on a New York radio station in the 70s. (I think he was sitting in for/with Eliot Mintz.)
:mad: What!? This invalidates one of my proudest moments in Trivial Pursuit play: “What phrase do ‘I Am the Walrus’ and ‘Mrs. Robinson’ have in common?” or maybe it was “Which two songs feature ku ku kachu?” Damn, another claim to fame shot to hell.
That website has background info on almost every (!) Beatles song recorded, including “Flying.” Good song.
Sure it isn’t just the year Lennon said it? I read the book in November and remember that it cited years for statements that weren’t made specifically for the book (e.g., all of John’s comments, since he had been dead for twenty years).
As good an explanation as any I’ve come up with.