I Am the Confused

Assuming you know who The Beatles are, a lot of us love their music. But have you heard all of their songs? Songs like Here Comes The Sun, Hey Jude, Yesterday, and Let It Be have been heard by millions of people all over the world. The Beatles are the most bootlegged band, which means they have written and performed songs, but not all of them have been available and legally released. So, have you heard of In Spite of All the Danger, or One After 909? What about I am the Walrus?

This song was composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, made up of three different song ideas Lennon could not finish, also including a playground nursery rhyme.  Not too unbelievably, Lennon had been using LSD when he wrote the first two lines of the song.

Before you start to hate The Beatles because of this song, you should probably know why it was composed in the first place.

When Lennon was a student, he went to Quarry Bank High School, and one day he came across a letter from Quarry Bank. It was written by a student of the school, telling Lennon that an english teacher was making them analyze the lyrics to their songs in class. After reading the letter, he sent back a response to the student, and started composing his next song as misleading and inconsistent as he could.

When the band started to record the song, Lennon had made it clear that he wanted the song a certain way, especially because the recording had a horn section and a sixteen piece choir. He also wanted the song to be written and scored a specific way, so he sang most of the parts as a guide to the composer of the horn section. As the last part of the song, Lennon had added in a reading of King Lear that he had been fiddling with.

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The song was a part of the Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack that went to the movie of the same name. The movie is about magical things that happens from the cause of five magicians on a tour bus, played by The Beatles and their road manager.

The movie is pretty weird, just like I Am the Walrus. If you think this is freaky, have you heard Revolution 9 backwards?