Topic: John Lennon is saying "shoot me" at the start of Come Together.
Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc started this discussion 5 hours ago #126,049
Not "shoom" or "shoop" or whatever other bollocks people keep thinking he's saying. It's "shoot me". Which is kind of prophetic really.
Cool song, one of the best on Abbey Road. I'll be treating you all to a top 50 Beatles tunes soon so stay tuned. Have a blessed Friday everyone!
Cool song, one of the best on Abbey Road. I'll be treating you all to a top 50 Beatles tunes soon so stay tuned. Have a blessed Friday everyone!
tteh !MemesToDNA joined in and replied with this 2 hours ago, 2 hours later[^] [v] #1,365,339
What do you reckon about the idea that it's a drug reference? Not sure I buy it. (I've heard the same about "I need a fix 'cause I'm going down" in Happiness Is a Warm Gun.)
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Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 2 hours ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,341
tteh !MemesToDNA replied with this 2 hours ago, 5 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,342
@previous (C)
No, I'm just not convinced that line in particular is a heroin reference. Everyone else seems to think it is.
Obviously he was happy to sing about drugs lol. She Said She Said, Cold Turkey, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (even if he never admitted it), etc.
No, I'm just not convinced that line in particular is a heroin reference. Everyone else seems to think it is.
Obviously he was happy to sing about drugs lol. She Said She Said, Cold Turkey, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (even if he never admitted it), etc.
tteh !MemesToDNA double-posted this 2 hours ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,343
@1,365,341 (C)
Also to be clear I meant the "shoot me" being a heroin reference. "I need a fix 'cause I'm going down." pretty obviously is.
Also to be clear I meant the "shoot me" being a heroin reference. "I need a fix 'cause I'm going down." pretty obviously is.
Anonymous C replied with this 2 hours ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,344
@previous (tteh !MemesToDNA)
Oh yeah he loves his drug inspired singing. He denied Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds just like he denied "I need a fix" so don't take his word for anything
Oh yeah he loves his drug inspired singing. He denied Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds just like he denied "I need a fix" so don't take his word for anything
tteh !MemesToDNA replied with this 2 hours ago, 8 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,348
@previous (C)
Did he outright deny "I need a fix", or just downplay it and answer ambiguously? He at least had plausible answers about Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (his son scribbling or whatever).
Did he outright deny "I need a fix", or just downplay it and answer ambiguously? He at least had plausible answers about Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (his son scribbling or whatever).
Anonymous C replied with this 2 hours ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,350
@previous (tteh !MemesToDNA)
Lucy really was probably a coincidence: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds/
> Did he outright deny "I need a fix",
Well I remember him denying it outright but we're talking many years ago, I could be wrong
Lucy really was probably a coincidence: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds/
> Did he outright deny "I need a fix",
Well I remember him denying it outright but we're talking many years ago, I could be wrong
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Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc (OP) replied with this 1 hour ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,351
Speaking of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, 3-year-old Julian Lennon's sketch that inspired the song is now owned by none other than Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.(Edited 1 minute later.)
Anonymous C replied with this 1 hour ago, 4 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,355
tteh !MemesToDNA replied with this 1 hour ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,357
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Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc (OP) replied with this 1 hour ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,359
@1,365,355 (C)
> Whacky drawing for a kid.
It is. Sadly Lucy O'Donnell (Julian's school friend and subject of the sketch) died young in 2009. Complications due to lupus.
> Whacky drawing for a kid.
It is. Sadly Lucy O'Donnell (Julian's school friend and subject of the sketch) died young in 2009. Complications due to lupus.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 hour ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,360
BTW, the "me" is so nearly imperceptible I don't blame folks for hearing "shoop." The real lyric is so out of place nobody is primed to hear it. No comment on whether it was about heroin or not. Who knows.
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