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|    Curtis Eagal to All    |
|    "Cold Turkey" Not A Beatles Song, 'Now A    |
|    31 Dec 23 16:18:06    |
      From: eagalitarian@gmail.com              When John Lennon previewed "Cold Turkey" for release as a Beatles song, it was       rejected as being off-brand for the band: while this could be understandable       from the subject matter of his withdrawal ordeal, and its extremely harsh       stylistic treatment, the        official video at its end includes a verification of his subliminal       intentions, with a letter-by-letter etching scrawled into the film       frame-by-frame, spelling out 'F-R-E-E-D-O-M,' then the entire word 'FREEDOM'       appears, and quickly seen being scratched        out, coinciding with a brief outro of oddly serene reversed tones. Of course       John sought physical freedom by undergoing withdrawal as the title and lyrics       suggest, yet the savagely repeated electric guitar riff appears to present the       unfinished phrase,               'YOU KNOW THE SAVIOUR WANTED --!"               The concluding tones start with a musical approximation of the word 'Freedom'       being vocalized, adding three more words, completing the thought that had been       recurring in partial form during the strong riff. The theme does not have the       Christ desiring        freedom for Himself, but is more along the "Power To The People" concept. As       primary Dreamweaver of The Beatles' Christ-Dream, Lennon assumed the role of       an advanced theologian, capable of transposing the Creed and story of Jesus       into small doses for        consumption by the unwitting contemporary audience, strung together in a       comprehensive format, having his group collectively task themselves with a       series of projects comprising a Modern Remembrance. The failure of society to       acknowledge his        accomplishment eventually led to his resorting to Primal Therapy, to hopefully       purge the madness of religion from his psyche, where his engaging in disbelief       as a liberating game became culturally embraced as revealing a true atheist       persona - although "       I've seen religion from Jesus to Paul" could be interpreted as looking back at       his collaboration with Paul McCartney. When Lennon attempted in interviews to       hint at how his true intentions had not become common knowledge, it was to no       avail: the public        would believe the lyrics themselves, more than comments by the composers about       them, or how the sounds in the songs were ironically crafted as their       recording art. John explained his 1965 song "Girl" had explored the dubious       notion of suffering in life        to achieve some eventual spiritual reward, as being a forerunner of the idea       behind his later song "God."              The guitar opening of "Across The Universe" presents a remark John might have       uttered about his personal attitude, starting,              'Got NO -        Use For...'               - the remaining two notes finishing the phrase would be self-evident if       tracking the musical-verbal crossover, allowing the instrument to speak as he       said he was intending, but lacking that there is no coherent thought being       conveyed.              As skilled arrangers, The Beatles were able to cover songs written by others       in a mode suiting their own purpose. For the Larry Williams song "Bad Boy"       the strong guitar opening repeats (both times followed by differently-phrased       parts), a dramatic        question -               'Will He        Save Himself?!'              A recurrent riff continues the enigmatic notion by further asking,               "How Could The        SAVIOUR        Save Himself?"              Transcribing basically notes for syllables in the instrumental middle section,       John's trademark scream overlaps a reference to the Crucifixion, although the       context is complicated, and the track was released after it was relevant for       the stage when it        was recorded.               While the crowd murmuring at the opening of "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club       Band" album was taken from a sound effects recording (complete with the       indistinct shout), the orchestra tuning up begins that section of the Christ       dream with strings        suggesting,              'Jesus       Agreed -        To Be...'              - then a violin string being plucked provides,              'DUNKED!'              - before the phrase is completed with,              'By Cousin'              - so the stage was set for the loud electric guitar fanfare, beginning       appropriately with,              'BAPTIZING MAN!       THREW WATER...'              After meditating in India, they took on the challenging stage for the White       Album, using the obscure Infancy texts as a basis, departing from the Gospel       material (as John said towards the end of his apologetic interview in 1966,       they could not self-       generate subjects to continue indefinitely, despite that being the prevalent       perception): the strange chord opening "Back In The USSR" suggests the word              'TWELVE:'               - this is followed by two chords stridently proclaiming,              'Last -        Year -'               - before McCartney finishes by vocalizing,              "...Young!"              So this established the chronology for the Infancy material, regressing from       the age of thirteen, representing adulthood in ancient Hebrew culture. While       Prudence Farrow reclusively meditating to an excessive degree inspired "Dear       Prudence," that        component was merged with the musical adherence to the Christian format, where       the first iteration of a gentle guitar riff in the song implies,              'Young King'              The Infancy texts being obscure to the Western audience means those stories       would first have to be recounted, before explaining how they relate to the       songs on the double album, whose stereo and mono versions had sometimes       significant differences.        However the penultimate track,        "Revolution 9," an unusual avant-garde collaboration between John and Yoko Ono       with George Harrison, has a conglomeration of dissonant sounds and effects       recognizably relating to the efforts by King Herod to destroy in His youth the       figure whose Nativity        was sought by the Magi through prophetic clues as an emerging King: one       recurring loop aurally implies,              'The Herod        SLAUGH-ter!'              The timing for the issue of the final Beatles song, "Now And Then," was       partially dictated by the technology becoming available to separate Lennon's       vocal track from a recording where it was included with piano, emerging from       the "Get Back" documentary        chronology. The lyric, "If we must start again" demonstrated Lennon was       giving up hope that their first effort as The Beatles would ever be       acknowledged as a Modern Remembrance of Christ, and was finally open to       McCartney's idea rejected at their break-       up that they begin again, "From Square One": however this arrived too late to       ever manifest, with electric guitar played in Harrison's style as a homage       lamenting,              'We -        NEVER did'                      [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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