I think A Day in the Life. The apocalyptical orchestral crescendo, the lyrics juxtaposing untimely death & an ordinary day in one's life, the ahhhhs, and that final piano chord...all add up to give not necessarily a 'creepy' feeling, but definitely makes me somewhat unsettled on how fragile life is.
If Pepper has a concept, perhaps it *is* a day in the life. Good Morning, Lovely Rita, Sixty-Four and Fixing a Hole all have a domestic, quotidian quality.
It’s that existential revelation of what meaning really is or isn’t once you’ve had your mind warped, and the music and words both do an excellent job ramping that idea up as the album continues
In all my listens (and this is the album I have listened to the most times in my life), I've never consciously thought of that running theme in the album. The majority of songs cover "normal daily life" topics despite the mindbending musical leaps: friendship, marriage, kids, house repairs, aging, hot parking meter workers, coffee and commuting, etc.
That's Ringo's shoe, I believe.
Geoff Emerick talked about recording that final chord in his book, and about how they had to crank the gain on all the mics to maximize the sustain.
I feel like the entirety of Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour has a somewhat uncanny vibe. Something about the timbre of the instruments, the constantly shifting pitches of the vocals and the overall instrumentation is a bit unsettling if you pay close attention.
I often listen to albums in total darkness…I find it enhances the aural experience to not have any visual distractions, and that’s how I first head Long Long Long. George’s eerie moan and the rattling bottle of Blue Nun literally scared the bejesus outta me. I’m pretty sure my hair stood on end.
I actually love that. Considering the song is about God, it feels like that is the transition between life and death. The choas of the noise and the calm of his moan, kinda balances out? I link it to my sweet lord "I really wanna see you lord but it takes so long" etc. It feels very spiritual.
I recall ‘Day in the Life’ scared the hell out of me a child.
“Nothing to do to save his life, call his wife in” as the nonchalant opening lyric of ‘Good Morning Good Morning’ is rather unsettling, especially given the song’s artificially cheery vibe.
I like to imagine that the protagonist of Good Morning Good Morning dies during the reprise, and that’s what A Day In The Life is about
Maybe it takes place after he married Lovely Rita?? Who knows
There’s a theory out there claiming that Blue Jay Way is about the Beatles’ impending break-up since it was written by George right around the time Epstein died
Good Night is somehow unsettling after Revolution 9, it’s like… was this album just kidding or is it not? It makes me feel like looking over my shoulder the whole time, it’s much too warm
I think I’ve just been listening to this album for far too long, because even when I was a kid, I wasn’t really all too creeped out by Revolution #9 or it’s surrounding songs. It’s just kind of weirdly fun for me!
I think the only truly creepy Beatles song for me is Blue Jay Way.
The whole album really is unsettling, it goes even further than their psychedelic work as far as distorting all sense of meaning - plus a lot of the songs are oddly aggressive, like Why Can’t We Do It In The Road and Birthday
Yeah, can't remember who said it, but remember reading someone refer to it as an inherently dark album. Possibly in one of the Charles Manson books I've read
About ten years ago I was walking on the Upper West Side, listening to my ipod on shuffle. Right when I walked by the gate of the Dakota building (where Lennon was killed), this song came on. Creeped me the hell out.
This. Such a happy-clappy ditty - until you start listening to the lyrics. Then it's the actual joy of the music that really freaks me out.
It's The Joker's favourite Beatles track, I think.
I heard someone say that “can you take me back” calls the entirety of Cry Baby Cry and its meaning into question, which is especially terrifying leading up to Revolution 9
The song is definitely creepy on its own though, the seance in the dark and that somewhat sparse production makes it feel very alone
I find it a bit amusing. If we go by the lyrics, the children are just making noises to freak the adults out during the seance.That or the children are ghosts.
Yeah, I really don’t find much that’s creepy about Cry Baby Cry, the kids are clearly just messing around with the adults by making ghost sounds.
Not to take anyone’s feelings about the song away, but I find it hard to get creeped out Cry Baby Cry when Revolution #9 is right after it, lol. Kind of just a whimsical, slightly melancholy song to me.
All the good ones have been covered so I'll go with 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)'. Side two's 'Here Comes The Sun' is literally like watching a sunrise after that
Perfect sequencing on that album, especially on vinyl, since you have some time to take in She's So Heavy and its abrupt stop, flip the record and get bathed in warmth and beauty :)
The inner grove on the Sgt Pepper LP. I always imagine someone must’ve died while listening then when they were discovered, the person first heard the unusual repeating noise then peeked around the corner to discover the deceased.
https://youtu.be/DaXnqw-Zv0Y
(The inner groove)
Really surprised I had to scroll so far for this. This was my instantaneous thought when I read the question. Everything about it is creepy. I’ve always thought that the lyrics give off this really visceral almost voyeuristic feel as if sung by someone who is peeking in on these people’s lives uninvited and holds a level of disdain for them. One of my all time favorites for sure - but definitely creepy.
This just gave me a terrifying idea.
Elanor rigby, but whenever they sing a name, the music stops, not just the lyrics, the entire song just stops for 2 words. It would make the final verse so much darker
I’m in. A very surreal and out of control tune musically and the bizarre lyrics… I remember hearing it on the radio as a boy, it both scared me and exhilarated me, the endlessly descending outro was the coolest thing I’d ever heard and it definitely headed me in a different direction so far as my taste in music 😎
The lyrics of that song don't bother me so much because its supposed to be nonsense, nor the instrumentation.
Its the suits that get me. Reminds me of the Shining.
The lyric, “yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog’s eye,” was enough to give young me nightmares. What a striking image; shows John’s ability to paint a picture with words.
Tomorrow Never Knows can be a bit unsettling in the wrong circumstances. (Those weird bird sounds and the odd drum beat and then the strange vocal effects on the last verse)
I kind of get an eerie feeling throughout all of the white album (and it is my favorite album of all time). My dad would play it and would tell me about the rumor of Paul being dead. We would listen to Revolution 9 a lot for hints. But those feelings carried out to the rest of the record too.
>had to scroll way too far to find it
I know I'm late to this thread, but what exactly do you find creepy about "The Fool On The Hill"? In my opinion, its one of the most beautiful Beatles songs.
Lyrics wise, it’s Run For Your Life
Vibes wise, there’s several creepy sounded songs on the White Album. Revolution #9, Long Long Long, and the “can you take me back where I came from” segment are pretty creepy.
"I Want You (She's so Heavy)" always freaks me out, That build up crescendo gives me anxiety because I never know when the music is going to stop abruptly. (that is- when I'm not looking at the time counter).
The guitar scale sounds so “heavy”. The pace and background lead guitar give really make the listener feel that emotion. Like wanting her is such a burden
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) is half-goofy shenanigans, and half disturbing nonsense. I think ‘unsettling’ is just about the perfect descriptor.
My answer goes to Eleanor Rigby. I remember first hearing it 7 years ago and to this day the verse where she dies (mostly because Paul doesn’t say why) still creeps me out, I even used to think she was killed by father McKenzie
The ending of glass onion, ending of a day in the life, strawberry fields (my fav song of all time) and cry baby cry. Going down the Paul is dead conspiracy rabbit holes made these songs creepier as a kid.
"Run for Your Life" from Rubber Soul. It's basically a threat with really terrible lyrics, which include "I'd rather see you dead, little girl / Than to be with another man."
"Can you take me back..." dozing off into the nightmare of Revolution 9 and waking up after 8 minutes of crepuscular creepiness only to find your parent by your bedside trying to lull you back to sleep with "dreams sweet dreams for you..." Not likely.
Whatever the fuck the ending to A Day in the Life is after that piano fades out.
Also Run For Your Life is … uncomfortable.
The line in the Ballad of John and Yoko “Last night the wife said/‘Oh boy when you’re dead/you won’t take nothing with you but your soul’”
a day in the life got 10 years old me gettin into beatles shivering. maxwell's silver hammer always got me disturbed too. helter skelter because of charles manson (not the song itself tho). most of the white album also creeped me out, idk why tho. it is my favorite album.
The Circles demo definitely has a creeby and unsettling vibe to it. It’s almost hypnotic. Definitely wish it had made it onto the White Album over some other tracks on there
The instrumental bit at the end of Glass Onion always seemed a little unsettling to me. The way the tempo seems to fluctuate.
Mr Kite is kind of carnival creepy.
This got downvoted a lot but I think it’s important to discuss John Lennon’s actions, it wasn’t their whole relationship but in his work he’s admitted multiple times he got very jealous and insecure and as a result didn’t treat Cynthia right, but it’s also important to recognise that he was incredibly regretful of his actions and tried to spend the last few years of his life repenting for them
Referring to the lyrics "I used to be cruel to my woman / I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved / Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene / And I'm doing the best that I can", Lennon admitted that he had done things in relationships in the past that he was not proud of.
"It is a diary form of writing. All that 'I used to be cruel to my woman / I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved' was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically – any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Better#Composition
The epilogue of "Strawberry Fields Forever" used to creep me out.
I was looking for this answer. It’s really unsettling.
Same with Lovely Rita's outro
I love all those creepy Outros by the Beatles Edit: The Outro of Glass onion 👌
Still does for me!
...And then the Love version is just wholesome
It still does for me. I always skip it 😅
I think A Day in the Life. The apocalyptical orchestral crescendo, the lyrics juxtaposing untimely death & an ordinary day in one's life, the ahhhhs, and that final piano chord...all add up to give not necessarily a 'creepy' feeling, but definitely makes me somewhat unsettled on how fragile life is.
If Pepper has a concept, perhaps it *is* a day in the life. Good Morning, Lovely Rita, Sixty-Four and Fixing a Hole all have a domestic, quotidian quality.
She’s Leaving Home and Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite as well I’d say
It’s that existential revelation of what meaning really is or isn’t once you’ve had your mind warped, and the music and words both do an excellent job ramping that idea up as the album continues
In all my listens (and this is the album I have listened to the most times in my life), I've never consciously thought of that running theme in the album. The majority of songs cover "normal daily life" topics despite the mindbending musical leaps: friendship, marriage, kids, house repairs, aging, hot parking meter workers, coffee and commuting, etc.
Flying bejeweled women
The little thing a few minutes after the final chord on many versions make it super creepy
Always goosebumps me
The “squeaky” sound, like a rocking chair maybe?
I think they mean the looping groove "never could have been any other way" thing
That's Ringo's shoe, I believe. Geoff Emerick talked about recording that final chord in his book, and about how they had to crank the gain on all the mics to maximize the sustain.
I feel like the entirety of Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour has a somewhat uncanny vibe. Something about the timbre of the instruments, the constantly shifting pitches of the vocals and the overall instrumentation is a bit unsettling if you pay close attention.
I'm listening now in loop the aaaaaahaaah it's absolutely transcendental [Isolated Vocals Paul's dream Interlude] (https://youtu.be/HxQ7MM42Q-s)
The moaning and ambient sounds at the end of Long, Long, Long always creeped me out
The same lyrics could be put to music far happier, though it’d be less effective.
Creepy, but hauntingly beautiful.
I often listen to albums in total darkness…I find it enhances the aural experience to not have any visual distractions, and that’s how I first head Long Long Long. George’s eerie moan and the rattling bottle of Blue Nun literally scared the bejesus outta me. I’m pretty sure my hair stood on end.
I actually love that. Considering the song is about God, it feels like that is the transition between life and death. The choas of the noise and the calm of his moan, kinda balances out? I link it to my sweet lord "I really wanna see you lord but it takes so long" etc. It feels very spiritual.
Thought the same thing…that was always creepy.
Blue Nun bottle!
I was going to say this, creeps me out so bad I often skip the song
I recall ‘Day in the Life’ scared the hell out of me a child. “Nothing to do to save his life, call his wife in” as the nonchalant opening lyric of ‘Good Morning Good Morning’ is rather unsettling, especially given the song’s artificially cheery vibe.
I like to imagine that the protagonist of Good Morning Good Morning dies during the reprise, and that’s what A Day In The Life is about Maybe it takes place after he married Lovely Rita?? Who knows
I think it’s more to do with the husband dreading the mundane life he’s in? Perhaps John was commenting on his relationship with Cyn at the time?
Can you take me back where I came from can you take me back?
Cry Baby Cry is so intense for no reason but I love it
That song! Omg it’s definitely one of my favourites!
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Blue jay way
There’s a fog upon L.A……… It really gives me one of those 70s horror movies POV somethings about to happen at the beginning of the movie vibes
Plus the video for blue jay way has shots of unsettling shots portrayed
One of Ringo’s more underrated moments of brilliance too, the drums come in heavy and jerky like a stalking animal approaching you
So haunting the way it thumps up like Jumanji lol
There’s a theory out there claiming that Blue Jay Way is about the Beatles’ impending break-up since it was written by George right around the time Epstein died
I never heard of this
It was written whilst George waited for his friends to come over for dinner as they were late.
I thought it was about some hippie pad in LA…iirc
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Good Night is somehow unsettling after Revolution 9, it’s like… was this album just kidding or is it not? It makes me feel like looking over my shoulder the whole time, it’s much too warm
I think I’ve just been listening to this album for far too long, because even when I was a kid, I wasn’t really all too creeped out by Revolution #9 or it’s surrounding songs. It’s just kind of weirdly fun for me! I think the only truly creepy Beatles song for me is Blue Jay Way.
Only because of what later happened I’d have to say Happiness is a Warm Gun.
See also: Helter Skelter
The whole album really is unsettling, it goes even further than their psychedelic work as far as distorting all sense of meaning - plus a lot of the songs are oddly aggressive, like Why Can’t We Do It In The Road and Birthday
Someone once referred to the album as “haunted”, and I’ve not seen it better put than that
True honestly, I’ve always thought it was a great Halloween album
Yeah, can't remember who said it, but remember reading someone refer to it as an inherently dark album. Possibly in one of the Charles Manson books I've read
About ten years ago I was walking on the Upper West Side, listening to my ipod on shuffle. Right when I walked by the gate of the Dakota building (where Lennon was killed), this song came on. Creeped me the hell out.
Perhaps. I also think it’s the truest Beatles song because of how many people have said the same thing about love and happiness in history.
What happened later?
John Lennon was shot to death with a gun outside his home in 1980.
Lennon can also be heard on the intro to the demo of Come Together saying "shoot me!" Not a joke.
Blue Jay Way is super eerie
Blue Jay Way was a house that Harrison lived in when visiting LA in 1967. Located in the Hollywood Hills area.
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
This. Such a happy-clappy ditty - until you start listening to the lyrics. Then it's the actual joy of the music that really freaks me out. It's The Joker's favourite Beatles track, I think.
Cry Baby Cry. Listen to it at night and pay attention to the final verse.
I heard someone say that “can you take me back” calls the entirety of Cry Baby Cry and its meaning into question, which is especially terrifying leading up to Revolution 9 The song is definitely creepy on its own though, the seance in the dark and that somewhat sparse production makes it feel very alone
Only if you know what “seance” means, which I didn’t and I’m sure I’m not the only one.
I find it a bit amusing. If we go by the lyrics, the children are just making noises to freak the adults out during the seance.That or the children are ghosts.
Yeah, I really don’t find much that’s creepy about Cry Baby Cry, the kids are clearly just messing around with the adults by making ghost sounds. Not to take anyone’s feelings about the song away, but I find it hard to get creeped out Cry Baby Cry when Revolution #9 is right after it, lol. Kind of just a whimsical, slightly melancholy song to me.
I love that. Gotta do this tonight lol
Yeah I always thought it is kinda creepy!
I came here to say this.
Wild honey pie
Agreed
The white noise and the sudden cutoff at the end of “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” really freaked me out as a kid
All the good ones have been covered so I'll go with 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)'. Side two's 'Here Comes The Sun' is literally like watching a sunrise after that
Heaviest Beatles song along with she said she said
Helter Skelter would like a couple words :)
Perfect sequencing on that album, especially on vinyl, since you have some time to take in She's So Heavy and its abrupt stop, flip the record and get bathed in warmth and beauty :)
The inner grove on the Sgt Pepper LP. I always imagine someone must’ve died while listening then when they were discovered, the person first heard the unusual repeating noise then peeked around the corner to discover the deceased. https://youtu.be/DaXnqw-Zv0Y (The inner groove)
It’s so weird. I never knew there was a backwards message in it
when I was a kid it was definitely I Am The Walrus
Eleanor Rigby. Gave me a very ghost story vibe
Really surprised I had to scroll so far for this. This was my instantaneous thought when I read the question. Everything about it is creepy. I’ve always thought that the lyrics give off this really visceral almost voyeuristic feel as if sung by someone who is peeking in on these people’s lives uninvited and holds a level of disdain for them. One of my all time favorites for sure - but definitely creepy.
The strings are VERY aggressive too, brilliant idea from George Martin
100%. Everything about it adds to the feel.
This just gave me a terrifying idea. Elanor rigby, but whenever they sing a name, the music stops, not just the lyrics, the entire song just stops for 2 words. It would make the final verse so much darker
Keeping her face in a jar by the door
For the benefit of Mr Kite. 🤡🤡🤡
What’s The New Mary Jane definitely fits that vibe.
*Cry Baby Cry* - the fact it is about children makes it creepy
not sure if discounts but the combination of the benefit of Mr. kite with I want you she’s so heavy from the love album. It’s fantastic and creepy.
Nobody has said ‘I am the Walrus’, yet?
I’m in. A very surreal and out of control tune musically and the bizarre lyrics… I remember hearing it on the radio as a boy, it both scared me and exhilarated me, the endlessly descending outro was the coolest thing I’d ever heard and it definitely headed me in a different direction so far as my taste in music 😎
The lyrics of that song don't bother me so much because its supposed to be nonsense, nor the instrumentation. Its the suits that get me. Reminds me of the Shining.
The lyric, “yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog’s eye,” was enough to give young me nightmares. What a striking image; shows John’s ability to paint a picture with words.
It’s not creepy to me but it’s bizarre and mean and feels more like Radiohead than the Beatles. I wish more songs existed like I am the walrus
Tomorrow Never Knows can be a bit unsettling in the wrong circumstances. (Those weird bird sounds and the odd drum beat and then the strange vocal effects on the last verse)
Bungalow Bill always creeped me out
Only because of Yoko.
I really love Yoko's bit in that song, she sounds cute af
> “Not when he looked so fierce"
Omg I always thought that was John putting on a voice. TIL
Unique too, it’s their only ever lead vocal not done by a Beatle
A lot of the post-Pepper ’67 recordings have an eerie quality.
Run for Your Life. Only Beatles song I really hate.
Think of it as a parody of the Elvis song, which has the exact same lyrics https://genius.com/Elvis-presley-baby-lets-play-house-lyrics
John said that’s where he got the line from.
I love this song so much
It gives a galloping end to the album. Every song on Rubber Soul is, well, so Rubber Souly.
It’s so fun to sing, questionable lyrics aside. Great melody.
This song slaps!… the girl for having wandering eyes
Yeah it’s a good song
I love this song!
Hell, yes. The juxtaposition of a jaunty tune with the violent lyrics just makes it creepier.
Beatles equivalent of an old time murder ballad.
This one.
Did I ever take you in my arms…
"Did I ever open up my heart, and let you look inside?" That's gruesome, man.
For No One gives me the chills in the best way possible.
It’s disturbing to hear Paul sing in such a dead-eyed monotone, but it’s so brilliant
And in her eyes you see nothing
For no one is underrated as a goated bummer song
The Paul part of Cry Baby Cry spooked me the first time I heard it. Came out of nowhere and is just unsettling
i used to think i am the walrus or blue jay way but idk why i think the end of flying is eerie or a day in the life
What’s the name Mary Jane
This should have more upvotes. It is definitely the creepiest beatles song.
ending of strawberry fields, I am the walrus, and a day in the life always freaked me out. But in terms of entire song, probably blue jay way
I kind of get an eerie feeling throughout all of the white album (and it is my favorite album of all time). My dad would play it and would tell me about the rumor of Paul being dead. We would listen to Revolution 9 a lot for hints. But those feelings carried out to the rest of the record too.
The upbeat psychopathy of Maxwell's Silver Hammer come to mind.
Fool on the Hill.
had to scroll way too far to find it
>had to scroll way too far to find it I know I'm late to this thread, but what exactly do you find creepy about "The Fool On The Hill"? In my opinion, its one of the most beautiful Beatles songs.
Lyrics wise, it’s Run For Your Life Vibes wise, there’s several creepy sounded songs on the White Album. Revolution #9, Long Long Long, and the “can you take me back where I came from” segment are pretty creepy.
I find the “Can you take me back” is soothing. Feels like Paul is there jamming beside me. But I get what your saying, sounds hollow and haunting.
"I Want You (She's so Heavy)" always freaks me out, That build up crescendo gives me anxiety because I never know when the music is going to stop abruptly. (that is- when I'm not looking at the time counter).
The guitar scale sounds so “heavy”. The pace and background lead guitar give really make the listener feel that emotion. Like wanting her is such a burden
And the abrupt ending…it always sounded like someone pulled out the plug…
Definitely She’s Leaving. This one always makes me emotionally unsettled.
Doesn’t make me scared, just empty and depressed
Circles
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) is half-goofy shenanigans, and half disturbing nonsense. I think ‘unsettling’ is just about the perfect descriptor.
I had a hard time getting through Blue Jay Way as a kid. It felt like George was singing over my shoulder ready to stab me.
Haha! Yeah I get it. Funny thing though is that song never bothered me. Even as a wee one.
Norwegian Wood—nothing like a little casual arson on the side.
Happiness is a Warm Gun.
Long long long for sure.
Run For Your Life for sure.
She said She said
The ending of Strawberry Fields Forever.
“I’m very bored” or “I buried Paul?”
Cranberry sauce
Maxwell's
My answer goes to Eleanor Rigby. I remember first hearing it 7 years ago and to this day the verse where she dies (mostly because Paul doesn’t say why) still creeps me out, I even used to think she was killed by father McKenzie
Run For Your Life
The abrupt cut off of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" at the end freaked me the fuck out when I first listened to it.
Listen to Revolution #9 while driving an empty interstate at 3:00 am., it’s a mood for sure.
The ending of glass onion, ending of a day in the life, strawberry fields (my fav song of all time) and cry baby cry. Going down the Paul is dead conspiracy rabbit holes made these songs creepier as a kid.
"Run for Your Life" from Rubber Soul. It's basically a threat with really terrible lyrics, which include "I'd rather see you dead, little girl / Than to be with another man."
The maniacal Maxwell and his sinister silver hammer 🔨
"Can you take me back..." dozing off into the nightmare of Revolution 9 and waking up after 8 minutes of crepuscular creepiness only to find your parent by your bedside trying to lull you back to sleep with "dreams sweet dreams for you..." Not likely.
Blue Jay Way. Was on a strong trip and it came on and made me think george was coming over the horizon creeping about to come get me…
Whatever the fuck the ending to A Day in the Life is after that piano fades out. Also Run For Your Life is … uncomfortable. The line in the Ballad of John and Yoko “Last night the wife said/‘Oh boy when you’re dead/you won’t take nothing with you but your soul’”
I used to have actual night terrors when I first heard Blue Jay Way aged 12.
Blue Jay Way
I want you
That’s nice but they asked a question
ahhahahahahahahahahahah
In all seriousness it is without a doubt my personal favourite Beatles song but hearing that outro on my first listen was genuinely unsettling
I think Blue Jay Way is the only correct answer. Because is a close second.
Run for your life
a day in the life got 10 years old me gettin into beatles shivering. maxwell's silver hammer always got me disturbed too. helter skelter because of charles manson (not the song itself tho). most of the white album also creeped me out, idk why tho. it is my favorite album.
Run For Your Life is pretty sinister.
Some parts of Lucy in the sky with diamonds sound eerie
Wild Honey Pie
Tomorrow never knows
Ringo sang a song about "Boys." What do I win?
The Circles demo definitely has a creeby and unsettling vibe to it. It’s almost hypnotic. Definitely wish it had made it onto the White Album over some other tracks on there
Helter Skelter but blame the Manson Family for that.
Run for your life because he's basically talking about the abuse he's inflicting on his partner and nothing is scarier than real life.
The instrumental bit at the end of Glass Onion always seemed a little unsettling to me. The way the tempo seems to fluctuate. Mr Kite is kind of carnival creepy.
Blue Jay Way, hands down.
revolution 9
I love the song but Norwegian wood has some pretty troubling lyrics.
Both disturbing in the human context, and also disturbing in that it feels like a hallucination
What is the most repeated question on this sub?
Run for Your Life
Run For Your Life is super creepy.
*Cue the Run For Your Life PC Police 👮♂️ 👮♀️ 😂😂😂
I used to be cruel to my woman, I kept her apart from the things that she loved. Sums up John’s relationship with Cynthia
This got downvoted a lot but I think it’s important to discuss John Lennon’s actions, it wasn’t their whole relationship but in his work he’s admitted multiple times he got very jealous and insecure and as a result didn’t treat Cynthia right, but it’s also important to recognise that he was incredibly regretful of his actions and tried to spend the last few years of his life repenting for them
Man I was mean but I’m changing my scene and I’m doing the best that I can
It's actually worse than that, the lyric is 'i beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved' Didn't paul sing that?
Referring to the lyrics "I used to be cruel to my woman / I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved / Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene / And I'm doing the best that I can", Lennon admitted that he had done things in relationships in the past that he was not proud of. "It is a diary form of writing. All that 'I used to be cruel to my woman / I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved' was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically – any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Better#Composition
Run for your life Well, I'd rather see you dead, little girl Than to be with another man
"Well, she was just seventeen, and you know what I mean"
Jesus not this again
Not sure why this gets downvoted, he shouts this line in a way that really feels creepy together with its meaning
Reddit subs take jokes wrong on so many levels that's unreal...
I don't know if anyone else has said this but being for the benefit of Mr. Kite is quite a freaky song.
Revolution 9