The lyrics themselves had no setting, imaginary or otherwise. Almost half the songs The Beatles recorded came to the Abbey Road recording studio with a working title. The vast majority of these songs had their finished title within the body of the lyrics, for example, the working title 'Seventeen' was used for 'I Saw Her Standing There' and 'Hello, Hello' for 'Hello Goodbye'.
John's demos put the emphasis on the line, 'It's not too bad', as if this is to be the title of the song. This is different from other working title songs by members of The Beatles in which an original lyric is brought into play as the final title. With 'It's Not too Bad' there is no mention of 'Strawberry Fields', spoken or otherwise, on John's demo and this is after just two months since the idea for the song was conceived. The Beatles were slipping away from John. With Revolver John had five lead vocals with 13 minutes of his music on an album of 33 minutes and with Sgt.
Pepper John would provide lead vocal on four songs and clock up a measly 10 minutes of his time on an album that ran for 40 minutes. When listening to the lyrics we see the chorus is fairly straightforward. After all the years since his childhood and the fame, fortune and fan worship, now, years later, John is telling us that he still remembers that part of his life and that it is important that he can instantly recall this childhood memory, such is the impact and remaining pain he feels and is recalled now into public view.
This is the evocative imagery of childhood. John gives us a care home, but no orphans or children, or the hustle and bustle of children at the annual fair, the brass band, playing games, children running around having fun in the summer sunshine, nothing, just a building that we are invited down to visit.
The main body of lyrics are a challenge to the listener without an understanding of the painful and deeply damaging time in Mendips, along with the sudden and tragic loss of his mother, with whom as a teenager John had rekindled a strong relationship through his visits and staying over. His single-mindedness, determination and resulting mental anguish to finding fame and fortune in return for an escape from Mendips turned out to be a poisoned chalice.
It was the callousness and mental torment that John had been schooled into accepting. The non-stop rain of soul-destroying remarks like this had their effect and John would later give an insight into his poor mental health, recalling his depression and thoughts of suicide.
It was an iceberg, its top a whimsical salve of idealistic times, of an image of contented and cared-for orphaned girls and summer fairs, but below the visible iceberg lies a collection of causalities, of dysfunctional families, unwanted, unloved and neglected children contained within barred windows and locked doors, with no escape, except through their imagination, and along the road, a stone's throw away was another child with a similar existence. This cannot be in any doubt. Company No.
We use cookies to give you the best possible online experience. If you continue, we'll assume you are happy for your web browser to receive all cookies from our website. The building has now been opened as a museum and cafe, as well as the aforementioned training facility, as of September John was the most prolific songwriter of my youth, and even though I was just a kid, I fell in love with his music.
This song, My life, and Imagine are three of the best songs ever written and are very telling of the young man who wrote them. The world lost more than just a songwriter on that day in December of , he opened the hearts of many through his music. John would look at the girls outside playing. This tour by the National Trust is very worthwhile. Thanks for the post Matt! Nothing is real in this transient world and human existence is not serious at all and nothing to get hung about. Most people go through life with eyes closed and never realise this.
Everything is frequency and most people are unable to tune into higher frequencies that reveal a very different world to what Joe Public sees. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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