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To: Mo Chips who wrote (171278)	9/27/2002 12:45:15 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Perhaps more than we have a need to know: beatlesagain.com

To: Mo Chips who wrote (171278)	9/27/2002 12:57:05 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

OT. You know, Mo, I have never really thought about who the walrus is but let me take a stab at it. 'I Am the Walrus' was written in 1967 by John. I think he was inspired by Lewis Carroll’s nonsensical poem 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'. 'I Am the Walrus' opens with Lennon’s Mellotron-intoned phrasings, meant to replicate the monotonous cry of a police siren. As the song’s spectacular lyrics unfold – 'I am he as you are he and you are me and we are altogether' – Ringo's wayward snare interrupts the proceedings and sets Lennon's intentionally absurdist catalogue of images into motion. While an assortment of cryptic voices and diabolical laughter weave in and out of the mix, Lennon's pungent lyrics encounter an array of ridiculous characters – from a 'crab locker fishwife' and a 'pornographic priestess' to the 'expert texpert choking smokers' and Edgar Allan Poe himself. When 'I Am the Walrus' finally recedes amongst its ubiquitous mantra of 'Goo Goo Goo Joob', the song dissolves into a scene from a BBC radio production of Shakespeare’s King Lear. I think this has been described by Ian MacDonald as 'the most idiosyncratic protest song ever written'. 'I Am the Walrus' features Lennon's most inspired verbal textures, as well as the Beatles' greatest moment of musical diaphora: in one sense, 'I Am the Walrus' seems utterly devoid of meaning, yet at the same time its songwriter's rants about prevailing social strictures absolutely demand attention. But, I'm just noodin' here. This is just off the top of my head, let me think about it for a while, maybe I can come up with something better.