The Beatles Bible - Topic: Make up your mind, John!

skye on Make up your mind, John!

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:30:16 +0000

If you could put that to a tune, that would be great. Thanks.

The Walrus on Make up your mind, John!

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:19:22 +0000

StarWisher said:

The Walrus said:

Instant Karma is full of them. Is John praising this person or persons, or laying into them?

"Instant Karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you right in the face, better get yourself together darling, join the human race"

versus

"Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere? Come and get your share."

Or even better, "Who on earth do you think you are, a superstar?" which sounds like he's angry with someone who thinks too highly of himself, but then agrees "Well, right you are!"

Maybe he's saying the way you're acting now is atrocious, but there's ...

mr. Sun king coming together on Make up your mind, John!

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:04:49 +0000

Very True, M3

MeanMrsMustard on Make up your mind, John!

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:36:14 +0000

It's not really in the lyrics of "Nowhere Man." Here, this should help. And "I'm Only Sleeping" should be pretty obvious....

mr. Sun king coming together on Make up your mind, John!

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:31:50 +0000

How so?

MeanMrsMustard on Make up your mind, John!

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:29:33 +0000

I remembered the really good (maybe) one I forgot!

John's opinions on staying in bed all day sure changed from 1965 ("Nowhere Man") to 1966 ("I'm Only Sleeping")!

Joe on Make up your mind, John!

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:42:27 +0000

"When I'm in the middle of a dream/Stay in bed, float up stream" - I'm Only Sleeping

"In the middle of a dream/In the middle of a dream I call your name" - Oh Yoko!

StarWisher on Make up your mind, John!

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:53:27 +0000

The Walrus said:

Instant Karma is full of them. Is John praising this person or persons, or laying into them?

"Instant Karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you right in the face, better get yourself together darling, join the human race"

versus

"Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere? Come and get your share."

Or even better, "Who on earth do you think you are, a superstar?" which sounds like he's angry with someone who thinks too highly of himself, but then agrees "Well, right you are!"

Maybe he's saying the way you're acting now is atrocious, but there's still hope ...

The Walrus on Make up your mind, John!

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:55:03 +0000

Instant Karma is full of them. Is John praising this person or persons, or laying into them?

"Instant Karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you right in the face, better get yourself together darling, join the human race"

versus

"Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere? Come and get your share."

DoctorRobert on Make up your mind, John!

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:12:21 +0000

"I'd rather see you dead little girl then to be with another man."

"I didn't mean to hurt you...I'm just a jealous guy."

When I write it out, it seems more of an apology than a contradiction. Never mind.

mr. Sun king coming together on Make up your mind, John!

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:07:19 +0000

DoctorRobert said:

The obvious contradiction is Run for Your Life and Jealous Guy, but that's a more obvious changing of mind.

I don't see the contradiction. Can you point it out?

DoctorRobert on Make up your mind, John!

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:44:26 +0000

The Walrus said:

Heehee- 6+9.

Thomas! You dirty boy!

The obvious contradiction is Run for Your Life and Jealous Guy, but that's a more obvious changing of mind.

MeanMrsMustard on Make up your mind, John!

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:44:37 +0000

Holy crabcakes! I got it, I got it!

Dangit. I had a really good one. Maybe it'll come back.

The Walrus on Make up your mind, John!

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:29:29 +0000

MeanMrs.Mustard said:

Hmm… I'm not seeing the contradiction. Could you post the contradictory lines?

Von Bontee said:

"Living is easy with eyes closed/Misunderstanding all you see" – would that be "all you see with your eyes closed", then?

M3- I want sex… actually, dancing will do.

Von Bontee- actually, yes. There are several ways to take that line. My current favourite is "misunderstanding nothing"- so you understand everything, so living is easy.

Heehee- 6+9.

mr. Sun king coming together on Make up your mind, John!

Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:24:34 +0000

vonbontee said:

"I am the walrus" / "The walrus was Paul"

"I am the walrus" / "The walrus was Paul"/ "I was The Walrus but now I'm John".