Continued from Loving the Beatles Part I.
Why are song lyrics (and movies) sometimes important? My teacher teaches and I believe that the collective consciousness of the Earth, also known as Gaia, seeks ways of reaching out to people and teaching them. Teaching people ideas that increases their understand of the universe and how it works, so the level of their consciousness is raised. Songs and movies can reach a large number of people world-wide and can affect how they think. Which, in turn, affects how the collective thinks. Hopefully creating an every spirially upward increase in knowledge and understanding.
The last 15 songs in the 23 song mix:
While My Guitar Gently Weeps, The Beatles [the White Album]
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps
According to Harrison, inspiration for the song came from reading the I Ching, which, as he put it, “seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else, as opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental.”
Rocky Raccoon, The Beatles [the White Album]
Octopus’s Garden, The Beatles [the White Album]
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus%27s_Garden
Harrison commented: “‘Octopus’s Garden’ is Ringo’s song. It’s only the second song Ringo has ever written, mind you, and it’s lovely.” Ringo’s first solo composition had been “Don’t Pass Me By” on The Beatles album. He added that the song gets very deep into your consciousness “because it’s so peaceful. I suppose Ringo is writing cosmic songs these days without even realizing it.”
Cry Baby Cry, The Beatles [the White Album]
Help!, Help!
Day Tripper, B side single
Blackbird, The Beatles [the White Album]
Here Comes the Sun, Abbey Road
I’m So Tired, The Beatles [the White Album]
Carry That Weight, Abbey Road
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I’m_So_Tired
Lennon wrote the song at a Transcendental Meditation camp when he couldn’t sleep. The Beatles had gone on a retreat to study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India. After three weeks of constant meditation and lectures, Lennon missed his soon-to-be wife, Yoko Ono, and wrote this song. The fact it was recorded at three in the morning enhances the sentiment.
Across the Universe, No One’s Gonna Change Our World
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_the_universe
The flavor of the song was heavily influenced by Lennon’s and The Beatles’ short-lived interest in Transcendental Meditation in late 1967–early 1968, when the song was composed.
In his 1970 interview with Rolling Stone, Lennon referred to the song as perhaps the best, most oetic lyric he ever wrote.
Glass Onion, The Beatles [the White Album]
Sexy Sadie, The Beatles [the White Album]
Hey Jude, single
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Jude
In 1968, John Lennon and his wife Cynthia Lennon separated due to his affair with Yoko Ono. Soon afterwards, Paul McCartney drove out to visit Cynthia and Julian, her son with Lennon. “We’d been very good friends for millions of years and I thought it was a bit much for them suddenly to be persona non gratae and out of my life,” McCartney said. Later, Cynthia Lennon recalled, “I was truly surprised when, one afternoon, Paul arrived on his own. I was touched by his obvious concern for our welfare…. On the journey down he composed ‘Hey Jude’ in the car. I will never forget Paul’s gesture of care and concern in coming to see us.”
The song’s original title was “Hey Jules”, and it was intended to comfort Julian Lennon from the stress of his parents’ divorce. McCartney said, “I started with the idea ‘Hey Jules’, which was Julian, don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better. Hey, try and deal with this terrible thing. I knew it was not going to be easy for him. I always feel sorry for kids in divorces …
A Day in the Life, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band