Strawberry Fields Forever
Lennon / McCartney Lyrics

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Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about

Strawberry Fields forever

No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low
That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right, that is I think it's not too bad
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream
I think I know I mean a 'Yes' but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about

Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever

Overall Meaning

The song begins with the invitation to take a journey with the Beatles to a place called Strawberry Fields, which is later revealed to be a real place, a large garden in Liverpool near John Lennon's childhood home. This invitation is followed by the assertion that nothing there is real and nothing should cause anxiety or worry. The line "living is easy with eyes closed," along with the entire verse that follows, suggests that the singer prefers to escape from the harsher realities of life into a dreamlike state of existence. As the song progresses, the singer suggests that other people may not be able to understand or join them in this escape, but that it is still worthwhile to try. The refrain serves as a reminder throughout the song of the joyful and carefree nature of trip to Strawberry Fields.

One interpretation of the song is that it speaks to the desire for escapism that many people feel. The Strawberry Fields that Lennon sings about is a place of refuge where the stresses of reality can cease to exist, if only for a moment. The song also touches on the theme of perception and the way that different people can experience the same place or situation in vastly different ways, with some being able to tune in or join the singer in his idyllic state.

Line by Line Meaning

Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields
I'll show you a place where we can escape the real world and experience something different.

Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
We don't have to worry about anything in this place, because it's not real.

Strawberry Fields forever
We can stay in this place forever, experiencing its unique wonder.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see
It's easy to ignore the real world and create our own version of reality that may not align with the truth.

It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me
It's becoming more difficult to conform to societal norms, but ultimately it doesn't matter because we can find our own happiness.

No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low
I feel like I'm alone in my thoughts and beliefs, which are either too lofty or too low for others to understand.

That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right, that is I think it's not too bad
Others may not be able to understand my perspective, but it's okay because I don't feel like it's a bad thing.

Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream
I'm not always sure if what I'm experiencing is real or not, but deep down I know when it's a product of my imagination.

I think I know I mean a 'Yes' but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree
I may think I know the answer or the way things should be, but in reality I might not be correct and may actually disagree with myself.

Strawberry Fields forever
Even with these complicated thoughts and feelings, we can always escape to this wonderful, limitless place.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
Written by: JOHN LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@whatthehellisgoingon5789

18w↑1

@@mashpeek C
Let me take you down,
Gm7
cause Im going to
Gm7
Strawberry fields
A7
Nothing is real
F A7
And nothing to get hung about
Fmaj7 C
Strawberry fields forever
G* Gmaj7 G7
Living is easy with eyes closed
Am G F
Misunderstanding all you see
F G C
Its getting hard to be someone,
Am
but it all works out
F G F C
It doesnt matter much to me

not sure if this is going to post correctly but its just transposed into C instead of A

@kujo5998

So glad John sang his song, and not Paul..
Paul’s great dont get me wrong, but after 3 decades of loving the Beatles, I’ve discovered more than anything, its John whom i really love.. Hadnt even realized that until one day making a playlist of all my fav Beatles songs:
Day in the Life
Strawberry Fields
Twist & Shout
In my Life
*Something
*While my Guitar…
You’ve got to hide your love away
Dont let me down
*Yesterday
Across the Universe
Lucy in the Sky w/ Diamonds
*Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts…
*With a little help from my friends
Ticket to Ride

So not ONLY Johns songs, but wow. I REALLY prefer his songs in general! Was quite a realization that day!

All comments from YouTube:

@bakerstreet101

2y↑797

This is amazing. The Beatles admitted that none of them could read or write music, yet they can play and compose with transcendental ability. Talk about being able to think outside of the box!

@47imagine

2y↑99

A lot of musicians don't know how to read and write music. It's not that big a deal. You just learn an instrument, chords and riffs and develop by ear as you go. But yeah, these guys were really good at that.

@TopherBlairMusic

2y↑33

It helped that the palette was so empty back then. Rock was in its infancy.

@brixenlang3207

2y↑14

@47imagine Well they are just four mediocre musicians who are only good when but together in a band…

according to John at least

@ECCENTRICERIC69

2y↑44

@Brixen Lang

Except Paul is acknowledged to be an incredible bass player.
He is also an excellent pianist, drummer and lead guitarist.

@pattyayers

2y↑7

Lots of great musicians don’t read music- has always been that way

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@wilsonking1617

2y↑881

Would love to hear a full song version with Paul McCartney - his voice and the piano!

@patricklilja3855

2y↑44

I think there is a video of a rare "Paul singing John's songs" medley out there somewhere that I've seen, sadly/obviously many years after John died.

@LingusDaDingus

2y↑5

He did live a few times

@cg9234

2y↑21

There is a live version where paul plays three lennon songs and one of them is strawberry fields forever, maybe you like it

@echodeltatango8030

https://youtu.be/HMo_XUHEjdE

@michaelmccartney8506

Me too

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@Valientlink

2y↑540

A song they recorded just 2 years earlier and yet it was a lifetime of change for all 4 of them.

@villll

2y↑10

that’s just your 20s in a nutshell

@frantschou2369

2y↑33

It’s crazy when you think about how they where only a band for like 8 years

@steveconn

2y↑11

The 60s had enormous change - Dylan, psychedelic drugs, the war - it affected them too.

@L_Martin

2y↑17

John just been introduced to heroin by Yoko. Paul sounds like someone trying to throw a lifeline to his partner here, "Don't you remember? Can you still feel me?" And John giving him static, numbed out on heroin doubtless. Really so sad to see this part of the doc.

@nobyra

2y↑13

Seriously, everytime they sing a song from 2 or 3 albums back, feels like they released 10 years prior and they're reminiscing the "good ol days"

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@iltubodimichele

2y↑587

The best thing I’ve ever seen on a screen, no doubts.
Paul singing John’s best song (imho) looking at him.
I really didn’t expect that.
Wonderful moment.

@chrishei3111

2y↑21

The whole documentary is a gift

@pattyayers

2y↑3

Kind of a low-energy moment — Paul not really into it, John is high, no magic happening here

@brianbradley769

2y↑27

@Patty J. Ayers Um, that's the magic.

@scav61

2y↑5

This was like sitting in with the greatest song writing duo in the history of song writing, amazing how a 9 hour show was too short!

@kathyrothwell7867

2y↑15

I see this as one the most poignant moments in the documentary. Paul having seen the I Love Yoko newspaper articles then lamentally playing John’s song as a ‘hey don’t forget about me, I’m still here and love you too’. And John deliberately not making eye contact with Paul because he knows and doesn’t want to go there

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@ricochet243

2y↑191

This is such a beautiful and intimate moment. The breakdown of a relationship, no eye contact from John, Paul knows he’s lost him but is reminding him of when they were back in Liverpool as boys and telling him that he’ll always love him “forever”.

@kathyrothwell7867

2y↑6

Exactly how I see this too. Quite sad and beautiful too

@al1665

2y↑5

All BC of Karen, I mean, Yoko

@Pernicion

2y↑1

@Al 1 Nah brother. The fault is McCartney's (Paul was utterly vile, to both Lennon and Ono), and to a lesser degree Lennon's (even if he didn't want to, he could have kept Ono at home).

@welcometothejungl3

2y↑30

He’s just jamming bro. It ain’t that deep 😂

@JV-cz6fz

2y↑3

@WelcomeToTheJungl3 That's my thoughts. John Lennon is chilling.

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@the5thbeatle351

24w↑10

The small guitar parts lennon is putting in here sound amazing

@EviiLMooN114

2y↑72

Love how they just jam out there older songs like that, especially considering they weren't ever planning to play these songs in front of an audience at the time. It makes sense how they became so talented in those short few years by just constantly jamming.

@leejohnson3209

2y↑84

One of the greatest songs ever recorded. Very difficult to do it justice live, especially with the technology available to them at the time. McCartney found some nice piano chords that worked here. They were just a great team, and George Martin was so good at helping them realise their ideas.

ps there is some misunderstanding (no pun intended) in the comment section. This wasn't a recording session for the song. They were just jamming it. Strawberry Fields Forever had been released a year earlier in 67. The song was so heavily produced and reliant on unique recording processes, such as backward loops and slowed down tape it was almost impossible to recreate live, which is why it sounds like they are in the writing stage here.

@hw343434

2y↑2

Paul didn’t “find any piano chords”; he’s playing the chords of the song as originally composed by John

@scottbreseke716

2y↑2

It looked like John asked Paul to play the song while he (John) tried to figure out lead guitar parts for it.

@stevesperdacion4148

2y↑1

@ℂ'𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕚 𝔹𝕠𝕟! he was playing some lead guitar here albeit just briefly

@stevesperdacion4148

2y↑2

@ℂ'𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕚 𝔹𝕠𝕟! I mean in this video here you can see him playing quiet guitar. He was bored, and high. Paul was trying to get his attention by playing one of his top songs.

@Frankincensedjb123

Ah, no

@Stevesk0011

2y↑158

Paul watching John. John not looking back; but playing music along with Paul, to show he's listening.

This is indicative of their entire relationship.

@DiegoRodriguez-dw7pv

1y↑16

Paul looked up to John, it was no secret. John admired Paul too, but he was a very insecure man, and he would rarely publicly say so.

@loosilu

1y↑14

@Diego Rodríguez John was very jealous of Paul. Michael Lindsay Hogg says he is almost certain Jealous Guy is about Paul.

@duruuzun1355

1y↑2

lol this comment is so accurate dude you have an amazing interpretation ability(not irony im very sincere)

@gretchennelson7056

40w↑2

@@loosilu Paul thinks so too.

@livingroom9555

34w↑2

You're overthinking.

@Marievas00

2y↑398

This is really Paul trying to call out for John, trying to get his attention, and show that he’s there. That he feels sort of empty with yoko being with John all the time. I can just feel the yearning through the screen

@katiem2420

1y↑32

Absolutely. One of the most poignant moments.

@musicmeister075

1y↑51

She just shouldn’t have been there.

@dabreu

1y↑11

That is exactly what I think.

@LTBP

1y↑1

Paul's image is a marketing gimmick.

@gretchennelson7056

52w↑2

Which is exactly what Jackson wanted to show. The question is why Paul didn’t object to it?

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@Channel10-he2se

2y↑49

I wish they had recorded a version with Paul singing it like this. It's got a mellow, atmospheric vibe to it.

@hw343434

2y↑4

Listen to John’s original demo on acoustic guitar for the vibes

@MarvelousLXVII

2y↑5

To me it sounds like a lounge singer singing it. Not trying to be a troll but John was without a doubt the person to sing this wonderful song.

@ChromeDestiny

2y↑2

This would have been a good one for when Paul did MTV Unplugged.

@ewest14

1y↑1

@@MarvelousLXVIIaul wasn’t actually trying to sing it. If he wanted, he could have sung and played it better than this. He was just messing around

@cullencochran2023

1y↑24

such a profound moment. They loved each other

@BullToTheShit

1y↑6

Great variation on the original. Paul's voice fits it perfectly.

@BugRib

2y↑138

It's like he's trying to get his friend to see him again. There's a sadness to it. McLennon is no more. 😞😢😭

@sappo504

2y↑18

That's an insightful point. I agree that's what happening. Lennon is checked out of the relationship by this point, as he's now hooked on Yoko and heroin. As you say, there's a sadness to it. The death of a close friendship, really.

@KebabMusicLtd

2y↑6

@Bryan Mack Friendship, especially friendship like theirs never ends. They simply stopped working together.
In reality they had outgrown being Beatles and now was the time to follow seperate paths. The retraints that being Beatles put on both their shoulders had become too restricting for both of them. John knew it and Paul didn't. Walking away was always going to be hard, but it had to happen sooner or later.
If a friend and colleague leaves your place of work, do you disgregard him/her and every memory you ever shared together, or do you wish them every happiness and really mean it?

@Riri-oj1zs

1y↑1

John played along though.

@crowkid5553

50w

You know this Waa recorded before abbey road, where sessions were better

@Larrymh07

2y↑13

This is what great bands do: support and celebrate each other's talents.

@loosilu

1y↑1

Great partnerships too. There will never be another like this.

@lukeadams2372

2y↑58

John was never happy about the way Strawberry Fields was arranged, and he's on record saying that Paul took an experimental approach to the song which John wouldn't have done and in hindsight didn't like.

To me, this clip is Paul giving John a glimpse of what the song could/should have been, sensitively done, full of emotion and longing.

@hw343434

2y↑16

John’s original demo for strawberry fields is already like that. John made the ultimate decision for the official version to join two different takes that made it truly experimental so John can complain all he wanted but he was definitely behind the main executive decision on the production of “Strawberry Fields Forever”

@carl_anderson9315

2y↑9

What? John was completely happy with the result, and it’s 100% his work. Why people claim Paul’s authorship in everything, lately? Paul was great with his own songs. John was just as capable of Paul.

@colin6603

1y↑2

You don’t now what you’re talking about

@RJLKMRD

1y↑3

Look, it's all true, and he also complained about this with respect to across the universe, he complained a couple of different times about how Paul sabotaged his songs, I think my whole thing with this is that John just didn't have enough energy in these sessions to see his songs all the way through, whereas McCartney as his wife pointed out was a perfectionist and saw his songs all the way through, that's the difference here, and you can't really blame McCartney for any of it at all....

@loosilu

1y↑4

George Martin did the experimentation. I'm so sick of people sdaying John didn't like Paul's work. He was a massive fan of Paul's work, that's why he picked him as his partner. He never picked anyone else as a partner except Yoko, which IMO was an artistic failure.

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@nogunnofear6703

2y↑15

I too would like to hear a full version of that from Paul. The first time I heard that song I was lying on the flight deck of the USS Princeton off the coast of California. It was night time I was looking at the stars and listening to a San Francisco radio station when they played it. Magic. I miss John

@josebenitez8513

37w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8xeNg7KABY&pp=ygUWcGF1bCBzdHJhd2JlcnJ5IGZpZWxkcw%3D%3D

@haryadisuryonoto1118

2y↑11

Strawberry Fields first verse "let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to strawberry fields... nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about, strawberry fields forever" is very powerful both melodic and lyrics ; i myself often play it from time to time.

@davidr.5789

2y↑5

Il y a plus de grâce dans ces 40 secondes de musique où Paul chantonne au piano cette chanson de John, que dans toute la musique produite au monde depuis 1970.
Certains musiciens donnent du plaisir.
Les Beatles donnent du bonheur.

@hihunter7

1y↑3

I keep coming back to this beautiful song. Learned the song but also learned it in this key cause it's just so aetherial and beautiful

@whatthehellisgoingon5789

18w

I also just learned it in this key. There's something melancholic about it that the original version doesn't have

@mashpeek

18w

@@whatthehellisgoingon5789 mind sharing the chords?

@whatthehellisgoingon5789

18w↑1

@mashpeek

18w↑2

@@whatthehellisgoingon5789 thank you so much for this man!

@whatthehellisgoingon5789

17w

@@mashpeek No problem, I hope it helps!

@rosevan5485

2y↑10

As a freaking rock singer and composer…. The Beatles thought us all about melody and great hooks…… Then as a young band you wanted to hear more….. And then you discovered Helter Skelter….. and then if that song rattled your cage ……. Led Zeppelin came to awaken us all with page, Jonesy, Bonzo and Plant…..
But all of us musicians I hope can give The Beatles the title best band and artist in the world…… yes ,yes… after Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Mahler etc….
A Quebec , Canadian musician . Love you all . PS. The Doors… with Jim and the band we cannot forget…

@hugosanchez7599

2y↑6

This song was released a year and a half before this clip and it was already a pop classic

@Adyman182

2y↑20

He makes it sound like a love song

@ricochet243

2y↑10

That’s exactly how it’s intended. He’s telling John he loves him because he can’t actually say it.

So beautiful.

@kathyrothwell7867

2y↑7

John always wanted Paul to acknowledge his love but Paul could never do it directly in the way John wanted. Paul’s love language was and still is music and you see it in glorious action here. I wish this was enough for John but sadly it wasn’t. It would have saved a lot of heartache.

@matangihealingbyjaya886

2y↑7

Yes , i feel the whole let it be album and get back documentary is full of instances where Paul is trying to express his love towards Lennon and John appeared like his ex now in love with a new partner. I very strongly feel that Long and winding road is also a love song for Lennon

@bombshelterfoxes

@Kathy Rothwell how do you know all of that?

@kathyrothwell7867

2y↑1

@smatryoshka lots of quotes from both of them. Listen to One Sweet Dream and Another Kind Of mind podcasts. They do a brilliant job with bringing the receipts

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@reputablehype

2y↑13

Nothing makes me happier than hearing Paul McCartney not hit notes... he is human! lol

@THEBLUEGLOVE

2y↑2

Sounds perfect to me!

@gregshirley-jeffersonboule6258

2y↑1

@The Blue Glove He's flat

@coopergleason5022

2y↑2

Sounds amazing

@christineperkins4451

2y↑2

Absolutely stunningly beautiful, this has made my day 💕💕💕

@Y-two-K

34w↑3

I'm 28 now...as old as John was in this footage. I'm older than George and Paul were here. What incredible talent.

@jamesbrice6619

Beatles should have released an album of old songs that were reorchestrated and arranged. There were good examples on the Anthology albums and the Love album by George Martin was incredible

@paulshotter2094

2y↑19

Paul McCartney singing strawberries field's forever in the studio good to watch them at work having a laugh with each other good stuff

@maruzencentral

2y↑4

Wow this quality is so clean it doesn't even feel that old

@mohdazmi10

39w

John played the solo guitar ... Awesome !!!

@rareosts5752

1y↑4

Great clip. Paul is missing John while he's still there.

@ParanoidOwlet

2y↑6

The editing of this bit is…suggestive l would say. Lol. Also, love the intense look John has at 0:25

@L_Martin

2y↑7

One soul mate crying out to another 😢

@basketburger

31w↑1

Amazing 🤩

@fougee1

2y↑14

Lennon should be singing McCartney's "Yesterday" along with this.
The way Paul is singing Strawberry Fields it would fit perfectly.

@haryadisuryonoto1118

I think "Penny Lane" is more suitable, as both songs are telling about their Liverpool childhood days.

@qwertyzxcvb4856

at the end of all you need is love you can hear John sing "yesterday"

@manny4552

@QWERTY ZXCVB no he sings a tiny bit of she loves you

@qwertyzxcvb4856

@manny4552 before that he says "yesterday"

@manny4552

@QWERTY ZXCVB maybe I always thought he or someone says yes hes dead... Not yesterday... Who knows... The old Paul is dead hoax was in full bloom then

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@honeyfool007

Here he is playing just for fun...
But this song with Paul at the voice could be absolutely more sweet, sad and intense

@pharaoh8681

2y↑105

This shits so beautiful wtf..

@gretchennelson7056

2y↑13

Because John wrote it.😎

@brucekilby9957

2y↑4

Beatles shit is always beautiful.🎤 📻 ☎️

@amandablack1478

1y↑2

No its not because John wrote it....because while that in itself is a beautiful song...what hits different about this, is that it's Paul. And how Paul is singing it. It sounds like a completely different song. This is beautiful because it's all Paul.

@fourthmusketeer221

2y↑5

That was definitely Paul reaching out to John.

@kidvid20x63

1y↑2

The way Paul is playing it around the 0:25 mark sounds like “maybe I’m amazed” which I think he wrote around this time - could he have been inspired by SFF??

@hw343434

2y↑6

Dig John’s guitar playing on this, specially that initial repeated arpeggio

@stevesperdacion4148

2y↑1

he could tell paul was playing a sad sounding version of the song so he added some sad sounding guitar

@ChucksAstrophotography

2y↑11

I can hear possibly the birth of 'Maybe I'm Amazed' in the way he's playing the piano.

@CapAnson12345

2y↑3

They always used the excuse that they couldn't recreate live what they were doing in the studio but that was a copout. There are ways around it.. for elaborate songs like Strawberry Fields a kind of stripped down version like this would have been a great addition to a concert.

@stevesperdacion4148

yeah really i THINK THEY just grew to dislike touring, didn't want to anymore. Just getting on the roof was tough, only paul and ringo wanted to at first and george refused to do more shows after, even tho it was stripped down on the roof, no crazy instruments just guitar, bass, drums and of course keyboard from billy.

@skysstillblue1123

22w

paul sings a song to get john's attention..... 🥀🍂💭

george at the end faintly: LETS RECORD IT ALL THIS AFTERNOON NOW!!! 😂😂

@YARROWS9

2y↑5

The fact that Paul acknowledged that John wrote this masterpiece himself, puts him right in it. In his book many years from now. He basically gives John full writing credit for only a handful of Lennon McCartney songs. Nowhere Man, and You've got to hide your love away being amongst the other pieces. John couldn't get his middle eights says McCartney. I'm sorry. But if you are capable of writing these songs, you are capable of writing the other stuff that John had took sole credit for.

@xoruzer9977

2y↑4

I think George's little joke at the end refers to how much time they spent on strawberry fields back in '67

@cainpowellpresents3061

2y↑53

Makes me think Paul is singing that to John as a musicians way of saying “is this really what you want?” Yoko was fresh to these sessions and also Johns divorce was effecting Paul. If ‘Nothing is real’ is this situation and relationship you’re in with yoko ‘real?’ I’ve watched the whole thing twice now and this scene always gets me thinking 😂

@dylanwesley3964

2y↑34

I think Paul was just playing a song of theirs to warm up. It's not that deep lol

@nux2208

2y↑1

Not that deep brotherå

@gretchennelson7056

2y↑14

@Dylan Wesley I suggest you rewatch it. There is definetely something going on there.

@FuturoDeRedpillEhAlcoolismo

2y↑3

Agree

@FuturoDeRedpillEhAlcoolismo

2y↑9

@Gretchen Nelson Exactly. Who edited that wanted to give us exactly that sensation, nothing was edited randomly

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@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178

2y↑19

Can we just finally go ahead and make The Beatles a religion? They've been mine for a very long time.

@stuartharrison165

2y↑3

Yep I put The Beatles as my religion in the census . If thousands of people can put Star Wars , why not ?

@scottbreseke716

2y↑1

The four apostles.

@d.r.3362

2y↑6

Yoko's presence sucked the air out of that room... and the band for that matter.

@vangroover1903

Linda McCartney killed The Beatles.

@johngalt6838

1y↑1

A passive aggressive tool to break up the band as Paul had asserted leadership the last three albums.

@gretchennelson7056

2y↑47

I can’t believe Paul didn’t object to the way Jackson edited this. There’s a closeup of the headline John’s in love with Yoko and then they immediately cut to Paul looking intently at John.🤔

@Nerkin610

2y↑20

It represents reality so objecting probably slipped his mind! You can’t keep a lie going forever: “Oh I never saw any such tendencies from John and by the way, Two Of Us is about Linda and Hey Jude is about Julian, nothing fishy going on here bla bla bla”

@FuturoDeRedpillEhAlcoolismo

2y↑6

@Lord Ithkos Indeed

@FuturoDeRedpillEhAlcoolismo

2y↑15

And why would Paul oppose this edition? He hasn't even objected to a kissing scene in the Two Of Us movie, he liked that movie, and on top of that, he has praised the erotic fanfictions about them

@gretchennelson7056

2y↑4

@Futuro de MGTOW é alcoolismo e solidão na velhice When has he ever said anything about seeing Two of Us or even wilder..said anything about knowing anything about fan fiction. I hope to God he hasn’t seen certain ones.

@FuturoDeRedpillEhAlcoolismo

2y↑6

@Gretchen Nelson You're out of the news

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@GravityBoy72

2y↑13

Was Paul trying to remind John to write something this epic again?

@b.r.784

2y↑2

Interesting, but probably it was just a nostalgic moment

@GravityBoy72

@B. R. John was not producing the goods during this project... Paul had a friendly dig a few times.

@hw343434

Well to be fair none of them ever wrote anything as epic as Strawberry Fields and A Day in the Life ever again after that and that was 1967

@GravityBoy72

@Andres C I think they did actually, Hey Jude and the B side of Abbey Road.

@hw343434

2y↑1

@GravityBoy72 I don’t think Hey Jude is on that level (epic ending but it takes forever to get there)… B Side of Abbey Road is epic; not a song as much as a collection of unfinished songs arranged and produced magically by George Martin; I would say “Here Comes the Sun” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” were perhaps the best songs they produced after 67 although The White Album and Abbey Road are FULL of magic and two of their greatest albums ever. definitely a ton of great music after 67 including Hey Jude, Abbey Road Medley, Come Together, Revolution, Something, Because, etc

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@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479

2y↑2

I'm glad John sang it tbh now that I hear Paul singing

@AnyoneCanSee

2y↑1

I honestly think citiers should have a rock orchestra. Every city in the UK pays out millions in taxpayer money for an orchestra or ballet or opera house or all three for the elites to enjoy. Yet with musicians like John Lennon gone, we can never hear his music live played in full with an orchestra and great musicians. It is time that we had programs of music from the 60s played by great band musicians backed up by orchestras with a hired singer that can do them justice. Most of these acts that dress up as Bowie or whatever are terrible or don't have the money for decent musicians. The music should be performed as music with the same respect as the millions spent on producing classical music.

@rettlongmore9389

“Good friends we’ve had, good friends we’ve lost, along the way…”

@PedroAmA

48w↑1

Beautiful

@asgo7320

21w↑2

Oh John, just turn around and look at him! He's trying to tell you something..

@asgo7320

21w↑1

I think John brought Yoko with him all the time because he knew it would hurt Paul. It's like he wanted Paul to be jealous. You always hurt the one you love.

@user-eb3dv6sd2h

2y↑9

I see this as Paul saying goodbye to John honestly. This is John’s quintessential song, Beatles or otherwise, and the fact Paul is singing it on the piano just feels like a goodbye interspersed with the paper headlines. Look at John while he’s playing the guitar, it’s like he knows this is Paul sending him off and wishing him all love. This is an amazing moment here.

@carterwills5015

2y↑1

Don’t think they were thinking that in depth about it. Paul was messing around on the piano, and decided to start playing it. Paul has cited that song as being one of his favorite John Lennon songs, he was most likely just playing it as a little nod of appreciation to John at most.

@prawiraagung4011

2y↑1

"hoes before bros" - john

@jeanregee4912

2y↑22

McLennon is so beautiful

@bernardbarroga1497

2y↑7

I still go for John’s version. It’s just like John singing Hey Jude. It’ll sound funny 😁

@la7dfa

The song relates to John's hardships during growing up in Liverpool. And his darker version is perfect for this song.

@scottbreseke716

John didn't sing lead on Hey Jude, but he did sing some harmony on the verses, and sang on the ending part.

@ewest14

1y↑1

This isn’t a version. Just Paul messing around on piano

@khbkcbdck

2y↑2

They really admire each other... I thought business issues ended up on band break up

@marclaforest3282

2y↑2

For the first time i see Yoko happy and smiling .

@Rayoscope

2y↑1

You'd never hear John singing "Yesterday" in a million tomorrows (never know, will we?) - not even in an "afterlife"... if there is one ... which I sincerely doubt.

@soundshaper

But you can hear Bob Dylan and George Harrison do a version of it, mind boggling isn't it?

@IJustNukedMcDonalds

2y↑2

He did sing it. He said "I'm not half the man I used - because I'm an amputee."

@gremista

2y↑2

Paul knew it of course.

@tylerharris5494

2y↑5

My fucking god this doc is incredible

@SingleTax

2y↑5

By that point John was so mind-controlled he couldn't even go to the men's room without Yoko clinging to his side.

@KebabMusicLtd

That's called being in love... the heroin was probably kicking in as well.

@johngalt6838

mommy issues.

@Rumours_77

2y↑1

I feel like Paul singing this is trying tk get John back in the game, but John is already long gone. He Mentally checked out months earlier.

@mattmanmusic6421

25w

Anyone have the chords to this version?

@lucasmanasevich8153

18w

C (let me take you down cause im going)
Gm ( to strawberry fields)
A7 (nothing is real)
F (nothing to get)
A7 (hung about)
F (strawberry fields)
C (forever).
This is the original key in which lennon composed the song

@Skanda1111

2y↑1

Man looks like you never give me your money was inspired from this jam! I'm not sure. But it feels like that!

@jimmybobhere

What a relief that Yoko didn't start screaming!

@cravingforthecrane

26w

GREAT.

@sb6482

2y↑4

i mean he was the cowriter and came up with the very important intro on the mellotron. its not like he was a complete stranger to it

@jackwalker8007

2y↑1

He was the “co-writer” because of the nature of the Lennon-McCartney partnership, just as John was the “co-writer” of Yesterday. But the mellotron was an inspired piece of arrangement on Macca’s part. Don’t think anyone in their right mind would say he was a complete stranger to this song.

@hw343434

2y↑2

He wasn’t a co-writer at all. The song was brought to the studio by John completely finished, music and words. Was just a matter of arrangement and production in which the entire band/team collaborated and contributed as usual

@ewest14

@@hw343434 John complained Paul ruined songs like Strawberry Fields Forever by being experimental. Thank you Paul for turning John’s amazing acoustic demos into masterpieces with the help of George Martin

@marguskiis7711

2y↑1

John never performed it live. Paul has done it several times.

@henryyuliano3288

2y↑2

Two Pauls are always better than one

@scottbreseke716

2y↑1

One of them is Billy Shears.

@vangroover1903

We need to love Both Pauls. We only have one left, and half a Ringo.

@noobcelot_HaveALittleFun

2y↑1

Tbh like John's voice better on this one

@hw343434

Of course

@Fuzcapp

2y↑1

This would've been an interesting version. Very Wings or RAM.

@michaelkatz9918

Do Beatles have to pay royalties for singing each other’s songs?

@officalhumblefish565

2y↑1

Incredible

@ArmanBaig

2y↑1

john looks so contemplative and conflicted. this hurts

@felixromero2274

2y↑1

He visto puros comentarios en inglés así que.

Excuse me if I make mistakes.

For me it's interesting this scene, because Paul play the piano playing Strawberry Fields looking John, it's some slowly and melancholic for how the life changed for these four boys, and John are doing a little collaboration with Paul in the jam, but John don't look Paul, and, in the middle of all, Peter Jackson show all these newspapers that says "John Lennon: I'm in love with Yoko", it does this more sad, for me these escene it's some tricky in reference to Mc-Lennon, call me conspiranoic if you want it, but if this a puzzle, it's all right.

@beandipcartography

Strawberry fields for Helen.
Good ol' Helen.

@alexanderhdmi7704

2y↑6

John Lennon wrote Strawberry Fields, but it isn't "John's song"... all the Beatles worked tirelessly together to develop it, along with George Martin. The words are John's, sure... but I don't like the implication that every single aspect of Strawberry Fields can be chocked up to John and John only.

@jackwalker8007

You said it all in the first line: ‘John Lennon wrote Strawberry Fields.’ That’s what people mean when they call it John’s song. You’re being dense for the sake of being dense.

@hw343434

2y↑5

The entire composition is John; the amazing melody, the incredibly unique harmony/chord progression (my favorite Beatles chord progression of all by far), the idea to stitch two disparate takes together… the singing, the imagery and words… it was John Lennon with a backing band just like Let it Be was Paul with a backing band (not that I would ever compare let it be to a song like Strawberry Fields but you get what I mean I think

@niloofarghorbani7424

@Andres C they are all true and important. But listen to demos. They are this fantastic fantastic song but it's not that magical thing that was released. It just had the treatment no other beatles song had (ofc because it was this really good thing) but you should consider that too

@hw343434

@Niloofar Ghorbani When you have the most original and creative songwriter ever John Lennon writing masterpieces like “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “A Day in the Life” it inspires the whole team to come up with greater arrangements to fit such expansive songwriting for Sgt Pepper album. These kind of arrangements are only found in John’s songs (also Walrus, Tomorrow Never Knows, Rain, etc)…. no coincidence

@ParanoidOwlet

I love the early demos though. Moreover, l think that the acoustic one with just John and his guitar was the best.

@pastywhiteboy9393

1y↑1

This comment section is just a bunch of random people trying to write their own fanfiction about John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

(Also I like this piano version of Strawberry Fields. Sounds good in the key of C)

@ammytejeda3023

50w↑2

Well, Paul said in an interview that he was jealous of Yoko. Also, Yoko said that she believed that John was in love with Paul.

@michaelmigliaccio1939

2y↑2

One way to make a fortune: sell a DVD version of the Get Back series where Yoko and every reference to her is completely wiped clean. I'll buy ten copies myself.

@stuartharrison165

2y↑3

Seems very disrespectful to John .

@marksutter182

Are we witnessing the genesis of Maybe I’m Amazed???

@marcos_music_channel

2y↑3

It's so much better with Paul's voice.

@gretchennelson7056

2y↑2

That’s ridiculous.🙄😂

@alejo7365

1y↑5

@marcos_music_channel

@Gretchen Nelson why?

@gretchennelson7056

1y↑2

@Marco's Music Channel Because it’s John’s song and no one can do it like him. No fancy, long winded explanations are needed..that’s just the way it is. And before you say it’s just that I don’t like Paul-I also don’t like Elton’s version of LITSWD or Pinball Wizard. Sometimes certain songs just sound best with the original singer. IMO, that’s especially true with John.

@pwhornat

2y↑7

Thanks for posting dehra dun, it's a lovely bit

@well_i_liked_it

28w

George just wants to go home.

@kujo5998

@almondpristinejoyce1177

2y↑1

Paul looks like someone I know.

@louisme5411

Can I have their number please 🙋🏻‍♀️

@stormhawk3319

2y↑8

Was Paul trying to get John’s attention, because he seemed oblivious to it.

@ButeSound

2y↑1

The 'someone's playing my song' instinct cannot be turned off, would spot it a mile off through a wall.

@stevesperdacion4148

2y↑3

john heard it and reacted not with words but with guitar notes, and paul would know what that meant.

@MurarichSiberian

Нихуа себе!))) Земляничка на полянке!

@j.philipjimenez3395

52w

They seem to be having a really difficult time playing this music. Some of the chords are wrong. I'm beginning to think that maybe Theodor Adorno really did write their music. And the breakup of the Beatles in 1970 corresponded with Adorno's death, but blamed unconvincingy on Yoko.

@NosemanYT

44w↑2

the chords are different (not wrong, particularly, but different) because it was written on guitar, and paul is playing it on the piano. the number of theories behind the beatles and their music is simply astounding to me, but you can't be serious? some of george, paul, AND john's most popular works came after the beatles. who wrote them then? billy shears?

@zdvxgf

23w

This clip was literally just a random impromptu jamming of them what are you taking about ffs and Paul's playing in the "original" key of C which just proves it, do you even know that "strawberry fields" was originally demoed in the key of C? Have you even seen Paul explaining and playing these stuffs clearly? I highly doubt it as by the sound of your comment it looks like it's more convenient for you to be gullible and delusional.

@zdvxgf

23w

Also the idea of "Yoko being responsible for their break up" is mostly just assumptions made by fans, The Beatles themselves never blamed her. The real cause of their breakup was multifaceted, includes business and personal struggles and in fact it was John himself who instigated the break up. Lots of logical answers can be found base on their interviews yet here you are presuming with that false idea in order to support your own theory.

@j.philipjimenez3395

23w

@@zdvxgf It's illogical to assume that my suspicion is incorrect. The idea that Theodor Adorno wrote the Beatles' music is not 'my theory'. And I only said that I am beginning to suspect it. My reasons are logical. I a have a decent amateur education in music--enough of an education to appreciate the very high level of music theory that must have gone into writing so much of the Beatles' output. To my educated mind, the idea that this music could have been written by young guys who could barely read music is far-fetched. And Adorno's death coinciding with break-up of the Beatles (a break-up that comes with several inconclusive "logical" theories) leads me to speculate accordingly. The theory might make you uncomfortable, but the beauty of logic is that it has a way of getting to truth without getting bogged down in people's feelings. You seem to be personally offended by the Adorno hypothesis but have no real basis for rejecting it. If you can present something other than feelings, I would be more than happy to put my suspicions to rest.

@gipperbanana

18w

this is paul subconconciously saying sorry for ruining the original , listen to the original demo which is way better than the final version ..john said the same and he was right , i am btw a massive fan of PM but the sabotage is clear to me , people say john was lazy and he was but he depended on his buddy in that one moment paul failed , the song is ethereal and john could never capture it and paul did not do his usual magic..., lennon and mccartney were the greatest team ever and they both knew it , and john felt it just as much as Paul

@glgl1327

2y↑11

Well, legally, it's his half his tune.

@kelvendyson1508

2y↑1

I kinda got the feeling they were doing songs like SFF to see if they could actually play it live...jmo!!

@phillydisco

2y↑2

He left out the 'I buried Paul' ending. I guess Faul didn't want to give himself away

@vangroover1903

New Paul has always been just as good a Paul as Paul Pau, and he's the only Paul we have leftl. He should have worn his seatbelt, just like Princess Die-ana.

@Porfabiana1

❤️

@donnaone1nine

2y↑4

John knew what Paul was trying to say despite the piano mistakes and being off key, very sweet moment. But, John’s version of Get Back was better than Paul could ever dream of doing it.

@hw343434

2y↑1

I heard Johns rocking version of “Get Back” and wondered why they didn’t do it like that instead of the soft melodic singing

@axoram

within the history of art of the 900

@ewest14

Lennon fanboys are so tiring. In every comment about someone enjoying Paul singing this song, a Lennon fanboy has to jump in saying how John is better, Paul’s solo music is trash, and how shitty Paul is in general. Every fan base has toxic fans, but John fans are definitely the most toxic out of all Beatles fans