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Post by ThisBirdHasFlown on May 5, 2005 2:36:49 GMT -5
My fav beatles song is Norwegian Wood and Julia!
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Post by Starkey. on May 5, 2005 3:02:19 GMT -5
Everytime i listen to Norwegian wood, i laugh. ......... ..... Maybe thats a good thing. Even though someone came up with some theory that He lit someones house on fire....  |
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Post by ThisBirdHasFlown on May 5, 2005 4:07:50 GMT -5
supposedly that did happen, along with the affair.  |
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Post by Starkey. on May 5, 2005 4:49:28 GMT -5
What affair? I didnt work that out?!! What! I don not understand metaphors. All i figured out was there was lots of wood involved in teh song. -runs in a corner and bashes own head- Ive been told I can only understand simple songs.  |
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Post by ThisBirdHasFlown on May 5, 2005 4:53:58 GMT -5
Oops!
Ummm, no affair, happy song, ay very simple tune, nothing to worry......
*Hope I dodged that bullet....
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Post by Starkey. on May 5, 2005 5:51:03 GMT -5
Your getting metaphorical!  What bullet? |
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Post by ThisBirdHasFlown on May 5, 2005 6:12:22 GMT -5
DONT GET HISTORICAL!
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Post by lookingthroughyou on May 5, 2005 15:59:33 GMT -5
-laughs at the both of you-
niiiiice.
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Post by Starkey. on May 14, 2005 9:23:51 GMT -5
Umm...thanks Liv...  |
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Post by droptheworld on May 14, 2005 11:17:29 GMT -5
i heard somewhere that norwegian wood was about a lesbian or something...
but i'm pretty sure its about an affair...and i never caught the house on fire thing.
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Post by lookingthroughyou on May 14, 2005 11:40:48 GMT -5
Umm...thanks Liv... welcome. ;D |
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Post by Emma on May 14, 2005 15:26:22 GMT -5
i heard somewhere that norwegian wood was about a lesbian or something... but i'm pretty sure its about an affair...and i never caught the house on fire thing. John says in the Anthology book that it's about an affair he had. |
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Post by Polly on May 23, 2005 10:39:40 GMT -5
Norwegian Wood? Yes, it's about an affair John had with a journalist. Apparently the song was his way of writing about it so that Cynthia wouldn't actually know that it referred to him and an actual occurance.
The last line about lighting a fire is ambiguous and open to individual interpretation. I believe Pete Shotton once said that he thought it referred to John's habit of burning the furniture in the fireplace as a source of heat during his leaner art school days but I have no idea there since didn't Paul come up with that line?
Is "...so I lit a fire" literal? Did he set fire to her apartment? Or is it saying something else? Did he "light up"... a cigarette or a joint? Hmmm... again left to the individual listener to interpret.
I've heard a few interesting interpretations and read a few on the internet. One was yes, the lesbian angle, which, no doesn't really make sense to me, and another was very interesting, that it's about RINGO and his... first time... with Maureen. Ringo's part Norwegian, so the Norwegian... wood... reference. You get the drift.
"Norwegian Wood" is a play on words in itself... Norwegian Wood... knowing she would.
It's one of my favorite songs, so yeah, I could go on and on. I love the sitar, and the way the melody flows just very simply.
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Post by Polly on May 23, 2005 11:20:16 GMT -5
OMG I didn't realize I hadn't posted my favorites either! I thought I had. Haha!
Norwegian Wood ::points above::
Strawberry Fields Forever
I Am The Walrus
Revolution
Tomorrow Never Knows
A Day In The Life
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Hey Bulldog
Lady Madonna
The entire "suite" of songs on side two of Abbey Road
Savoy Truffle
Julia
If I Fell
Twist And Shout
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Things We Said Today
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Post by Rain on Jun 7, 2005 19:24:56 GMT -5
Don't let me down
Flying
Don't ever change
This Boy
I am the Walrus
Tomorrow Never Know
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What bullet?
