absolutely brilliant Red Ant - what an idea, and how you nailed it - loved the amputee line, and the Let It Be line, and about a dozen other gems - 555

Well, here it means "You write good parody/You get plenty three-5's/we make Smart-ass comments/include many plaudits/you say 'thanks for the vote & read"/vote total you get today will surely please/work you did, sir - received - fav'rably"...Yeah..."Have some '5's", sir" (x ????) ~ ~~

Hehehehehe!!! Loved it. I like these lines..."He got feet down below his knee" Well so does ev'ryone else except amputees"...(and my snowman from the same song). This is a fun one for me to work with. Looks as if you had fun with it too. 5's

This could well be the best thing you've ever written, Antman...you just keep getting better. And the amputee line is in the running for my favourite line of the year. BRAVISSIMO!!! Big, BIG 5's...

Delicious word salad with croutons of smart satire on top. 555

very cool concept...and i think you're right...5s

Thanks Stu, Paul, Pat, Kristof, Agrimorfee and Alvin. Many wonderful comments/compliments. I still have no idea what the original lyrics mean though- "walrus gumboot"??! wth is that?

555, yeah the original song doesn't make any concrete sense. I had to download the original off of a site because I forgot the pacing.

LOL! I recently heard a rumour that this song, or at least SOME of its lyrics, were about Paul McCartney being dead and then they had to replace him with a look-a-like, hence the lyrics: got to be a joker, got to be good looking. But then the song still doesn't make sense. Anyway, it was written in the sixties, so who cares? The best sixties songs are either ABOUT drugs or written by people ON drugs. Or both.

"Come Together" is a song by the rock band The Beatles. It was written mainly by John Lennon; Paul McCartney slowed it down and wrote the bass-riff. This song was the lead-off track on The Beatles' September 1969 album Abbey Road. One month later it also appeared as the B-side of the group's twenty-first single (the A-side being George Harrison's "Something") in the UK, their twenty-sixth in the US. ... The song's history began with Lennon writing a song for Timothy Leary's failed gubernatorial campaign in California against Ronald Reagan, one which promptly ended when Leary was arrested for possession of marijuana. It was transformed by Lennon into a track with digs at McCartney and Harrison interspersed alongside tales of his Bagism movement with wife Yoko Ono.

Thanks Step-chan, Yet Another Dutchman (you might be right on all 3 counts there) and Wikipedia.

"If this doesn't make any sense, it's because--believe me, I was there--it doesn't make any sense."

One and one and one is three... plus one and one makes five. I'm hoping I made that clear enough.

555 Excellent - particularly liked the orange rhyming reference ;)

Thanks PJ, Michael and Lee Bee.

Now tell me, which one makes more sense?

I AM THE WALRUS I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly I'm crying Sitting on a cornflake Waiting for the van to come Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday Man you've been a naughty boy you let your face grow long I am the eggman they are the eggmen I am the walrus Goo goo g' joob Mr. city policeman sitting pretty little policemen in a row See how they fly like Lucy in the sky See how they run I'm crying I'm crying, I'm crying Yellow matter custard Dripping from a dead dog's eye Crabalocker fishwife Pornographic priestess Boy, you've been a naughty girl you let your knickers down I am the eggman They are the eggmen I am the walrus Goo goo g' joob Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun If the sun don't come you get a tan from standing in the English rain I am the eggman They are the eggmen I am the walrus Goo goo g' joob Expert, texpert choking smokers don't you think the joker laughs at you See how they smile like pigs in a sty See how they snide I'm crying Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel tower Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe I am the eggman They are the eggmen I am the walrus Goo goo g' joob Goo goo g' joob Goo goo g' goo goo goo g' joob goo juba juba juba juba juba juba juba juba juba juba juba juba

Dominic, the answer is C: Neither makes sense. To "Wikipedia", I realised you never answered the question posed here which wasn't "Why's It Written?". Anyway.....

I found this submitted to the nonsensical archives; I spit soda all over my keyboard when I read it (un-edited copy/paste):

Beatles', "Come Together"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
He's got feet down below his knees...
Why They're Nonsensical:
Well duh! Where else would his feet be? Sticking out of his forehead?

: )

(ABC) Yummy word salad with 1000 Island Dressing. That's what it means to me. Funny satire.

(ABCW) I have just heard the song thanks to you. It sounded weird with a capital wee! (Just a bit of Red Dwarf humour there). I have to admit, you've got a point with this song, Mr. Red Ant.

Love the Beatles, but always hated this song, mainly becuase I was asking myself, "What is the meaning?"

sorry red ant thought i had commented.it is fab easy to sing along with.well done old chap

yes - this is one of your best, if not your best, Red Ant - gee this W comp is no stroll in the park - daed si luap, daed si luap, daed si luap.....

In the beginning John Lennon created no meaning, then Jack said let there be light, then there was still no meaning, but you could see it clearly! (Glad I found this, must have missed it the first time around).

(ABC) Add 555 more toe-jam footballs to your quest for meaning.

(ABC05) Interesting and well-paced, Jack! 555

(ABC) See above. An absolute, bona fide pleasure to revisit, Jack.

ABC Hilarious parody, a real classic. 555's

ABC: Very, very good. Flowed with the original well, and kept me interested.

Thanks Agrimorfee, bobpiecheese, Matthias, Tomario, Stu, Peter, Johnny D, Rick C, Kristof, Larry and Jeff.

This song makes so much sense!

Actually the song does make sense. It's a dis to firstly George, when he grew out his hair it was long like all those Jesus pictures[ "he one holy roller He got hair down to his knee"] and he even has a picture looking rather like Jesus. Also he was really into his religion in those times. Then it's about Timothy Leary[One thing I can tell you is you got to be free, Come together ] with his whole turn on, tune in, etc. Then it's about john himself. he always refered to himself as the walrus and he was with Yoko and the whole bagism["He bag production he got walrus gumboot, He got Ono sideboard"]. With the ["He got feet down below his knee" ] could be about him or Leary, meaning they (he is) are the only sturdy ones, the ones with their heads on their shoulders and grounded, unlike the rest of the world in that time, in their eyes. ["Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease"] this is like saying that all Leary's propaganda will get you, so you need to Come Together( everyone will eventually). Then he makes digs about Paul in his last stanza. ["He roller-coaster he got early warning"] Their last year(s) as the Beatles were rough like a roller coaster, and Paul was the first who wanted to leave before anyone else he gave the first warning. [he one mojo filter] kinda like he's saying, that he(paul) filters his own mojo. [He say "One and one and one is three"] this is like that A-B convo where C must see themself out. Paul felt that Yoko didn't belong that she should "see herself out" of recordings, or anything to do with the Beatles. that here was no room for "a 3rd party" so to speak. ["Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see"] this is about paul again about him being (by many views) the best looking beatle of the bunch. Though he wanted Yoko out, John just ignored him and brought her anyway...that's why "he's so hard to see".

~Sir L' Ant Rouge~ 555 for using such " choppy English'' and for how you really brought back those 'Leary-eyed' memories of the LSD-laden late '60's!

Thanks Mr. Gingivitis, Mrs. Bungalow and littleCupCakes. Mrs. Bung - thank you for the words. You've answered a two and a half year old question for me.

oh my god people our generation are starting to bug me that was when music was art this is my analization of it; Here come old flattop, he come grooving up slowly He got joo-joo eyeball, he one holy roller He got hair down to his knee Got to be a joker he just do what he please (this is the introduction of the charecter, it's all of them combined into one person, viewed as a hippie, a stoner, but the great line in this verse is "got to be a joker he just do what he please" because people were beginning to take them less seriously, but they "just do what they please") He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football He got monkey finger, he shoot coca-cola He say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me ("he wear no shoe shine"= they don't put on an act for other people, "he got toe-jam football"= may sound disgusting, but it means they make due with what is given to them, now this next part is pretty easy, and slightley dirty: "he got monkey finger, he shoot coca-cola"= a kiddy version of "they have lots of sex and do lots of drugs" it's genious because they put it in baby talk so that they're moking the public for sugar coating everything "I know you, and you know me, one thing i can tell you is you've got to be free, come together right now over me" (that all means that the nation knows them now, and they're basicly saying that they want people , to well be free, if that doesn't sound to lame. "He bag production, he got walrus gumboot He got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker He got feet down below his knee Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease Come together right now over me" this whole stanza is about how you know they're music " he bag production" means that they sell you their product or songs "he got walrus gumboot" just means that they're song "i am the walrus" is tagged to them, like gum to a boot, so it's like them saying "hey remember when we sang you "i am the walrus?" "he got ono sidebord"= ono was John Lennons wife, and she's his sideboard, she was also a popular mucisian so he's saying "hey remember my wife ono?" "he one spinal craker"= (this is a little cheesy) they're breakable, so within the band there was a lot of bad stuff happening, and they were considering breaking up, like if your spine was a craker. "he got feet down below his knee"= remeber they last verse when they said "he got hair down below his knee"? well this part has two meanings 1.) the hair below his knee's is like his feet, it gets them places 2.) they're making fun of them selves with irony, of course they have feet below their knees "hold you in his armchair you can feel his desiase" means that when you listen to their music, you can "feel their disease" they're contagious, and takes over your whole body. "He roller-coaster, he got early warning He got muddy water, he one mojo filter He say "One and one and one is three" Got to be good-looking cos he's so hard to see Come together right now over me" this whole thing pretty much says that they're unpredictable, like a rollercoaster with early warning, "he got muddy waters"= water is usually clear, but latley it's been not so clear, this is interesting because that means that they're not completley hopless. if they were they'd be mud. "he one mojo filter" depends on what you think "mojo"is, it could be the Austin Powers version, which in that case they try to filter all the fame. Or it could be the original version of "mojo" which is anything magical basicly, like vudu, which would be saying that they're "filtering their mojo" or in other words "not showing the public all of their crazy" keep in mind, they were all LSD'd in that time period. "he say one and one and one is three" is very interesting. there are four of them. were they saying that there should only be three. my favorite part of that line though, as that they don't say the word "plus" it would make more sence if they said "one, PLUS one, PLUS one is three" but no, that means that if they take away one of the beatles, he could never be replaced, they could never ADD another member. "got to be good looking cus he's so hard to see" is contridicting exactly what this "parody"version is saying. it's saying that their lyrics and symbolism is so good, that people aren't gunna see them. My favorite part of this whole song though is that they have 4 main stanzas. there are 4 beatles. so the whole song is questioning if they're gunna stay together, but by the time you finish. The 4 will always be there

I cracked up at "except for amputees".

I thought the original "Come Together" song was about Jesus. God in the flesh had feet down below his knees. Joo Joo eyeball - prophesy. 1 & 1 & 1 is three: trinity. It's hard to understand. Is it funky or monkey fingers? He did miracles. Holy Roller. He just do what he please: Jesus infuriated the religious leaders, going against all the social norms of a righteous man of that day. You get the point.

Here's an idea to the song that I was going to do. . .but you already did it:)

The best interpretation I've ever heard of Come Together. I think if John Lennon were still here, he'd love it.