anonymous July 15th, 2007 12:37AM  

This is a particularly brilliant piece of work even when compared with the Beatles (John Lennon's) finest . The opening line is sheer genius ! In the course of a few seconds Lennon paints a complete scene for us while setting a narritive mood for the piece . It grabs our attention immediately and beckons us to stop whatever we are doing and listen closely and quietly with a sympathetic ear.

The music serves to support the story simply and economically. The lyrical content of the song is classic and universal ,the situation easily identifiable by thousands of us who have shared aspects of Lennon's experience and yet have probably not not reflected on our episodes poetically.

Praise be to artists such as Lennon for helping us to see ourselves and the world around us with greater clarity in the mirror of our relationship and experience with their art.
K.D.