Beatles: Why Don't We Do It In The Road Meaning

Song Released: 1968

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Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
No one will be watching us
Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the...

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   anonymous

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   Jan 10th, 23:38 report

   
   

   I saw an inter view with Lennon on you tune and he said that people fight in the middle of the street and fights break out in the city in front of everyone, crime and Violence. Why do people do that in the street (road) but you never see love on the streets. Why do we kill eachother on the streets when we could be having free love in the streets?

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Sep 14th 2011, 13:43 report

   
   

   The song is about an argument the band had over the photo shoot for the abbey road album cover. They did not have an idea for the cover when Paul McCartney suggested they "do it in the road" right outside the studio. Management and the producers argued against it debating that it would cause a huge scene once people noticed the Beatles in public and it would be a waste of time and money. The argument between the band and management resulted in the song "Why Don't We Do It in The Road" released on their 1968 album The Beatles, commonly referred to as The White Album. The story of Paul and the monkeys is a rumor that circulated shortly following the release.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   May 25th 2011, 12:02 report

   
   

   When in India, Paul saw two monkeys having sex in the road. He thought about how easy it was for animals to just do these things compared to the complicated human rituals of sex.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Apr 24th 2011, 17:00 report

   
   

   It was said in starchy, moralistic Victorian England, you can do! anything you want as long as you don't do it in the road.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Jan 5th 2011, 01:15 report

   
   

   It was only paul and ringo in this song one of the few songs recorded without the whole band

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Aug 15th 2010, 14:49 report

   
   

   obviously there are some good interpretations here. But John Lennon had nothing to do with this song. Paul wrote it and recorded it without the band... Lennon got pissed off about it because it was his style all the way and Paul left him out of the recording.
   Paul got the idea while watching a male monkey jump on a female and jump back off after he planted his seed within a matter of seconds acting as if nothing had happened. It just so happened, the monkeys were walking down the road as it happened. Paul tells the story in one of the books about the Beatles. I forget which one though

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Jun 24th 2010, 15:17 report

   
   

   Does anyone think that it's kind of funny how "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?", a very raunchy song, is followed by "I Will", a sweet and tender ballad?

   
   
   
   

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   beatlesholic13

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   Jun 21st 2010, 18:55 report

   
   

   Well, how many of you have ever seen the Anthology's? I think it was there where Paul said that when they were in India (Where most of the songs on the White Album were written) that he saw two monkeys doing "it" in the middle of the road.
   Paul McCartney wrote the song after seeing two monkeys copulating in the street while on retreat in Rishikesh, India, with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He marveled in the simplicity of this natural scenario when compared to the emotional turmoil of human relationships. He later said:
   "A male [monkey] just hopped on the back of this female and gave her one, as they say in the vernacular. Within two or three seconds he hopped off again and looked around as if to say, ‘It wasn't me,’ and she looked around as if there'd been some mild disturbance ... And I thought ... that's how simple the act of procreation is ... We have horrendous problems with it, and yet animals don't.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Jun 13th 2010, 22:00 report

   
   

   This song isn't a hidden meaning type of song. It's as plain as it sounds. Just one person, convinving the other person to have sex in the road.

   
   
   
   

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    anonymous

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    Dec 19th 2009, 21:58 report

    
    

    Why are people even talking about Sexie Sadie under "Why Don't We Do it In the Road?" :) I think the song is pretty straight forward. It's a "naughty" little Paul song from the White Album. The repetitions of the lyric and roughness of the music are more about creating a mood than making literal sense. It's meant to conjure up something raunchy I think, insert your own raunchy idea.

    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    Aug 14th 2009, 16:33 report

    
    

    Adding to the Across the Universe rant above. Max is also supposed to be Kurt Cobain.

    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    Apr 14th 2009, 01:14 report

    
    

    Umm, The Beatles were in India and George saw two monkeys doin it in the road. No one was bothered about it, saying sex can be simple without the games and innuendos.

    
    
    
    

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    jprglove

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    Mar 8th 2009, 19:13 report

    
    

    Okay, I am sick of people thinking they know what is actually going on in across the universe.
    Jude is Jude from Hey Jude. Not Paul.
    Sadie is a caricature Janis Joplin, and Sadie from Sexy Sadie. (the beatles song.)
    Jojo is Jimi Hendrix. Also "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner..." (get back, the beatles song)
    Max is Max from Maxwell's Silver Hammer. (the beatles song)
    Prudence is Prudence from Dear Prudence. (the beatles song)
    Lucy is Lucy from Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. (the beatles song)
    =)
    And I thought this song is about them practicing for a show in the road. Not sex...

    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    Feb 24th 2009, 19:35 report

    
    

    what if the road they're referring to is not an actual road? For all we know it could be a hideout they had or something. i don't know. think outside the box. john clearly did so we should try to think like him to see what he is talkin about.

    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    Feb 6th 2009, 11:33 report

    
    

    Since Paul sings "no one will be watcing us" the act referred to most likely would be something frowned about by the establishment. But would a person have sex or smoke pot in the road? I think that the song is meant to be funny since if you are doing something in the road everyone can see. It could be that the Beatles were so tailed by theh paparazzi that hiding in plain sight was the only option not explored. The Beatles had no more anonymity and could never go back to being private citizens. Maybe the song is meant to make the singer out to be a fool because he doea not hide his activities away.

    
    
    
    

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    massive

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    Jan 28th 2009, 23:14 report

    
    

    It's totally about smoking weed, i mean come on no one will be watching us! and why would you have sex in the road...actually I think the beatles were just on acid and decided to play a joke on us lol.

    
    
    
    

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    batmark88

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    Jan 26th 2009, 23:07 report

    
    

    It's about convincing someone to have sex in the middle of a road...
    Yep.
    Pretty sure that's right guys.

    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    Oct 22nd 2008, 15:01 report

    
    

    Obviously and the guitarist man (forget his name) represented Jimmy hendrix. Jude was Paul and the speculation was that in my eyes Max was John just by his attitude. many people say though that Max was Kurt Cobain with the way he looked and the needle scene.

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    anonymous

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    Aug 3rd 2008, 11:18 report

    
    

    My mother says Sadie in Across the Universe represented Janice Joplin!

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway