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Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer Song MeaningsLyrics:Joan was quizzical, studied metaphysical Science in the home Late nights all alone with a test-tube Ohh-oh-oh-oh... Maxwell edison maj... (See the rest of these lyrics) Submitted by: anonymous Added: 2005-11-14 19:18:58 Rating:   Maxwell was a serial killer.
Submitted by: anonymous As Paul said, the song is about how in life, as soon as things are going good, something goes wrong. Maxwell's Silver hammer comes crashing down on everyone's good time.
Submitted by: anonymous Maxwell Edison was actually tirelessly hunting werewolves to protect the public.
Submitted by: anonymous Heh... hey don't forget the Incubuses! (I don't know the plural of incubus, so let's leave it at that.)
Submitted by: anonymous Duh, Maxwell was a serial killer.
Submitted by: anonymous Because of the people that were killed in the song (e.G. A scientist, a teacher, and a judge) I believe that the song is about the stifling of those three branches, but mostly education and justice.
Submitted by: JPGR4E I don't think this song has a lot of philosophical meaning. I think that Paul just wanted to write a fictional, up-beat, song about a serial killer. That's it
Submitted by: anonymous It's about the pope.
Submitted by: anonymous incubi?
Submitted by: anonymous The pope?
Submitted by: anonymous Wow I can't believe I am the first to come up with this. The silver hammer isn't a metaphor. It's literally a little silver hammer. Now...where do you find a little silver hammer...we know it's a weapon because he was killing people...let's think...how about A GUN! Isn't it so obvious now?! The hammer crashing down was the hammer hitting the back of the bullet which went into the people's heads! It didn't really come down upon their head, but it works out kinda.
Submitted by: anonymous First of all it's about at least 2 different people. If you want to see it that way. I think it's just a fun song but for all you info-craving people out there, it's about 2 people because he kills the science lady, then he goes back to school, and it describes him as a 'boy'. So if it ain't 2 people it's jumping back and forth....and then when he's in court, it says Cedric pulls a dirty one, so a partner betrays him...or something...but then it says he is able to get behind the judge and kill him. Well anyway, all this is is over-anylization, so it really doesn't matter to me what it means, it's just one of my favorite songs.
Submitted by: anonymous There is no Cedric...it's "says we caught a dirty one" the cop catches him...tells the chief of police...judge...friend...newspaper whoever you care because it doesn't matter...that they "caught a dirty one"....meaning they caught Maxwell...and it is all one guy...he was in school...probably college. Joan was "studying pataphysical" whatever that may be and "Maxwell Edison" was "practicing in medicine". He kills his girlfriend...goes to school and kills his teacher...then gets caught....but kills the judge and continues his rampage during his trial.
Submitted by: anonymous How in gods name did this kid get a gun, or a hammer for that matter into a court?
Submitted by: anonymous Ok the silver hammer is not a gun, it's a hammer, actually more like a mallet and Maxwell Edison is a real man in Liverpool, who killed three people in 1969, who got out of jail in 2003. The song is absolutely true every word of it there are no "hidden meanings". McCartney stated that it merely epitomizes the downfalls of life: " 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' is my analogy for when something goes wrong out of the blue, as it so often does."
Submitted by: anonymous This is a metaphor for good things in your life going wrong, not a true story about a serial killer or a werewolf hunter.
Submitted by: anonymous What really is the "silver hammer"?
Submitted by: anonymous McCartney said: "'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' is my analogy for when something goes wrong out of the blue, as it so often does, as I was beginning to find out at that time in my life. I wanted something symbolic of that, so to me it was some fictitious character called Maxwell with a silver hammer. I don't know why it was silver, it just sounded better than Maxwell's hammer. It was needed for scanning. We still use that expression now when something unexpected happens."
Submitted by: anonymous I've always figured that he grabbed his hammer off of the evidence pile for one last run.
Submitted by: anonymous This was inspired by a character in an Albert Camous story named Maxwell, who unceremoniously whacked a neighbor in the head with a silver hammer.
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