anonymous 2006-11-14 02:56:38    

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As I read these interpretations they all seemed right but that couldn't be so my interpretation is that god will someday come and bring everyone together I think he is describing how god might be.

He got feet down past his knees like everyone god was created in his image he's got hair down to his knees being as old as god man you must have some long hair I don't know only those view versus makes me think that

anonymous 2006-11-19 03:38:12    

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In this song, John unintentionally channels prophetic insight about the now pending advent of the Messiah. In fact, as the book of Revelations describes the event in Rev. 19:15-16

15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

One might consider the following verse Rev. 19:17-

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

'COME and gather yourselfs TOGETHER'...
Coincidence? Certainly. Meaningless words probably popping into his head durring an acid trip? Perhaps likely. Devinely inspired premonition? More than likely, but only time will tell.

As for the phrases: "holy roller", and "he say one and one and one is three, one thing I can tell you is you got to be free" I would ask you to consider this Gospel Gem:

Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Jesus Christs own words)

Also consider
Mark13:11But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

An finally, my personal favorite, and final piece of the Holy Ghost's puzzle:

Matthew 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

The appearance of this person will probably be quite anticlimatic since Christ's words have already freed his followers. However, the enormity of prophetic material the Spirit has cleaverly planted in the commercial media will edify the masses seeking to explain the tremulations and horrors all around them. When they see the true loving, tolerant, and creative nature of God they will embrace his words and wisdom in such a way that they will regard themselves and everyone else as they would Jesus himself.

"Got to be goodlooking cause he's so hard to see."

True believers radiate a field of love and contentment, making themselves very attractive to others. And among any two or three of them, you'll find 'old flat-top'.

Don't strain your eyes!

I think the future will shed light on many an innocent modern song lyric, poetry, and all forms of artwork. My advice is to stick around.

anonymous 2006-11-20 13:43:12    

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I agree with the above I always thought it might be about god. "holy roller", " he just do what he please"and I thought that "got to be good lookin''cause he's so hard to see" was like how no one could see god and stuff. However, after reading this, I could also see how it would be about each individual beatle as well.

anonymous 2006-12-14 20:22:36    

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Have none of you idiots heard Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me"?

anonymous 2007-01-07 01:18:48    

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It's about Maharishi. "..hair down to his knee..holy roller....joo joo eyeball...wear no shoeshine/toe jam football (barefooted)...good looking cause he's so hard to see.." It's all there.

anonymous 2007-01-18 00:43:25    

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The song is typical Lennon GIBERISH : meaningless rubbish ...with Paul attempting some sense of organization along the way. Great song nevertheless!!

anonymous 2007-01-26 02:57:50    

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I think partly he's singing jibberish. They always used to do this for fun in the studio. Watch the movie "Let It Be" and listen to the album. Some of the most rediculous lyrics are on there.

Anyways a lot of the time they focused more on what sounded better rather than the lyrics having any meaning. I think here the chorus is important and the rest he made up along the way as he sang it...

anonymous 2007-01-28 23:09:06    

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Jesus Lennon was great song writer...so many interpretations.

but I disagree that the 3rd verse is about John. Remember Glass Onion, how the Walrus was Paul, and Ono sideboard could be about Paul's dislike towards Yoko. Armchair? When I'm 64?

anonymous 2007-02-19 20:52:58    

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Check this out:
It is a tribute to the penis in its many forms!
Here come old flat top he come groovin up slowly...jujube eyeball...holy roller (erection).
He got hair down to his knee.
He got feet (24")down below his knee.
Got to be good looking cause he's so hard to see.
Early warning...monkey finger...One and one and one is three...spinal cracker...he roller coaster...mojo filter...toe jam football...he bag production...Muddy Waters...walrus gumboot...hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease...
Come Together!

anonymous 2007-02-28 05:49:05    

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I heard each verse is about one of the beatles??? kinda makes sense when you read it...

anonymous 2007-03-07 07:57:09    

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I initially thought it was just LSD-induced dirty hippy gibberish. Now I think each verse is about each Beatle as seen through an LSD-influenced mind.

Dontpassmeby 2007-03-13 20:05:53    

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This is sort of dumb, but could the term "holly roller" refer to the white beetle on the album cover? Maybe senor cardgage, or whoever the song describes, drives that car??!

Beatlemaniac 2007-03-26 23:01:26    

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I think that 2006-01-04 17:33:48 is right. It does have to do with a funeral. Ever heard of the "paul is Dead" hoax? Well on the album cover, There is an order in the way they walk. First is George, the grave digger. Next comes Paul, the dead guy. Notice he is barefoot, out of step, and holding a cigarette, as a dead man would. Then there is Ringo, the mortician. Finally, John, the preacher, dressed in white. Also, there are people right aboe Paul's head, all dressed in white, and I think they are his angels. The car in between George and Paul has a license late number- LMW 281F. Think now...., Linda McCartney Weeps, and 28 if, if he hadn't died, he would be 28. The person in the left part of the pan is a tourist, not knowing he was on camera, but the black car next to him is the hearse. See?

Now for the song. He got hair down to his knee- your hair keeps growing when you are dead. Toe jam football- rugby, what Paul liked to play. One and One and One is three- three remaining members. Got to be good looking cause he's so hard to see- he is dead and hard to see, so make his body look good. Come together right now, Over me- Everybody come together and get along, over my death.

There is my interpretation, and no, they are not drug fanatics that they can't write about anything else. Their songs, belive it or not, actually do have some meaning.

anonymous 2007-03-29 23:42:51    

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I have just been reading all of the interpretations, and I must say I have no clue what is true and what isn't. everything sounds so reasonable!

but, the one thing I will say is in regards to BeatleManiac on 2007-03-26 23:01:26. The album cover analysis was very interesting, but one thing I noticed was that the order in which you have the people walking is backwards...John is in the front in white, then Ringo, then Paul (who is out of step I hadn't noticed...) and then George... So, I don't know if that puts your interpretation of that out of synch, but I figured I'd point that out! :)

anonymous 2007-03-31 17:47:16    

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almost seems like he describing an encounter with a policeman.. Here come old flat top(the american police crusers), grooving up slowly to his suspect with wide joojoo eyeballs watching him. Holy roller.. don't they call the cop cars "Rollers" over there? this could also tie into the meaning behind chuck berrys song "you can't catch me" John seemed to use a lot of similar terminology in this song(he was later sued for that too).
Could sound like it's about arresting some hippy, a known fued between the people and the law... "I know you, you know me.."
second verse is describing the hippy as such, wear no shoeshine, toejam football... general vagrant bum descriptions
third verse could be describing a jail cell- but rather personifying one. I tend to invision one of those classic police cell scenes like out of a western movie or somthin.

I could keep going but you get the picture. There are a lot of valid posibilities to this song, its well known timothy leary may have inspired the title, perhaps John was telling a story similar to learys arrest while he was running for govenor of LA? the idea of the song describing each of the beatles themselves is interesting, but doesn't quite ring true for me.

anonymous 2007-04-08 10:06:31    

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I tend to agree with the biographical slant, however, to me the verses are aimed quite differently than has been suggested.
i.e. 1. Here come old flat top, he come groovin' up slowly
(Ringo was the oldest member of the band and his
initial presentation would've reflected this);
Gotta be a joker, he just do what he please
(common perception of Ringo, esp. In early days)
2. George Harrison - one thing I can tell you is you've
gotta be free (this was perhaps the most flattering
verse and reflective of John's respect for George
at the time). He wear no shoe shine = no bullshit
3. I thought this could've been attributed to George
Martin or John himself - bag production, ono
sideboard may have been a snipe at Yoko's perpetual
presence at Recording sessions.
4. Clearly Paul. In interviews with th press, reading
between the lines, but sometimes more obviously,
John has stated that he felt many of Paul's songs
(lyrics in particular) were simplistic (one and one
and one is three) and this reflected his
personality or lack thereof(gotta be good
looking 'cause his so hard to see - to me this is
the clearest clue). Mojo filter and Muddy Waters
reflects a view of Paul being able to reproduce the
blues-derived African American style of the 60's -
like a switch - brilliant, but where did it come
from (i.e. Sometimes arguably trite lyrics were
secondary to the sound he was trying to achieve)

John Lennon always considered himself the crucial ingredient in The Beatles' success. He was deservedly narcissistic, e.g. keeping the brilliance of George Martin hidden away lest someone else would be seen to "come together" over him and detract from his genius/extent of contribution.
The song is deliberately obscure - otherwise one suspects there may have been a walk-out then and there! As somebody suggested, it could easily be dismissed as rubbish (by John) on the basis of people reading hidden meanings into Beatles songs and him leading them up the garden path.
It turned out to be a brilliant song, with exceptional instrumental contributions by all band members and the brillian production by George Martin.

anonymous 2007-05-19 01:55:51    

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It was written in support of Timothy Leary.

He decided not to use it directly in his campaign.

And yes it can have an LSD trip slant...because Timothy Leary "researched" mind altering drugs lol.

And yea all of the other slants are possibilities. The biographies and whatnot. don't forget who you are dealing with...don't reduce them to gibberish. They were artists and artists do not do anything without a purpose. besides...the Lennon "gibberish" always had some initial meaning or purpose or inspiration...regardless of how vague or unrelated it may seem. It may be stream of consciousness at times...or seem like gibberish...but there is a reason.

Don't be so provincial. Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison weren't amateurs. oh yea...Ringo did a good job with Octopus's Garden.

haha I'll include ringo with the rest. He deserves some credit too.

anonymous 2007-05-20 07:22:10    

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"Come together right now over me" who else but Jesus. And because Jesus spoke in parable's the whole song is in riddels. What a fantastic idea!! Hear we go with a couple:
"he got joo joo eye ball, he one Holy roller"- Jesus was jewish (jew jew eyeballs)

"he's got early warnings"-Jesus stresses to always be ready for the end.

"mojo filter"- what else would you call turning water into wine

"One and one and one is three"-The Father, Son and Holy Ghost

"Hold him in your arms so you can Feel his disease"- Love is his "disease"

"He's got feet down below his knee"- When Jesus arose it is written he has feet, meaning his body arose not just his spirit simply floating around.

"he's got to be a joker he just do what he please"-Haven't you enver heard "God has to have a sence of humor"?

"He's got hair down to his knee"-Jesus is always depicted with long hair

Of cours "come together right now over me",is the chorus, This is the whole meaning of Christianity.

I actually can do every lyric. but I don't want to give it all away, what fun would that be???

anonymous 2007-05-28 20:26:39    

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I think this song is about drugs
He shoot coca cola - coke
1 and 1 and 1 is 3 - the lines of coke you make

anonymous 2007-06-03 02:17:13    

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Well, the song doesn't make a great deal of sense to me, but one thing I'm sure of is that "spinal cracker" does NOT refer to crack cocaine. The word "crack" didn't become associated with cocaine until the 1980s.

I've never heard "spinal cracker" in any context other than this song, so I always thought he was singing "spinal traction" which has the advantage of at least being an actual phrase, even if it doesn't really clarify the meaning of the song any.

However, it really does sound more like "cracker."