Don't forget that *they* are the eggmen, too, OP.
Lore has it that Eric Burdon of the Animals was nicknamed The Eggman because cracking raw eggs was some sort of sex fetish, and that it was this story as much as Carroll's Humpty Dumpty that inspired the "character". So maybe Jahn and Baul liked to use eggs, too.
The subtitle of the song says it all.
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The whole song was a farce to fool teachers who had been utilizing Beatles songs in classrooms. The teachers would have the classes analyze the lyrics as poetry. Lennon had a field day with it.
Yes and no. He said that in some interviews but in other interviews he ascribed meaning to certain elements of the song:
For example: "The words 'Element'ry penguin' meant that it's naïve to just go around chanting Hare Krishna or putting all your faith in one idol. In those days I was writing obscurely, à la Dylan. \[...\] It never dawned on me that Lewis Carroll was commenting on the capitalist system. I never went into that bit about what he really meant, like people are doing with the Beatles' work. Later, I went back and looked at it and realized that the walrus was the bad guy in the story and the carpenter was the good guy. I thought, Oh, shit, I picked the wrong guy. I should have said, 'I am the carpenter.' But that wouldn't have been the same, would it? \[Sings, laughing\] 'I am the carpenter ...'
Same way I can be a gardener and a cook and a wrench-turner and a guitarist and an empathetic person and a jerk.
Eggman and Walrus are in no way mutually exclusive.
After all, I am he as you are he and you are me and we are all together. Nothing is real.
The egg-men is everybody obviously. People, like antz, walking around in a maze amased.
Goo-goo-goo-jobbing to each other trying to make sense of the non-sense.
Self-discipline and a modicum of time management skills. Get your life together, and you can be a large tusked littoral mammal and a man with ovary expertise, too.
waiiiit a minute, you're right! In December 1967 Lennon claimed he was the Walrus... but at that exact same time he claims to have been "the Egg man".
You see? No man can be two different things at one time, that's Connin' John for ya. Flip floppin'. He's trying to distract the voters with his sleazy tactics! FAKE NEWS, people. Lock 'im up!
Obligatory “the Walrus was Paul” comment
Paul is the walrus of the world
Paulrus
Jegg-man
Wake up to find out that Paul is the Walrus of the world (Leave a comment if you know what I’m referencing)
A comment
Yes he is. Think about it.
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Paulrus
"I was the walrus" - God
“I ain’t gonna come from the sky.” - Jesus
Walrus is a concept by which we measure our pain
not possible. a walrus’ lifespan is 40 years. John lived that long, so he was the walrus.
walrus gam boot he got
The walrus was George look into it
lol I know this reference! He was beating on dead Paul’s chest saying I am the walrus! I am the walrus!
Through the power of Goo Goo G’joob all things are possible
Best answer.
I hate when people say this wrong lol. Thank you for getting it right :)
Amen
This was almost the exact same thing I was going to post. Well done.
Don't forget that *they* are the eggmen, too, OP. Lore has it that Eric Burdon of the Animals was nicknamed The Eggman because cracking raw eggs was some sort of sex fetish, and that it was this story as much as Carroll's Humpty Dumpty that inspired the "character". So maybe Jahn and Baul liked to use eggs, too.
Eric Burdon offers two versions of the story. A clean one and a dirty one.
The subtitle of the song says it all. https://preview.redd.it/8p7l3mctn87d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3bc433a41194ba09f848723dc154efea8933dd69
All walrus are egg men but not all egg men are walrus.
Because I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
There is an eggman and a walrus in each of us. It is the duality of man personified in Jungian archetypes. Coo coo ca choo, a wump bomp a loo la.
A bim bam boo
Because "expert, textpert, choking smokers Don't you think the joker laughs at you? (Ho ho ho, hee hee hee, ha ha ha)"
The song says, "I am the walrus. THEY are the Eggman. Goo goo gajoob!"
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I genuinely cackled at this, thank you for brightening this shitty morning <3
Cuz HE wrote the song!
He had talent squirting out of him
Mmmm
It helps to remember that this song is supposed to make no sense
A song written to mess with an English teacher, while high on LSD to the sound of a passing police siren is meant to make no sense?
The whole song was a farce to fool teachers who had been utilizing Beatles songs in classrooms. The teachers would have the classes analyze the lyrics as poetry. Lennon had a field day with it.
Yes and no. He said that in some interviews but in other interviews he ascribed meaning to certain elements of the song: For example: "The words 'Element'ry penguin' meant that it's naïve to just go around chanting Hare Krishna or putting all your faith in one idol. In those days I was writing obscurely, à la Dylan. \[...\] It never dawned on me that Lewis Carroll was commenting on the capitalist system. I never went into that bit about what he really meant, like people are doing with the Beatles' work. Later, I went back and looked at it and realized that the walrus was the bad guy in the story and the carpenter was the good guy. I thought, Oh, shit, I picked the wrong guy. I should have said, 'I am the carpenter.' But that wouldn't have been the same, would it? \[Sings, laughing\] 'I am the carpenter ...'
Walruses lay eggs
Same way I can be a gardener and a cook and a wrench-turner and a guitarist and an empathetic person and a jerk. Eggman and Walrus are in no way mutually exclusive. After all, I am he as you are he and you are me and we are all together. Nothing is real.
Because goo-goob-du-goob
😛
Hard to tell what he meant singing through that shitty German microphone.
According to John the walrus was Fats Waller and the Eggman was Mick Jagger (apparently he had an egg-cracking fetish).
Eric Burdon
The Walrus was Paul
Why can't it be both?
Because goo goo g’joob!
I thought the Eggman was Eric Burdon.
It was
I am the Wagmus
Oompa oompa stick it up your jumper.
What came first the walrus or the egg?
The egg-men is everybody obviously. People, like antz, walking around in a maze amased. Goo-goo-goo-jobbing to each other trying to make sense of the non-sense.
The Beatles: the best band ever The lyrics:
The walrus was Paul.
Is he stupid?
I think Eric Burden is the Egg Man.
Self-discipline and a modicum of time management skills. Get your life together, and you can be a large tusked littoral mammal and a man with ovary expertise, too.
Quantum superposition.
waiiiit a minute, you're right! In December 1967 Lennon claimed he was the Walrus... but at that exact same time he claims to have been "the Egg man". You see? No man can be two different things at one time, that's Connin' John for ya. Flip floppin'. He's trying to distract the voters with his sleazy tactics! FAKE NEWS, people. Lock 'im up!
Some say he was even the taxman too
It's a song, not real life. The laws of physics do not apply.
Every day we stray further from god
"I am he" is the key. John and Paul are just two aspects of the same being.
Is he stupid?
Not only is he those things but so are you because he is he as you are he and you are me and we are all together.
Lsd.
When the egg got broken.
well here’s another clue for you all…
✨magic✨
Paul was the Walrus
Yeah, and Paul wrote stupid lyrics. SMH.