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SEMIOTICS OF BEATLES’ MUSIC
“When you’ve seen beyond yourself-
Then you will find piece of mind, is waiting there-
And the time will come when you’ll see we’re all one,
And life flows on within you and without you”
(The Complete Beatles Lyrics, 1982, p.134)
The Beatles are by far one of the most analysed bands ever. ... The charismatic Liverpool lads broke boundaries in music, created memorable music and for some like myself had a profound impact on the lives of ordinary people. The Beatles for me brought me closer to my father, I remember him when I was younger singing songs like ‘Get Back’, and ‘A Day In The Life’ to send me to slumber. ... I wish now to take my some ten odd years of Beatles experience and present what some of their songs have meant to me. ... What I take from this is that Lennon isn’t singing about a gun totally, but rather a woman who is “well acquainted with the touch of a velvet hand’”(The Complete Beatles Lyrics, 1982, p. ... 279), the voyeur being “the man with the multicoloured mirrors on his hobnailed boots” (The Complete Beatles Lyrics, 1982, p. ... “When I hold you in my arms and feel my finger on your trigger, I know no one can do me no harm” (The Complete Beatles Lyrics, 1982, p. ... The man with the hobnailed boots craves it, Lennon had it and I too share his sentiments about having this “warm gun” (The Complete Beatles Lyrics, 1982, p. ... In this fashion, “living is easy with eyes closed, Misunderstanding all you see” (The Complete Beatles Lyrics, 1982, p. ... The challenge is to live life with your eyes open like the late riser, make everything beautiful from ‘dragging a comb’ (The Complete Beatles Lyrics, 1982,p.
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Approximate Pages = 5.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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