Today's winner of the weird title contest is "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey". It was written and performed by John, who attributed his inspiration to Yoko Ono:
In 1980, Lennon said: "That was just a sort of nice line that I made into a song. It was about me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow of love. Everything is clear and open when you're in love. Everybody was sort of tense around us: You know, 'What is she doing here at the session? Why is she with him?' All this sort of madness is going on around us because we just happened to want to be together all the time."
Paul of course remembered it a bit differently; Wikipedia tells us that "McCartney believes it was a reference to Lennon's heroin habit."
I'm a big fan of this song! It's quirky, ridiculous, paranoid, catchy, probably references drugs, and just hilariously fun, especially if you choose to take "monkey" literally instead of as a Yoko Ono/drug reference. :P It's a nice change from the past two or three songs, which haven't been all that interesting to me personally. With "Everybody's", the guys are back in the game. :P
That's all for today. See you tomorrow!
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Heard It Tally: 39
Songs Completed: 159
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