The Lyric George Harrison's Mother Added to The Beatles' 'Piggies'
George Harrison was one of the best songwriters of the 20th century, but even he sometimes needed a little help in the songwriting process, especially on “Piggies.” The White Album track contains a lyric from George’s mother, Louise.
However, the song about snooty rich people soon morphed into something disturbing by a notorious cult leader.
In his 1980 memoir, I Me Mine, George said that his mother stepped in to help him write “Piggies” when he needed help.
“‘Piggies’ is a social comment,” he wrote. “I was stuck for one line in the middle until my mother came up with the lyric ‘What they need’s a damn good whacking!’ (a damned good throttling), which is a nice simple way of saying they need a good hiding. It needed to rhyme with ‘backing,’ ‘lacking.'”
George had no clue he’d be giving some dangerous people bad ideas.
Source: cheatsheet.com
