Paul McCartney Surprised Us With His Pick for Most Philosophical Beatles Song Ever
Critics and music lovers have been scouring the Beatles discography for deeper hidden meanings and profound messages from the Fab Four for decades, but the track Paul McCartney chose as his iconic band’s “most philosophical song” is honestly a bit surprising. To his credit, McCartney offered his pick for the most metaphysical Beatles song in 1967, which predates albums like their eponymous “White Album,” Abbey Road, and their final record, Let It Be.
Nevertheless, even in 1967, McCartney’s choice seems a little odd. But then again, maybe that’s a consequence of assuming philosophy needs to be complex and near-indecipherable.
Paul McCartney Picks Most Philosophical Beatles Song
In 1967, Paul McCartney sat down for an interview with British artist, designer, and illustrator Alan Aldridge. The contemporaries discussed hidden meanings behind Beatles songs that, for the most part, McCartney said were largely fan-produced. “We write songs. We know what we mean by them,” he said. “But in a week, someone else says something about it, says that it means that as well, and you can’t deny it. Things take on millions of meanings. I don’t understand it.”
These “millions of meanings” include covert references to psychedelics, á la “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” Other misinterpretations included “Dr. Robert,” who some believed to be a psychiatrist, when in actuality, the character was just an inside joke in the Fab Four about doctors who freely prescribed pills in the States.
Source: americansongwriter.com/Melanie Davis
