The Beatles – Revolution 9

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Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine...

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Track duration: 08:21

"Revolution 9" as written by John Winston Lennon, Paul James Mccartney

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    General Comment:TBH I dont know what this song is about, and I really don't care. I am confused by it, and it seems mostly like it might have been all a joke.
    Flag PTCGAZon December 31, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song is just a bunch of random gibberish done by John Lennon and childhood friend Pete Shotton that they recorded while high on acid.
    Number 9 backwards is (or sounds like) "Turn me on, dead man."
    Flag flamingpieon July 17, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Take this brother, may it serve you well.
    Flag Nocturnaeon February 09, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Most of John's drug songs are actually good (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Happiness is a Warm Gun, etc.) This one sucks though. I blame Yoko. The entire problem with the White Album is that it is NOT a Beatles album (how funny given the fact it is titled The Beatles). It is just a collection of solo works composed by each member of the Beatles and then performed collaboratively. Thankfully they returned to collaborative works for Let it be and Abbey Road.
    Flag gobears1987on November 21, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Easily the worst Beatles song
    Flag matthewconteon May 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:It's a vision of the future, this is kinda what modern music sounds like.
    Flag Sinani201on February 03, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:It is a very scary song. Try to listen to it loud and alone... I can't do that.
    "Paul Is Dead" is a fascinating theory but a kolossal fake, too. Beatles still laugh of us about that...
    Flag LisbethSalander3000on January 16, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This is how I hear the song:
    I think it's John's attempt to aurally recreate how his life felt. When the baby cries, I always hear it as him being born. The part where you can hear a band tuning up (the Beatles starting) and then the crowd noise gets louder and louder until it peaks and then it starts to sound ominous and John goes "Waaaaaaah!". :) And then the crowd chanting starts, perhaps to reference the counterculture. So I think the song is just supposed to be an abstract aural "painting" of how John felt the 60s changed him. With a bunch of random shit thrown in for good measure, no doubt! :)
    Flag cfraserhon January 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:In college, I indulged my weird side a bit...and thus loved this piece. I found it hypnotic...good for meditation.

    I even went to sleep to it once, making it repeat over and over. I woke up with no side effects that I know of !%$#%@%#@%^(*&^%*&^%FV&^%*^%^&%$*&$%$*& *(& ^(*&% (*&IHB (YR ^%R*&(G ) *&T*^% (*
    Flag HeavyBon December 21, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:May be just John want making a joke .Do not too serious.
    Flag fanofenyaon August 27, 2010   Link

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