About "round round round"-- "rounding" is a kind of extended meditation done at Transcendental Meditation retreats. I think that is what Prudence Farrow is doing, rather than coming out to play. My impression of this song is that John is goofing off, while Prudence is being serious about her meditation, and he wants her to come play with her. She was really quite fantastically beautiful.
According to Gina Catena, who was born and raised in the TM movement, John said he felt Prudence had gotten "slightly barmy" from meditating in her hut 12 hours a day, and he wasn't the only one concerned about her. She didn't come out and play, and consequently didn't hear the song till a couple years later after it had been released.
According to Gina Catena, who was born and raised in the TM movement, John said he felt Prudence had gotten "slightly barmy" from meditating in her hut 12 hours a day, and he wasn't the only one concerned about her. She didn't come out and play, and consequently didn't hear the song till a couple years later after it had been released.
Subsequently Mia made some critical comments about the Maharishi, but then stopped talking about him for fear the cult would cut off her contact with her sister.
Subsequently Mia made some critical comments about the Maharishi, but then stopped talking about him for fear the cult would cut off her contact with her sister.
About "round round round"-- "rounding" is a kind of extended meditation done at Transcendental Meditation retreats. I think that is what Prudence Farrow is doing, rather than coming out to play. My impression of this song is that John is goofing off, while Prudence is being serious about her meditation, and he wants her to come play with her. She was really quite fantastically beautiful.
According to Gina Catena, who was born and raised in the TM movement, John said he felt Prudence had gotten "slightly barmy" from meditating in her hut 12 hours a day, and he wasn't the only one concerned about her. She didn't come out and play, and consequently didn't hear the song till a couple years later after it had been released.
According to Gina Catena, who was born and raised in the TM movement, John said he felt Prudence had gotten "slightly barmy" from meditating in her hut 12 hours a day, and he wasn't the only one concerned about her. She didn't come out and play, and consequently didn't hear the song till a couple years later after it had been released.
Subsequently Mia made some critical comments about the Maharishi, but then stopped talking about him for fear the cult would cut off her contact with her sister.
Subsequently Mia made some critical comments about the Maharishi, but then stopped talking about him for fear the cult would cut off her contact with her sister.