Post Beatles John was all about revealing truth. Sometimes when I listen to 'mind games', I think he's hinting. ..no, taunting his audience...even ridiculing them for having been taken in by his, and their (Beatles), mind games. Perhaps while employing those mind games over the years he wasn't fully cognizant of their employ.....or was but didn't care...and was only now becoming angry with the revelation of their previously unrevealed negative cultural significance. I know it sounds ludicrous as I put this out there, but what if he was saying that the peace/love mantra was about sedating the masses under the thumbs of the oppressors? A machiavellian effort to put down the revolution? Opiate the fucking peasants. "Love is the answer and you KNOW that....for sure....no Love is surrender...."
"Faith in the future is absolute elsewhere... outa the now"....means that you've been duped into concerning yourself with nonsense like heaven, religion, meditation, sex and drugs....instead of what really matters like equality and human rights and the fight against tyranny.
I feel I could go on and on and deconstruct the lyrics to this song for a year.....but for now....just try it on once and see if it resonates at all ok. Listen to the song again with these ears. I'm sorry....it's painful. But if you do....you just might see a whole other level of genius in John.
@Paulnotpaul I agree. It's theorised by some that The Beatles were an intelligence agency Psy-op during their 'hippy' phase. John seemed pissed off in his last days, perhaps realising they were being used as tools. He may have been referring to himself as the 'Druid Dude lifting the veil' - Veil of secrecy around what the Beatles were tasked to do. It's well known that 'Dough Boys' , a military reference to easily molded 'soft' young troops, are easier to break down and be re-made into fully compliant troops. You could extend that to citizens, corporate slaves, factory slaves...
@Paulnotpaul I agree. It's theorised by some that The Beatles were an intelligence agency Psy-op during their 'hippy' phase. John seemed pissed off in his last days, perhaps realising they were being used as tools. He may have been referring to himself as the 'Druid Dude lifting the veil' - Veil of secrecy around what the Beatles were tasked to do. It's well known that 'Dough Boys' , a military reference to easily molded 'soft' young troops, are easier to break down and be re-made into fully compliant troops. You could extend that to citizens, corporate slaves, factory slaves and so on. 'Doing the mind guerrilla' psychological warfare/ intel operation. 'Ritual dance in the sun' - referring to ancient psy-ops that Druids performed to control the tribe, with at least the illusion of 'good vibes' for all.
Post Beatles John was all about revealing truth. Sometimes when I listen to 'mind games', I think he's hinting. ..no, taunting his audience...even ridiculing them for having been taken in by his, and their (Beatles), mind games. Perhaps while employing those mind games over the years he wasn't fully cognizant of their employ.....or was but didn't care...and was only now becoming angry with the revelation of their previously unrevealed negative cultural significance. I know it sounds ludicrous as I put this out there, but what if he was saying that the peace/love mantra was about sedating the masses under the thumbs of the oppressors? A machiavellian effort to put down the revolution? Opiate the fucking peasants. "Love is the answer and you KNOW that....for sure....no Love is surrender...." "Faith in the future is absolute elsewhere... outa the now"....means that you've been duped into concerning yourself with nonsense like heaven, religion, meditation, sex and drugs....instead of what really matters like equality and human rights and the fight against tyranny. I feel I could go on and on and deconstruct the lyrics to this song for a year.....but for now....just try it on once and see if it resonates at all ok. Listen to the song again with these ears. I'm sorry....it's painful. But if you do....you just might see a whole other level of genius in John.
@Paulnotpaul I agree. It's theorised by some that The Beatles were an intelligence agency Psy-op during their 'hippy' phase. John seemed pissed off in his last days, perhaps realising they were being used as tools. He may have been referring to himself as the 'Druid Dude lifting the veil' - Veil of secrecy around what the Beatles were tasked to do. It's well known that 'Dough Boys' , a military reference to easily molded 'soft' young troops, are easier to break down and be re-made into fully compliant troops. You could extend that to citizens, corporate slaves, factory slaves...
@Paulnotpaul I agree. It's theorised by some that The Beatles were an intelligence agency Psy-op during their 'hippy' phase. John seemed pissed off in his last days, perhaps realising they were being used as tools. He may have been referring to himself as the 'Druid Dude lifting the veil' - Veil of secrecy around what the Beatles were tasked to do. It's well known that 'Dough Boys' , a military reference to easily molded 'soft' young troops, are easier to break down and be re-made into fully compliant troops. You could extend that to citizens, corporate slaves, factory slaves and so on. 'Doing the mind guerrilla' psychological warfare/ intel operation. 'Ritual dance in the sun' - referring to ancient psy-ops that Druids performed to control the tribe, with at least the illusion of 'good vibes' for all.
@Paulnotpaul i think youre missing half of it
@Paulnotpaul i think youre missing half of it