Sorry to disappoint you but (according to George Martin's original hand-written score) the voices are actually singing "Got one, got one, ev'rybody's got one!" and "Oompah, oompah, stick it up yer jumpah!" They were professional singers hired in for the session, and also did the "wooooh!"s and the various "hee-hee-hee, ha-ha-ha, ho-ho-ho" bits. Also, the lines from Shakespeare's "King Lear" were mixed in live from a BBC radio broadcast - it was just a coincidence that it was on air at the time.
Ok, as for the whole "Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot" and "Got one, got one, everybody's got one" is a major arguement (or so i've noticed). I listened to my iPod (on my speaker dock) at maximum volume and replayed the last minute of I am the Walrus. After all of the goo-goo-g'joobs, you begin to hear voices. They start out as, "smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot," then it repeats again in deep voices. Then the voices pick up and you hear simultaneously "Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot" and "Got one, got one, everybody's...
Ok, as for the whole "Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot" and "Got one, got one, everybody's got one" is a major arguement (or so i've noticed). I listened to my iPod (on my speaker dock) at maximum volume and replayed the last minute of I am the Walrus. After all of the goo-goo-g'joobs, you begin to hear voices. They start out as, "smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot," then it repeats again in deep voices. Then the voices pick up and you hear simultaneously "Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot" and "Got one, got one, everybody's got one." Do not focus on anything but the lyrics. The two phrases are so closely blended together, you can hear both. Focus on the pot phrase, you will only hear the pot phrase. Focus on the got one phrase, and you will only hear that phrase.
@ ^^ Wrong. Not according to the biographies, many of which were written by people that were with the Beatles at the time, including George Martin, Producer. No pot smoking references in there no matter how you try to hear them. They're singing "got one, got one, everybody's got one" and "oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper".
@ ^^ Wrong. Not according to the biographies, many of which were written by people that were with the Beatles at the time, including George Martin, Producer. No pot smoking references in there no matter how you try to hear them. They're singing "got one, got one, everybody's got one" and "oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper".
Sorry to disappoint you but (according to George Martin's original hand-written score) the voices are actually singing "Got one, got one, ev'rybody's got one!" and "Oompah, oompah, stick it up yer jumpah!" They were professional singers hired in for the session, and also did the "wooooh!"s and the various "hee-hee-hee, ha-ha-ha, ho-ho-ho" bits. Also, the lines from Shakespeare's "King Lear" were mixed in live from a BBC radio broadcast - it was just a coincidence that it was on air at the time.
Ok, as for the whole "Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot" and "Got one, got one, everybody's got one" is a major arguement (or so i've noticed). I listened to my iPod (on my speaker dock) at maximum volume and replayed the last minute of I am the Walrus. After all of the goo-goo-g'joobs, you begin to hear voices. They start out as, "smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot," then it repeats again in deep voices. Then the voices pick up and you hear simultaneously "Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot" and "Got one, got one, everybody's...
Ok, as for the whole "Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot" and "Got one, got one, everybody's got one" is a major arguement (or so i've noticed). I listened to my iPod (on my speaker dock) at maximum volume and replayed the last minute of I am the Walrus. After all of the goo-goo-g'joobs, you begin to hear voices. They start out as, "smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot," then it repeats again in deep voices. Then the voices pick up and you hear simultaneously "Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot" and "Got one, got one, everybody's got one." Do not focus on anything but the lyrics. The two phrases are so closely blended together, you can hear both. Focus on the pot phrase, you will only hear the pot phrase. Focus on the got one phrase, and you will only hear that phrase.
Look for yourself. They are both there.
@ ^^ Wrong. Not according to the biographies, many of which were written by people that were with the Beatles at the time, including George Martin, Producer. No pot smoking references in there no matter how you try to hear them. They're singing "got one, got one, everybody's got one" and "oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper".
@ ^^ Wrong. Not according to the biographies, many of which were written by people that were with the Beatles at the time, including George Martin, Producer. No pot smoking references in there no matter how you try to hear them. They're singing "got one, got one, everybody's got one" and "oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper".