![]() ↑ When Leary contested the 1968 US Presidency, John Lennon wrote " Come Together" as his campaign song.↑ although the real-life horse was called Zanthus.Kite!" was a Victorian circus poster set to music, so everyone mentioned was real. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 " Being for the Benefit of Mr.John Lennon was under the impression when he wrote this song that the Walrus was the hero and the Carpenter the villain he was upset to learn that they were both villains. ↑ From Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter".↑ The movie Yellow Submarine gives his name as Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph. D. ![]() Note that this character is not related to The Eggman in Sonic the Hedgehog nor to Eggman Movers in Toy Story. ↑ Both the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", which inspired this song, and Humpty Dumpty, appear in Lewis Carroll's Alice Through the Looking-Glass.Mustard") (it is not clear whether this is Queen Elizabeth II, or a fictional queen) An unnamed Mother Superior (in " Happiness Is a Warm Gun").Maggie May (in " Maggie May") (as this is a folk song, the subject may have been a real person)."A man named Lear" (in " Paperback Writer" this could be a reference to Edward Lear, although he wasn't a novelist).The Devil (in " Devil in Her Heart" and the George Harrison song " Devil's Radio").Unclear whether real or fictional Unclear: D Tchaikovsky (in " Roll Over Beethoven").Jennifer Saunders, an Apple Scruff (in " She Came in Through the Bathroom Window").Sir Walter Raleigh (in " I'm So Tired").Edgar Allan Poe (in " I am the Walrus").Chairman Mao (in " Revolution" and " Revolution 1").Lucy (in " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and " I am the Walrus").Timothy Leary (alluded to as the "he" of " Come Together" " Think for Yourself" may have been inspired by one of his catchphrases).Henry The Horse (in " Being for the Benefit of Mr.The Hendersons (acrobatic troupe) (in " Being for the Benefit of Mr.Gideon (publisher and provider of motel-room Bibles) (in " Rocky Raccoon").Pablo Fanque (in " Being for the Benefit of Mr.Dennis O’Dell (manager of Apple Films) (in " You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)").Melanie Coe (alluded to in " She's Leaving Home").Tara Browne (alluded to in " A Day in the Life").Ludwig van Beethoven (in " Roll Over Beethoven").Historical figures and other famous people: Ringo Starr (in " You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)").Yoko Ono (in "The Ballad of John and Yoko", and alluded to in " Julia").John Lennon (in " The Ballad of John and Yoko").Julia ( Julia Lennon)(in " Julia" - although this song also alludes to Yoko Ono, whose name is Japanese for "ocean child"). ![]()
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