Even with this great campaign song Timothy Leary still couldnt beat Ronald Reagan in the 1968 Governors race ! The songs history began when Lennon was inspired by Timothy Learys gubernatorial campaign for governor of California titled Come together, join the party against Ronald Reagan, which promptly ended when Leary was sent to prison for possession of marijuana. It has been speculated that each verse refers cryptically to each of The Beatles (e.g. hes one holy roller allegedly refers to the spiritually inclined George Harrison; he got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola to Ringo, the funny Beatle; he got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker to Lennon himself; and got to be good-looking cause hes so hard to see to Paul); however, it has also been suggested that the song has only a single pariah-like protagonist and Lennon was painting another sardonic self-portrait.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:48:23 +0000