Add Your Thoughts Comments. General Comment It seems to me that John wrote this song as a representation of a place that he goes in his head to escape his troubles. When he was younger, he often took refuge in Strawberry Field. This song is using Strawberry Field as a metaphor for a place he mentally wanders to forget his stress.
No Replies Log in to reply. There was an error. General Comment The song opens with the chorus, "Let me take you down cos I'm going to, Strawberry Fields, nothing is real, and nothing to get hung-about. Strawberry Fields forever. One, it is an actual place John went to visit often - Strawberry Fields being an orphanage near John's home in Liverpool where he went as a young boy to escape his troubles — And two, this song is also using Strawberry Fields symbolically - a place he mentally wanders to forget his stress - yearning for simpler times.
He also is frustrated and disillusioned with those who go through life blind to things going on around them, and too there are indications of Lennon's own insecurities about his genius. John invites us to come on "down" and join him into a world where there is no fussing, fighting, or killing. Misunderstanding all you see. This is so true when you deliberate about how easy life is when you accept things superficially and don't utilize research. However, John knew that living life shallowly is not really living at all.
The next verse begins, "No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low. There's a saying, "There's a fine line between genius and insanity," and John may, at that point in time, have questioned his sanity even for a brief time. That is I think it's not too bad. Lennon tapped into primal emotions that never left his consciousness.
He reassures us though that even when he may be in doubt and "thinks it's him," he is quite certain he " That is I think I disagree. Later, biographers would write that he had a hard time making friends.
The history of Strawberry Field dates back to , when the property was owned by a wealthy English ship owner named George Warren.
In , another wealthy ship magnate named Alexander C. Mitchell purchased the mansion and property. On July 7, , the home was opened as a orphanage for up to forty girls.
Lennon also often alluded to how Strawberry Field was representative of his childhood, on the outside foreboding but once he climbed over that wall, full of wildflowers and secretive gardens. When John Lennon brought the song back to the band in November of , it was met with awe.
It is widely thought of as the most complicated recording the Beatles ever did. Today, Strawberry Field is in a state of disrepair despite continuing to be a tourist attraction for Beatle fanatics. In , after nearly 70 years as an orphanage, it closed down and all the remaining children were transferred to foster families. While many of the original buildings and structures were torn down in the s, a few still remained including the iconic red Victorian-era Strawberry Field gates — until The gates, which dated back to Warren, were put into storage and replaced with replicas, leaving many fans and tour guides, who rely on Beatle-related income upset.
However, as of this writing, Strawberry Field remains abandoned and mostly decrepit. Share -. Stay updated Sign up with us to receive the latest news, straight to your inbox!
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