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Monday 12th May 2008 12:40am [Edited]
Blackwood
5,335 posts
Yep, I realised the song was about the old bearded yogi and that Lennon changed the name, mainly so that Harrison could play on the track and still save face with his Hindu mates. The lyrics without the name Maharishi are vague and could apply to anyone so the name change would have saved litigation. Now if he'd have sung:
"Sexy Sadie, you guru twat / We came to India and you touched up Mia's sis."
Lennon would have been facing legal action because it's clearly based on well-known accusations of the time.
Any one suspect as I do who Lennon was writing about in "Come Together"? The vicious verses, as opposed to the clarion call to simultaneous orgasm.
Quote: Norman Wisdom @ May 10 2008, 2:19 PM BST
Absolutely. I love Johnny Vegas. One of the funniest guys around. Article was just a piss take.
No need to defend that, Peter. You can still have a pop at people and think they're decent.