Yellow submarine what is the meaning

No Replies Log in to reply. There was an error. General Comment OK kids. This is a song simply about living on a tour bus. We in the biz refer to long bus rides as a "submarine ride. The phrase "many more of them live next door. Taken in this pretext it's simply a song about life on the road. Most songs like this are taken from real life situations and are written from the perspective of everyday occurances. Most musicians live in the moment and are not as introspective as one would assume.

Look for the simplistic and you will find most of the meanings to songs are just that, simple. Ruralfreed on November 30, Link. General Comment I hate how everyone says its so simple, childish, and a bad song. You mean this song isn't about the joys of "Liquid Crystal Display? General Comment Okay, I apparently understand a very different meaning for this song than everyone else, so I'm going to point it out: In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea And he told us of his life In the land of submarines So we sailed up to the sun Till we found a sea of green And we lived beneath the waves In our yellow submarine -"Where I lived there was a man who sold drugs and he told us about it, so we tried them until we were really high.

General Comment A lot of people are saying this song doesn't have a meaning Well I think it does, actually. Its just you need some background information to understand it. But hey, I might be wrong. I heard somewhere that the military used to use yellow submarines for target practice, they painted it yellow because it was easier to see against the blue or green water.

The recording of Yellow Submarine at Abbey Road studios was remarkable for the party that was held during the session: the Beatles, together with friends, wives and even Rolling Stone Brian Jones added sound effects, vocals and roadie Mal Evans playing a big bass drum to get an authentic marching band effect. Once the track had reached the general public, the interpretations started - especially once the use of the psychedelic drug LSD had become more widespread in the UK.

Were The Beatles tripping when they made the record? Are they referring to smoking joints or something, like Donovan did with Mellow Yellow - which was meant to be about smoking banana skins! The idea of making a cartoon film about Yellow Submarine came in , when the studio United Artists were chasing The Beatles for a follow-up to their film Help!

The Fabs still owed them a movie as part of their deal, so it was decided to fulfil the contractual obligation with an animated film. Another song, recorded in February , would later only appear in the UK print of the movie.

Hey Bulldog was a quickie song, knocked out when The Beatles were in the studio to shoot a video for their single Lady Madonna. The band did agree to appear as themselves in a short live action sequence at the end of the film. The tale concerns Young Fred, a sea captain in the idyllic world of Pepperland, which is invaded by the music-hating Blue Meanies.

Yellow is a color that represents happiness and peace. Submarines were used to carry nuclear missiles. So the man told him about what submarines were used for when they were still kids, WWII era, and now they are grown up and the cold war and threats of nuclear missiles is big.

So they decide to turn an instrument of war into an instrument of peace. The theory I heard back in the day was that "Yellow Submarine" was British slang for a urinal. The crew could be then interpreted as the cigarette butts thrown in "And our friends are all aboard, many more of them live next door. The yellow represents everything from the sun to earth The sky is still blue and the sea it sails on is green.

There are all sorts of people in it I think that the song is about people living in the bottom half of the chakra system. I asked Paul and got no reply. I did receive a thought. It's about Praying Mantises and they treat humans like crap.

Praying Mantises Do resemble a submarine and are mostly yellow. The group was desperate for material. Paul was just going to sleep and slightly dreaming. He summoned a Praying Mantis alien. So he thought he'd make something out of it Now Progressive Insurance does a 3 bears commercial. That too had secret meaning. It was for girls, choosing men and their sizes There is a youtube recording of Ringo in concert in waving arms as if Praying Mantises. They brought it back and even have a yellowsubmarine.

It's just a hard headed mistake with no redeeming value. But the 3 dimensional graphics are cool and I guess the holes are to other dimensions.