Way too much going on! The Beatles- "I Am The Walrus" *REACTION* 

"I Am the Walrus" was written by John Lennon & is from their 1967 TV musical film "Magical Mystery Tour". It is one of their more quirky songs. John wrote the song to confuse listeners who were constantly trying to make serious scholarly interpretations of the Beatles' lyrics.

This is not the official version. This uses an early take of the song and matches it with alt/rare scenes from the film. The finished song adds violins, cellos, recorded scenes from Shakespear, etc... and is a work of art. The official version syncs the song and the video much better.

John wrote this song and it’s not supposed to make sense. He wrote it that way because people were trying to figure out what their songs mean. Don’t think really hard about it, it’s supposed to be nonsensical

😂😂😂 you gotta love the madness of the Beatles. So creative and insane at the same time.😂😂😂 That's Scousers for you. Thanks for the vid bro. Made me laugh a lot.👍

I think the message - if there actually is one - is just to set your mind free and stop looking for answers. Just enjoy. Hope you enjoyed it, Greg. :)

The men dressed in white in the background are the eggman. The video is taken from the movie Magical Mystery Tour-which was a psychedlic movie about a journey to nowhere in reality but a trip far away in the mind.

In the middle 60s some colleges were giving courses on the meaning of Beatles songs, so John wrote “I am the walrus” and said let them figure this one out!

:D For a "full explanation" of this particular song, it's style and their costumes, etc. may I suggest reacting to the Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"? ;)

It used to be a bit of a joke in England that we didn't get tanned, we just got rusty from all the rain.

How does every reactor manage to react to the wrong version of this song?

The Beatles were way before their time. That song is 60 years old. Amazing

He’s spitting bars

The poetry is on another level

Greg you are so cute! when your eyes kind of rolled around and you said"man there's a lot going on"😊 It just totally made me smile

I have a kinda funny story about this song. I worked for a big company that supplied all media to stores like Walmart back in the day. I got a call one day from a lady at a Walmart in the middle of nowhere with a customer who had a special request. She had gotten a letter from her son, who was in Operation Desert Storm, about his funeral if he was killed there. He wanted "I Am the Warrior" by The Beatles played. I sat there forever, trying to think of that song, but nothing. Suddenly, it dawned on me that the kid has been hearing the warrior instead of the walrus his entire life. I had to tell this woman that I could have it sent to the store, but she might want to check with her son, telling him the correct lyrics. I never heard back from anyone, so I assume the kid made it back in one piece. And that's my story....lol.

I always felt this would make a great rap song.

What the heck happened towards the end? It started speeding up and slowing. Weird! Must've been the ku ku ka chu doing it. That things a bastard! Greg, my man, it's simple...you don't understand cuz you're not trippin. Way back in the day, every time I tripped, I forgot to put on this song. So I never found out the meaning either. My acid days are long behind me, I think, so I'm gonna have to count on a youngster like yourself to drop the tab and have another listen so you can let us know what you saw and heard. I'll be waiting anxiously. 😬

The lyrics are very British, very "tongue-in-cheek", so it really comes as no wonder if people from other countries (like me) have a hard time understanding all the innuendoes. A part of it is inspired by "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" (the walrus and the Eggman, i.e. Humpty Dumpty), and children nursery rhymes (the Yellow-matter custard stuff). Other parts are probably sayings or proverbs turned inside out by John Lennon. "Semolina Pilchard" is probably a reference to policeman Norman Pilchard, who had made a point of going after pop stars and get them for drugs possession. I've always found this song absolutely brilliant, in its own,psychedelic, absolutely quirky way.

i don't know where this video came from but its about a minute short and re-edited from the original. there's 2 official versions of the "i am the walrus" video. one taken from the original source "magical mystery tour" film and the other taken from the "anthology" videos. both versions are better than that one. thanks for the reaction.

Yes trippy, that was the era, probably more easily understandable when under the influence, might be a form of meditation, ku ku ka chu, just kidding, I didn't know then ,still don't, it's deep though

The album version is what you need to hear.

so hilarious watching you trying to make sense of this. hahaha. totally not your bailiwick. cracking me up. earnestly trying to get it. haha... good on ya, dude.

That's just John fucking with your mind, Greg. lol.

John lLennon wrote the lyrics and he was told by some musicians that they would always study his lyrics so, he wrote a song that didn’t make any sense just to mess with them,that they would never figure the songs meaning.

Imma 50s child..love these great tunes!

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It's interesting because the same thing happened to the Moody Blues during that era. People just starting making religious idols out of their favorite musicians then. They were getting high and constantly taking lyrics way to far as to make their life's mantra out of them. The Moody Blues had to release a song called "I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band" to tell their fans to stop digging into the meanings of their music. I guess the same kind of thing was going on with the Beatles and this was their way to respond to it. It's a cool song though. I really like the vibe to it. I'm glad it exists and wonder if they'd have ever written something similar to it with sensible lyrics if nonsense wasn't their mission.

The meanings of the words are unimportant. The sounds of the words are.

Yes, they were tripping

You totally nailed it. Sounds like it is important, but it isn’t. John Lennon wrote this because critics and fans were over analyzing BeaTles albums. Gotta great groove

The off-beat thing you said it's kust the mix of the video. The audio version of the song got this end right

England was so cool.

Coo coo ca choo means He is the walrus

People catch this rehearsel again and again... There's more going on in the official version. The clip says "Official Video" and there are also scenes from the film (Magical Mystery Tour) in which the song is presented, but one can see from the poster "BeatlesBootlegBrazil", that this might not be entirely official after all.

Thanks Greg. It's an unusual song that somehow works. Spaghetti thrown against the wall with a coherent form.

It means something special….the meaning of life is…..

It's supposed to be a nonsense song. They be trippin'

That is not the official final version of the song, it's some kind of alternate take or unfinished mix. You should listen to the official version from the Magical Mystery Tour album, it is much better than this. And I think that is a re-edited fan video, not the official one taken from the Magical Mystery Tour Film.

There a lot of specific cultural references here that no one should expect you to get.

The music is Known as psychadelic.

From a Beatles movie...drugy Beatles...on psychedelic drugs...it doesn't mean anything because they were high... good music though.

Song was cut short.

Psychodelic Doesn’t mean anything Trippy as fuck All about the groove

Check out the lyrics😂😂😂😂

The song wasn’t over… ?

i qm the eggman hmm hmm they are the eggman hmm hmm i am the walrus gugchoob

Something was wrong with the timing of the vocals during the last minute or two. It was rushed & made no sense musically. It makes even crazier but not in a good way.

I grew up with the Beatles. That song is never going to make sense. I love it.

As the Beatles popularity grew more and more folks were trying desperately to interpret their music to what they thought the Beatles were trying to convey to their listeners. John decided to write this song to really drive these folks crazy while trying to figure this one out. John meant for it not to make sense knowing that these nuts were going to do what they could to make sense out of something that didn't mean to make sense at all. Trust me these idiots actually tried unsuccessfully mind you and they drove themselves crazy trying to. John and the rest of the band members got a HUGE laugh out of it. You should try listening to their early hits and then listen to how they changed and adapted to how the times and culture started changing in the music world.

Greg, you have to understand that😅 was during John Lennon's LSD days in the 60's. And Cho Cho ACho was telling you everything is okay. Strange but true. If you want to hear a Way Out Song, Check Out Helter Skelter. Late 60's regarding the The Charles Manson Murders. They were at the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time. There's only 2 Beatles Left and Alive, Paul McCartney and Ringo Star. John Lennon and George Harrison were both killed by Sick Fans. Sad, but true.

Only makes sense on drugs

John wrote this song when a young person told him that the teacher was always trying to find the "deeper meaning" to the Beatles' songs. It's a nonsense song - there's no meaning to it at all. It's John snubbing his nose.

I wish people would review a real Beatles song and not someone else's cover. I know this song very well and this is NOT the Beatles music.

Aw ... someone should have warned you - it is not supposed to make sense!! Others have explained why John did it. Next time, you can just enjoy the music and the video!! Just silly fun ... no one like the Beatles!!! God bless you

This is not the official version. Unfortunately it has some very poor mixing and editing. I wish it would be removed from RU-vid so people listening to it won’t get the impression that this is how the Beatles released this classic song.

You keep getting it right and then drift back to wrong again. What you said at the beginning, "I don't know what they're saying, but I know what they mean." That says it all! This is called "psychedelic music," from "psychedelic drugs." But like so many rock songs, the meaning is to be interpreted by the listener. When I was a kid listening to this and whatever song, you generally listened to it on the radio with no lyrics attached. Even many albums didn't include the lyrics. The lyrics are there to take you where you need to go with them. Even if, as in many cases, you get the lyrics wrong, you still paint your own picture from the tone of the music and the lyrics you think you're listening to. Your personal imagination comes first. Just sit back and go with the flow of the music and let your imagination add the meaning. This is hard to describe from someone who has always heard lyrics used in the literal sense. Rock music writes its lyrics from poetry. And if you've ever read poetry you know there is a lot left to the imagination and interpretation. The world of rock is a different one from modern music and requires a different frame of mind to appreciate. Rarely having the lyrics at hand and so much of the vocals difficult to make out, it's really remarkable that I was never that curious. And nobody else seemed all that concerned either. We all had our own wonderlands to drop into with our own meanings and visuals emanating from our minds whenever a song was cued up. Really, looking back on it, it was quite amazing that nobody back then even mentioned what I just explained. I had to think about it before writing this. Hope that helps.

Oh no. Another reactor chooses the wrong version! This is a crap version. Look for the version with the Magical Mystery Tour album cover, ie no video

I guess that this was when they were into drugs. At least for their sake I hope so.

John liked to fuck with peoples mind, especially the upper crust big wigs. John loved word play and nonsensical rhymes. Please men/police men

They kind of… changed. It is pure nonsense. On purpose. Thanks John Lennon.

--- - - Weird drug song. Beatles were bad influence. Psychadelic = Drug Tripping

This isn't the right version

Lennon is screwing with people trying to find meaning in the words. I am sorry to tell you that this is a terrible mix of this song-have heard it before, and I really don't like it. The original track has much more going on sonically, and doesn't go so terribly out of time like this one does. I'm sorry you ruined your first time reaction to this song, but this track should be thrown in the trash in favor of the "real" version of this song that the Beatles actually released.

Better off with the original album cut, this video is useless and mangles the song a bit

Not the official version (original is different and much better) - happens too many time with reactors on this song. Sorry dude, shut it off at .38 sec.