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A Web of Historical Textuality

A Web of Historical Textuality. Looking at “Come Together”. ("Abbey Simpsons Road“). The Beatles Abbey Road (1969) Come Together. (Abby Road).

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A Web of Historical Textuality

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  1. A Web of Historical Textuality Looking at “Come Together”

  2. ("Abbey Simpsons Road“).

  3. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969) Come Together (Abby Road).

  4. JOHN 1969: "'Come Together' changed at the session. [...] I just said, 'Look, I've got no arrangement for you, but you know how I want it.' I think that's partly because we've played together a long time. So I said, 'Give me something funky and set up a beat, maybe.' And they all just joined in” (Abbey Road). Come Together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LZGQ4MkvQ

  5. GEORGE 1969:““Come Together" was one of the last ones to be recorded. [...]It's sort of twelve-bar type of tune, and it's one of the nicest sounds we've got, actually. Nice drumming from Ringo. And it's sort of up-tempo. I suppose you'd call it a rocker. Rocker-beat-a-boogie” (Abbey Road). America’s Got Talent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcuzzJCTxR0

  6. JOHN 1980: “Come Together was an expression that Tim Leary had come up with for his attempt at being president or whatever he wanted to be, and he asked me to write a campaign song. I tried and I tried, but I couldn't come up with one. But I came up with this, 'Come Together,' which would've been no good to him-- you couldn't have a campaign song like that, right? Leary attacked me years later, saying I ripped him off. I didn't rip him off. It's just that it turned into 'Come Together‘” (Abbey Road). 

  7. "Come together, join the party." Timothy Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) • an American psychologist and writer • Advocacated and Studied the effects of psychedelic drugs(such as LSD). • During the 1960s and 1970s, Leary was arrested regularly on drug charges. • “Come together” was his campaign Slogan for when he ran for Governor of California against Ronald Regan in 1969. Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary

  8. Governor of California1967- 1975 President of the USA 1981-1989

  9. Ronald Reagan • 40th President of the United States. • He served two terms as President, from 1981 to 1989. • In 1937 Reagan was asked to play a radio announcer in the film Love Is on the Air • Reagan worked on as many as four to seven movies a yearfrom 1937 to 1964. • Reagan appeared in over 50 films before his presidency. Read more: http://history1900s.about.com/od/ronaldreagan/p/reagan.htm

  10. “Bedtime for Bonzo” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zHN4vCfwh4 “Hail to the Chimp” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKSV52JrWXQ

  11. (“Homer Simpson President”).

  12. How has the meaning of the original song, “Come Together” by the Beatles changed because of your new knowledge of some of the historical context?

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