Who's the "Fool on the Hill"..........?

[canadianbeaver]

I was wondering if someone could put up the words to "Fool On the Hill" -beatles....

Sounds very familiar...indeed...For many on the "HILL"

[Beaver Tail]

1. Here are the actual lyrics for a quick copy and paste

Day after day alone on the hill,
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still,
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he’s just a fool,
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning around.

Well on his way his head in a cloud,
The man of a thousand voices talking percetly loud
But nobody ever hears him,
Or the sound he appears to make,
And he never seems to notice,
But the fool on the hill . . .
Nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do.
And he never shows his feelings,
But the fool on the hill . . .

[Zen Democrat]

4. Did you know this song was written in India about the Maharishi

when the Beatles were among his flock. Of course, Paul and John got over their fascination with the "Holy Man" when they found out he was going after the women while publicly espousing celibacy. I think it was Mia Farrow's sister Prudence ("Dear Prudence") who outed old Maha.

Fool On The Hill refers to someone regarded as a fool who is really the wise man. On Capitol Hill there are several wise men and women who aren't given their due, most prominently John Conyers. But Howard Dean may be the true "Fool on the Hill".

[johnaries]

14. I believe you're thinking of Lennon's Sexy Sadie.

In an old Lennon interview with Penthouse he said that he wrote Sexy Sadie about the Maharishi.

[Zen Democrat]

15. Sexy Sadie was indeed originally entitled "Maharishi" and written

by John Lennon after returning from India. Paul McCartney wrote Fool On The Hill while in India and still under the thrall of the self-styled guru.

That's at least two Beatle songs about old Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -- and there may be others.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

5. The fools on the hill...

Dubya:

"Day after day alone on the hill,
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still,
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he’s just a fool,
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning around."


True patriots who have followed principle and expressed dissent, ie like the Founding Fathers, in theory at least:


"Well on his way his head in a cloud,
The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him,
Or the sound he appears to make,
And he never seems to notice,

Rove:

But the fool on the hill . . .
Nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do.
And he never shows his feelings,
But the fool on the hill . . ."

[canadianbeaver]

8. very good.......I like how you put it..

and it really does read like it was written for todays events...

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

13. Hauntingly familiar

isn't it?

Thanks.

[canadianbeaver]

9. thanks.....n/t

[Goldmund]

2. Here

Day after day alone on the hill,
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still,
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he’s just a fool,
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning around.

Well on his way his head in a cloud,
The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him,
Or the sound he appears to make,
And he never seems to notice,
But the fool on the hill . . .
Nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do.
And he never shows his feelings,
But the fool on the hill . . .

[canadianbeaver]

10. thank you tooo!!.....n/t

[HockeyMom]

3. Very appropriate for the times

Looks like Lennon may have been prophetic too. I will leave to the individual to decide just who exactly is the "Fool".






:yourock:

[Zen Democrat]

6. Paul McCartney wrote Fool On The Hill.

[HockeyMom]

12. You are right

but it's still prophetic. :)

[jojo54]

7. Like Zen, I understand it's about the Maharishi but

the words certainly seem to fit *, with the exception of "he never shows his feelings". Chimpy is always showing his own insecurity by that stupid grin and how he laughs when he's trying to state something he needs people to believe.

[MoonRiver]

11. Actually, I believe the Fool is in reality very wise.

He's a fool to everybody else because he doesn't buy into the b.s. all around him. The song's character is analogous to the "Fool" card in the Tarot deck. I don't liken * to the Beattles Fool.

[Zen Democrat]

16. Right. The Fool was a Wise Man.