Come Together

[pennsays]

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[dustydirt]

"He got feet down below his knee"

awesome song!

when you're 80, a bj will not please as much as this song. longevity is the key here.

yeah, yeah, yeah!

[cassidy99ful]

@dustydirt and 1 and 1 and 1 is three.

[scorpionkings]

Personally I think that blow job theory is a huge crock of bullshit!

[BigJohnWoody]

I was born in 1985 and consider The Beatles the only untouchable act. True greats. And John Lennon's solo work was nearly as brilliant, especially Plastic Ono Band.

[Kelji98225]

Telling us that Come together was releast in the same month that he had his first and quite probablly last sexual experiance really tells us absolutly nothing about his age.

[pennsays]

@Kelji98225 Are you looking for his age then? It's 55.

[Kelji98225]

thanks I had all but forgot about my bitchy comment 6 months ago =) the answer was appreaciated none the less.

[MrArcooper]

Question about the lyrics: Is each verse about a different type of person who would be united under (or over) Leary or is each verse about Leary himself?

[caitg1]

penn says...crap

[JosefinaChile19]

MOROOOOON!!!!!!!!!!

[xXCptCharlesXx]

That was totally pointless.

[nofear714]

omg i cant believe i wasted my time watching this. bullshit. makes no sense

[Dejoblue]

A typical studio technique is to enunciate differently or leave out alltogether ses and cs. During that time of recording, and even to this day, a skilled singer wil turn their head as they pronounce the ses and cs.

So i dont think it was entirely for the benefit of not exactly matching please as you also have the ending phrase words free and see while please has a strong z sound.

It was about bringing out the please and trying to not detract from the impact of the "shoot me" throughout.

[cranie4]

I gotta say I totally don't get Sun-Ra. I listen to all kinds of music but that's one I can't grasp. And also let me say I'm a HUGE Beatles and Lennon fan. But for someone like you who grew up while the Beatles were happening, at what point did everyone universally accept that John was "one of the best singers ever"? Twist and Shout?

[juliecranford]

The +-3 years thing doesn't apply to me at all.  I can't even remember what music was popular at that time.

[NSBUD420]

same here

[UndertakersFans]

You don't even look 53 years old!

[UndertakersFans]

You look pretty hansome for a 53 year old!

[WolfJounin]

Agreed. Pretty "badass" looking I must say.

[hypnotstcollector]

Penn makes a better comedian that a sexpert or 911 spokesman.. 911 was an inside job and a media job.

[DarthSensitive]

No. It wasn't. The overwhelming evidence points to it being the work of Bin Laden's organization, working winthin themselves.

Saying that it was perpetrated by anybody else disparages the lives of those who died on that day.

[hypnotstcollector]

dear darth, sorry, history and reality will prove that we were fed false video. thats the media. it was perpetrated by a government within our government. thats the inside job. and it goes deeper than that darth....a guy like you should know. Our current economy is crafted and connected with 911. true.

[DarthSensitive]

As the one with the extraordinary claims it is your job to provide evidence. Have fun.

[hypnotstcollector]

Sorry, you're on your own. I have playlists that help you get started

[Scrapheap71]

"history and reality will prove that we were fed false video"

What about the thousands of eyewitnesses?? 3 men can keep a secret if 2 of them are dead. You don't have a snowballs chance in hell of keeping all those people quiet.

FAIL!!!

[hypnotstcollector]

I would suggest you examine the evidence and the witnesses. I am not saying something didn't it the WTC. i started with "painfull deceptions"... but looking at WTC airplane flt 175 is not what it appears. there is too much to speak of hear. 911taboo, GTV, 911AmateurVideo. I have playlists. 911 was a media job and an inside job.

[Scrapheap71]

"I would suggest you examine the evidence and the witnesses"

Take your own advice.

[hypnotstcollector]

I have. I also made 15 video tapes of 911 on 911. The first 2 hours are a bad joke: continuously weaving buildings, screen clogged with banners and pop-ups, impossible colors that change for no reason.camera angles changing at worst moment. this was on tv. i recorded it. so did others. it's all out there.. i have looked at some 35-40,000 videos on 911. over 75,000 total on 911-1857,Mormonism, etc. My playlists are ordered up thru the first 20. let me know when you catch up....

[rarerequest]

you is one beatifull ass monster

[bobgee1999]

Who the hell remembers their first blowjob?

[jmpmo03]

Smokin' the reefer.

[CatAtomic99]

Come together is about a simultaneous orgasm. Or world peace. One of those. I forget.

[kerasea]

wow, I didn't realize how homely this guy was. Can't say much about his coversation either. I know it has enlightened me.

[jwoodswce]

Interesting thing about the campaign reference in this vid is current political campaign's tendency to seize previously popular songs second-handedly as their theme.

Given the importance of music as an art form, would it be more powerful to commission the origination of a good new song as the theme of a political campaign?

This lack of originality and dependence upon pandering to the popular is symptomatic of the current state of politics.

It just struck me as an interesting opportunity.

[tonzimala]

What a fat fuckin' dope.

[wackytracky]

I think the BJ reference only works if the title of the song has "come" in it, but it's nice to know someone else respects the work of Tiny Tim, he works on so many levels

[mmmrazor]

Pointless drivel.

[dutchvigilante]

Does first sexual experience includes masturbation? And does around the time of your first blow job also means around the time you give your first blow job? Does it include sexual abuse in your childhood years?

Am I asking too many stupid questions?

[ViperRob42]

First sexual encounter would be with someone else... with yourself isn't an encounter persay... lol, plus with most ppl that 1st happened when their 11-13 whereas 'sexual experience' is more 14-17

[1arschclown1]

"persay" = Per se?

[ViperRob42]

I've been sayin persay for yrs, so its suppose to be said 'per se'? well shiver me timbers lol

[kerasea]

viper, thanks for giving clear definition on these issues !!!!

[WannabeKiwiBoy]

Oh no Penn, one thing I always respected about how they uploaded your videos was that the tags were always relevant. Now I see that the tag abuse has started - that is terribly shameful, and I'll probably end up unsubscribing for that reason. Tag abuse is one of the leading destroyers of YouTube.

[lombard34]

I think it's a great song. I've always wondered if "Please Please Me" is about oral sex. Not as good as "Come Together" but it's from their earlier days, so I suppose they had to be even more guarded with their meaning then. Or perhaps I'm just reading too much into it.

[Atheismrulez]

NO U

[earthmother]

isn't 'blow' the wrong word?

i always wondered about that

[sykikfaize]

Having NO sexual connection to "Come Together" OR 1969 - I have to say the song is STILL amazing.

I've been a major Beatles fan for about 22 years and love the song - though "I Am The Walrus" is my favorite.

[ConalCochran]

I've been meaning to buy an adirondack chair.

And yes, you have to be careful with Beatles lyrics, hahaha...those are some pricey royalties.

[realdoogie]

3 cheers for blow jobs!!

HIP HIP HOORAY!

HIP HIP HOORAY!

HIP HIP HOORAY!

[ChuckyJesus666]

Isn't it considered fair use if it's quoted in part as part of a critique?

[wormbaby79]

Of course it is but they can still sue you. The legal fees involved would be astronomical. Remember the Beatles are one of the few bands that you can not legally purchase in a digital format. Thank Sony and Michael Jackson for that! They belive it is financially viable to sue and keep pressing records than make it available, so their judgement should be questioned.

[ChuckyJesus666]

CD's are not a digital format? I'm guessing you mean downloadable.

[wormbaby79]

No I mean as a collection of ones and zeros. If you use a ripping program that enables you to harness the ones and zeros on any Beatles cd you have broken the copy protection inherent with a Red Book auidio cd (a CDDA). I don't care if its downloadable, if they released it on a flash drive like the original ghostbusters did I would be happy. But according to Sony any copy residing on your harddrive(or equivalant) in a digital format is against the law.

[ChuckyJesus666]

I thought the data on a CD was a collection of ones and zeros, like any digital data. I was also under the impression they never put any copy protection coding into standard CD's. You may break the law technically by ripping the songs and putting on your ipod, but it's not like someone's really going to come knocking on your door for this. BTW, I can't stand MP3 sound, I think it sucks on toast. CD's ok, but SACD, DVD Audio or the new lossless movie track formats, such as Dolby TruHD are better

[wormbaby79]

It is of course a collection of ones and zeros however unless you purchase a license from Phillips you can not decode it, if you do you are technically breaking the law. Any product which has the CD logo on it has paid this. Of course mp3 sounds like crap from the compression. Any lossless format will be as good as the original by definition. However there exists no source of this type for a Beatles recording, the best you can do is probably the old wire recordings which can be found.

[ufo8mykat]

It's exactly interesting, he changed his poetry because that irresolution gives an effect that gets through to people. When something goes oddly wrong, people remember it, especially if it's so subtle that they don't mind enough to voluntarily forget and not think about it. How's that for a ramble?

[tx3p]

That reminds me of the NOFX song, Please Play this Song on the Radio. The lyric is "every line is sung in time and every verse ends in a rhyme" however the word rhyme is intentionally mispronounced so that it sounds like rim.

[realdoogie]

OOOOOOH AHHHH!! lmao

[1dockthorwho23]

Thats funny I have to think about this Time line wise roll back the tape. yah that is very interesting about john I have always given thought about that from the time it happened. It's like he know he was going to be murder very weird.

[nutherefurlong]

Good point about the knee. It always sorta stuck with me, maybe even annoyed me, when I heard that. But it was still one of my favorite songs, at least when not taking into account your friend's sex-based point of reference idea :)

[blackrainuponus]

I'm 22, so this was waaaay before my first blowjob, and I say it's a good song.

[vomitwut]

BUT I STILL GET BLOWJOBS!

[zenguin13]

I think the "shootme" roulade was in reference to the "He shoot Coca-Cola" line meaning cocaine. It is creepy the way it eventually worked out but I don't think it was an invitation or dare least anyone get the wrong idea about that.

[archivesbc]

The question, as always, is whether the fact that we can't accurately judge those songs because they've already become nostalgia means that the our perception of songs that come out today as being crap is false.

[keybolt]

The thing I find interesting, and also sucks, for people like u and independent film makers, is that everything is copy written, that you can't quote lyrics...... Would Micheal Jackson come after you? I don't even know if he still owns the rights to the song....but it also sucks that images that we are exposed to everyday, are images that film makers aren't allowed to use with out permission.......

[batlrar]

That's a good theory, but I suppose it only works if you like anything that's coming out on the radio at the time. I, personally, don't listen to the radio so this doesn't hold true for me. My first major breakup, however, did put a lot of Weird Al songs in perspective!

[AgainstAllGods]

Might want to take a second to clear your throat Penn.

[psycoticsinginchick]

Hair down to his knee, Got to be a joker he just do what he please.

[ZomBStrawberry]

Nothing wrong with us saying the Lyrics eh'

[psycoticsinginchick]

Nope!

[blackrainuponus]

Hope you paid to use that lyric.

[psycoticsinginchick]

Does it count if I bought the cd?

[blackrainuponus]

I don't think that's how it works, but I think it's legal to have it downloaded on a MP3 player then.

[ShortbusMooner]

What about "Everybody Must Get Stoned"?

[RoninSanjuro]

Got to be good looking 'cause he's so hard to see

[GetMeThere1]

Penn gets BJ at 14 and a half. Nice early start!

[Nocivel]

I think, 'But I Still Get Blowjobs.' should be the way you sign off for every video.

[melancholyguy]

Penn, I'd blow you! Just kidding, dude. I'm totally, totally straight. Buhbye!

[SaintRussell1914]

Funny you should mention Sun Ra. I was listening to Angels and Demons on my way to school today.

[BELACSAMOHT]

I love his laugh man :)

[brentbraniff]

I listen to Baba O Riley still to this day...that being the song I that reminds me of my first love and first real sex I had with another guy....Sadly, even though I still listen to that song...I don't get blow jobs anymore. Why is that, you ask? I live in North Dakota. Fly over states are tuff on us gay boys.

[jaudsle]

I played as Tiny Tim's drummer in Des Moines back in the early 90's.. what a trip, he's missed.  Come Together.. great groove!

[autisticanimallover]

Thank you, Penn, for doing benefits for people with mental/developmental issues. I have some issues in those lines and I'm working on my Ph.D. to help autistic people so I love to see celebrities supporting my community.

[cheetah100]

I hope "bullshit" isn't a trademark, but sorry I have to call Bullshit on this whole idea of not be able to judge quality of songs at the time of your first sexual experience. To begin with one must assume that you are somehow clairvoyant enough to know - in advance - when this would be. Even if I grant you that the real meaning is teenagers can't judge good music I would say that its all subjective anyway. I like Enya. Many people consider that a mental illness :)

[kolabear]

Don't hate me for this, but does anyone think the fact that John repeatedly says "SHOOT ME" in Come Together in any way encouraged that nutjob to murder him.

Just a theory.

[Max20854]

No.

[makaisenki]

my first blowjob and last blow jobs were almost 2 years ago... so... I'm running out of time for music that I can judge cause 99 percent of the music that's come out beween 5 years ago and 1 year from now is soooo.... lacking compared to stuff made before I was born or while I was too young to have sexual activity.

I think it's bullshit that we're not allowed to judge music we enjoy simply because our parents fucked when the good music is playing and now we have to judge shitty fucking music.

[JCMac777]

True. For some reason, most music these days are crap. Too derivative or uninspiring perhaps.

[BrainRotMenacer]

You're just not paying attention if you think "most music these days are crap." Turn off the damn radio and explore.

[JCMac777]

No shit Sherlock. If I was searching for something good, I would make an effort to go look for it. The fact is there is still good music. That's why I said "most" I guess you ignored that part.

[BrainRotMenacer]

I still think that is wildly inaccurate, but whatever you say.

[Deadbirdcheese]

I like Joe Cocker's version that you hear on "Across the Universe." Full of that deep, grounding voice and makes more sense that way.

[darkkittycry]

BJ's good -Come together bad. :p

[cruxvader]

so virgins have the ultimate opinion?

[Superphilipp]

Whoopee. :-|

[GuanoLad]

"Hair down below his knee"

It's not uncommon to use the terms "below the knee" or "above the knee" when referring to clothing length. Maybe it was in relation to that.

[IAbortionsTickleI]

"But I still get blowjobs."

Fantastic.

[goonie8]

Tip toe through the tulips with meeeeee!

[HarryNRubin]

lol nice end comment :P

[ViperRob42]

For those wondering "come together" comes from the 1969 album Abbey Road, the lyric mentioned in this is, "He got hair down to his knee,

Got to be a joker he just do what he please"

[buzzmaxwell]

Dude,fucking hilarious! six year window around that first ass fucking is funny shit..but all seriousness aside..come together is a pretty good song and that's not just the ass talking its mainly that a lot of Beatle shit almost rhymed and was probably pretty good..peace out..oh PS thanks for the cool vidz and weird topical discussion

[themightyboooooooooo]

Hmmm. Love ya MR.G Ever since you saved the world. But I tell ya you seem to perfectly illustrate some of the wierder minutae that humans ponder. But I like Rhyming too.

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[andid]

It's a good song, man. Doesn't make much sense, but catchy as all hell.

[Deckof51]

When i saw the title - I just knew it was going to be something dirty.

God bless you, Penn.

[Juhsayngul]

Nice job being careful.

[BoStevoD]

What's this about a three year period after/before one's first major sexual experience?

Would like to hear more.

[KablamBoom]

lol