Pete Shotten, in the same book as some of his more dubious Eleanor Rigby recollections, also said he contributed 50% of the lyrics to I Am The Walrus, including ‘yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog’s eye’, amongst others. It’s a great song, but without Martin’s funky string arrangement it would be utterly forgettable rubbish. The chord sequence was described by critic Ian MacDonald as “the most unorthodox and tonally ambiguous sequence he ever devised. It comes complete with a Multi-Coloured, Long Sleved Floral Print Top, Brown Faux Suede and Fur Waistcoat, Striped Green and Purple Trousers, Orange Sash Belt and a Matching Floral Print Headband which compliments the top.

At the same time, John also mentioned that after saying “I am the Walrus” he later realized that in actual story, the Walrus was the big capitalist who took all the oysters for himself. As the originals were kept by the individual estates of the fab four, they have never all been on show together since, making this the only authentic set of the much-imitated suits available for the public to see. In the late 80’s Kurt Cobain was writing grunge music while we all listened to big hair rock and rap.Don’t believe what Francie Schwartz wrote in her book and neither John nor Yoko ever confirmed or mentioned the alleged incident involving Paul leaving an insulting note with an ethnic slur for a Japanese person. Actually, in an interview (in Playboy Magazine I believe) John Lennon reveals the lyric is ‘Everybody’s got one. I mostly listen to the mono versions of the early stereo stuff for exactly the reason you specify—they really didn’t know how to use stereo yet, with all the crazy panning back and forth and whatnot. Maybe what John is saying, is that when he looks back on his life, it is like looking into a glass onion. George wasn’t playing slide guitar yet and he is still very prominent on the song on his distorted electric guitar; besides, the idea for strings and not John’s tape loops came from George Martin and you can listen to the tape loops version on Anthology 3.

The suits were made by Noel Howard, one of the team who designed the original suits in 1967 which adorned the cover of Sgt. Here he sports it in 1966, blending casual elegance with formality through the simple act of undoing a top button. Considering Paul had Linda (and could of had any woman he wanted then), and George had Patti Boyd, WHY would they be “jealous” of John and Yoko?These suits, which are the closest thing anyone will see to the original set, were one of the key items on our wish-list to mark this momentous anniversary and the sheer level of detail and craftsmanship is astonishing. But…it is important to remember all those loops sounds in Tomorrow Never Knows that gives that fantastic feeling and made it totally revolutionary were Paul’s contribution. The second version was recorded in Abbey Road, and contains a selection of sound effects assembled by Lennon. Glass Onion” is a very interesting song, one in which the lyrics are truly reflected by the song’s title.

The Beatles mixed traditional, military-style music hall melodies with 1960s pop to mock long-gone ideals of heroism and sacrifice. The Beatles were at the height of their fame when they came up with the concept for 'Sgt Pepper' in 1967. Glass Onion’ was a name suggested by Lennon for The Iveys, a Swansea group who signed to Apple in 1968 and later became Badfinger. So John then immortalised it in ‘Glass Onion’, ‘I’ve got news for you all [ sic], the walrus was Paul’. If you've learned something new about the band and wish to show your appreciation, why not make a small donation via PayPal?The strings are actually a very nice accompaniment, not a distraction, and as far as the tape loops, they contained a telephone ringing, an organ note (presumably played by John himself), a shattering window and BBC sports commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme announcing a goal. I thought he said ‘van to come’, which he hadn’t, but he liked it better and said he’d use it instead. As well as the references to past Beatles songs, Lennon also inserted a number of new images to assist further myth-making.

It seems a bit out of place on the White album though, the psychedelic imagery seems more in tune with Sgt Pepper or MMT. One of the exhibits was the four suits together in a glass cabinet but there was a sign on the glass saying that three of them were the originals but one was a replica.It features Lennon on acoustic guitar and double-tracked vocals, and lapses into gobbledigook where the lyrics were unfinished. Can someone please tell me if they know who’s shoes they are by Ringo’s drums on the “I am the Walrus” video? Not everyone got who we were but those who did got a huge kick out of it, and admired the simplicity and cleverness of the idea. In it, “everybody has one” which Nilsson sings is “a point”, a point of view which is deeply frowned upon by the powers to be. Artificial poppies were first sold in Britain in 1921 and have since become one of the main symbols of Remembrance.