The Story Behind The Song

I was just capping the weekend football & many of the free newsletters have some great stats. They all have a few side stories on other types of gambling, music etc & I came across this story.

The Beattles song HELP was written for a movie inspired by the Marx Brothers movie classic Duck Soup. John Lennon wrote the song & he was miserable at the time because of problems handling their fame, gaining weight & I guess other stuff. So the lyrics reflect him crying out for HELP. Who whudda thunk it? Right..

Help me if you can, 

I'm feeling down.

And I do appreciate you being around,.

Help me get my feet back on the ground.

Won't you please help me, help me, help me.

Got any other stories behind the song?

When I was younger,so much younger than today,

I never needed anybody's help in any way.

But now these are days gone and I'm not so self assured.

Now I find I've changed my mind & have opened up the doors. 

"Rocky Raccoon" isn't about a raccoon at all. The guys name is just raccoon. Anyway, he's out for revenge against a guy named Dan who stole his girl. He checks in a room at the Saloon where Dan is staying with his girl, Magill (everyone knows her as Nancy). Anyway, he checks in only to find Gideon's bible. It's pretty much downhill from there.

Wow vet...a live suicide. That's wild. Never heard that story.

Can't watch that again. Once is good enough for me.

Yeah, Vet, i'm quite familiar with that song but never knew that. Crazy. The wife is asleep but I can't wait to ask if she knew about it.

What's the story behind 'In the air tonight' Phil Collins?