In your opinion who was the fool on the hill, why?
2006-09-12 18:44:25 · 6 answers · asked by Sleeping Troll 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
"The fool on the hill sees the sun going down and the eyes in his head see a world spinning round."
2006-09-12 18:45:49 · update #1
Cremedelacreme, Good info as to the inspiration for the song, but what about the lyric?, what was the fools wisdom?
2006-09-12 18:56:27 · update #2
My opinion, Nicolas Copernicus!
2006-09-13 13:47:55 · update #3
G'day Butchtroll,
Thank you for the question.
No-one knows who the Fool on the Hill.
The Fool on the Hill was from the Magical Mystery Tour film and album of 1967. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney.
The song is about a man who is considered a fool by others, but whose foolish demeanor is actually an indication of wisdom. An event which prompted this song happened when Paul McCartney was walking his dog, Martha, on Primrose Hill one morning. As he watched the sun rise, he noticed that Martha was missing. McCartney turned around to look for his dog, and there a man stood, who appeared on the hill without making a sound. The gentleman was dressed respectably, in a belted raincoat. McCartney knew this man had not been there seconds earlier as he had looked in that direction for Martha. McCartney and the stranger exchanged a greeting, and this man then spoke of what a beautiful view it was from the top of this hill that overlooked London. Within a few seconds, McCartney looked around again, and the man was gone. He had vanished as he had appeared. A friend of McCartney's, Alistair Taylor, was present with McCartney during this strange incident, and wrote of this event in his book, Yesterday.
Both McCartney and Taylor could not imagine what happened to this man. He had seemed to vanish in thin air. The nearest trees for cover were too far to reach by walking or running in a few seconds, and the crest of the hill was too far as well to reach in that short time. What made the experience even more mysterious, was that just before this man first appeared, McCartney and Taylor were speaking to each other of the beauty they observed of the view towards London and the existence of God. Once back home, they spent the morning discussing what had happened, trying to make some sense of it. They both agreed that this was something others would infer occurred as a result of an acid trip, but they both swore they had not taken or used any drugs. When McCartney filmed the sequence for this song in the film, it shows him on a hilltop overlooking the town of Nice.
This began as a solo composition with McCartney at the piano. Flutes were added last. McCartney played this for John Lennon while they were writing "With A Little Help From My Friends." Lennon made him write down the words so he wouldn't forget. This was used in the Beatles movie Magical Mystery Tour. This was not a hit for the Beatles, but a 1968 cover version by Sergio Mendes went to number 6 in the US. A year later, the song was included as the initial track on the Queen's Anne Lace album.
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Regards
2006-09-12 18:51:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Day after day, alone on a hill, the man with the foolish grin is sitting perfectly still, nobody seems to know him, they can tell that hes just a fool..
They must be talking about the Maharaja they met when they went to India, making fun of the way we think of wise men..
2006-09-13 01:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by hipichick777 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
George Bush.
2006-09-13 01:46:01 · answer #3 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Man, Judas stole my answer!
2006-09-13 01:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
G w. Bush!
2006-09-13 09:41:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i don't know the person like that
2006-09-13 01:54:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋