2007-07-08 04:50:06 · 11 answers · asked by biodegradable insane asylum 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun" is a song by The Beatles featured on the double-disc album The Beatles (also known as The White Album). It is primarily a John Lennon composition, credited to Lennon/McCartney.
The original, working title of the song was "Happiness Is a Warm Gun in Your Hand", which was inspired by a magazine cover containing the phrase.
According to Lennon, the title came from the cover of a gun magazine that producer George Martin showed him. It was the slogan of the National Rifle Association. "I think he showed me a cover of a magazine that said HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN. It was a gun magazine, that's it: I read it, thought it was a fantastic, insane thing to say. A warm gun means you just shot something."
A popular theory is that Lennon meant for this to be a drug metaphor for doing heroin:
-"Needing a fix"
-"Jump the gun" meaning to cook it up
-"Bang, Bang, SHOOT, SHOOT"
-"When I hold you in my arm, nobody can do me no harm" - heroin addicts tell how when you're on it, nothing can do you no harm and Lennon's overall nature seem to point to this.
This was banned by the BBC for sexual symbolism. They thought the gun was a phallic symbol.
2007-07-08 04:58:14 · answer #1 · answered by Miss Chief 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer a cold, clean gun. A wam gun means I fired it and since I have them in my home for self-defense, that implies I was threatened.
Maybe they mean target practice? Shoot off a few rounds in fun and the gun will get warm. Plus it's a nice feeling to see that I have a good aim. My pal Donna, God bless her, couldn't shoot the side of a barn if her life depended on it. Stand BEHIND her when she practices.
2007-07-08 04:54:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WaRm_GuN says:
HEy HoE
Happiness says:
hey i have someything to tell you
WaRm_GuN says:
SHOOT lol
Happiness says:
the babys yours
Happiness says:
and we're naming it "happiness a warm gun"
WaRm_GuN (offline)
2007-07-08 04:58:18 · answer #3 · answered by rawr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a euphemism for something else or a Beatles song?
2007-07-08 04:53:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't question the Beatles. Just roll with it:)
2007-07-08 04:54:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is my weapon, this is my gun. This is for killing. This is for fun.
You figure it out.
2007-07-08 04:54:24 · answer #6 · answered by Don 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz I'm always happy when I go shooting.
2007-07-08 04:52:11 · answer #7 · answered by cptndaveahoe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well simply because i love the smell of gunpowder in the morning.....also noon and night!
and maybe you just shot someone you hated real bad? If so go turn yourself in please
2007-07-08 04:54:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should ask George Harrison this...and he's dead now.
Love,
Snag
2007-07-08 04:52:02 · answer #9 · answered by snaggle_smurf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that is a question for mother superior to answer.
2007-07-08 04:53:02 · answer #10 · answered by mike c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋