Ambiguous Lyric

hayter · Unread post by **hayter** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 1:49 pm

This isn't really guitar-related, but it's a question about John Lennon. In "Working Class Hero," the line "And you think you're so clever and classless and free/ But you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see, " appears. Do you think "fucking" is an adjective, as in satirically criticizing the poor, or a verb, meaning that people think they don't care about classes, but they're still screwing the peasants? I just thought it was an interesting line.

a1075dd63aa12 · Unread post by **a1075dd63aa12** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 1:54 pm

either hes talking about the rich fucking the peasants or hes telling them to wake up and do something about it.

but, it seems like all of the better writers leave ambiguity

c_tietze · Unread post by **c_tietze** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:00 am

I think he's using the word fucking to show you how pissed he is about the truth of his song.

These hard working people are just fucking peasants is a criticism of the Bablyon system that keeps people down.

a1075dd63aa12 · Unread post by **a1075dd63aa12** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 1:02 pm

c_tietze wrote:I think he's using the word fucking to show you how pissed he is about the truth of his song.

These hard working people are just fucking peasants is a criticism of the Bablyon system that keeps people down.

yea, more than likely, a great song regardless

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