Re: Hey Jude

Date: 15 Jul 2003 19:45:55 GMT
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As John and Yoko started living together, not surprisingly divorce proceedings
began between John and Cynthia. An interim agreement was reached whereby
Cynthia and Julian were allowed to stay at Kenwood while the two respondents
took up residence in a Montagu Square flat in central London.
Paul had always enjoyed a close relationship with John's sun Julian, then five
years old and, to show his support for mother and child during the breakup, he
drove down to Weybridge from his home in St. John's Wood bearing a single red
rose. Paul often used driving time to work out new songs and, on this day, with
Julian's uncertain future on his mind, he started singing 'Hey Julian' and
improvising lyrics on the theme of comfort and reassurance. At some point
during the hour-long journey, 'Hey Julian' gave way to 'Hey Jules' and Paul
developed the lines 'Hey Jules, don't make it bad, Take a sad song and make it
better.' It was only later, when he came to flesh out the lyric, that he
changed Jules to Jude, feeling that Jude was a stronger sounding name.
As with so many of Paul's songs, it was the music that drove the lyric, with
sound taking precedence over sense. One line in particular - 'the movement you
need is on your shoulder' - was only seen as a temporary filler. When Paul
played the song to John on July 26, 1968, he pointed out that this line needed
replacing, saying he knew that it sounded as if he was singing about his
parrot. "It's probably the best line in the song," said John. "Leave it in. I
know what it means."
Above was found at the following website
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/6797/songs/heyjude.html