Popular Culture Review Vol. 12, No. 1, February 2001 | Page 15

The Lasting Popularity of “Strawberry Fields Forever”

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craft an analysis of SFF that echoes its organization is simply my way, in Rushing’s
phrase, of “approaching” SFF “with proper respect” (“Mythic” 267). Indeed,
semotician Jurij Lotman reminds us that “the choice of a particular form of text
organization is directly meaningful for the entire quantity of transmitted
information” (67).
Verse /: For Everett, the lyrics, “Living is easy with eyes closed,
misunderstanding all you see...It’s getting hard to be someone” are best read as
Lennon self-disclosures: “It’s getting hard to be someone” reveals a Lennon who,
as has been suggested, hurts. Su ܝ[