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Paul McCartney: That means the “Sun King” lyrics really

A classic from 02.9.2020.

Some lyrics of the Beatles song “Sun King” may seem a little nonsensical, but as Paul McCartney revealed, the Lyrics have a deeper meaning-at least in his hometown Liverpool.

McCartney now reveals what is actually behind it

When they wrote the track, the Beatles used some Spanish-sounding phrases, such as “Chicka Ferdy”. As John Lennon explained in 1969, this is said to have been a kind of childish teasing between young people on the street. But McCartney now reveals what is actually behind it.

Secret language

“There was such a thing in Liverpool that we children used to do instead of” pissing yourself up “, we said” Chicka Ferdy “, clarified the 78-year-old “The Mirror” on. “It actually exists in the Lyrics for the Beatles song” Sun King “. In the track we just came up with some things and were everyone with jokes. ”

“We had a few words and phrases that, if one of us said it, would enjoy the others because it was like a secret code”

“We thought nobody would know what it meant and most people would think ‘Oh, that has to be Spanish’, or something. But we have a little touched word in it!” He explained that it was a funny part of childhood to invent sentences that were only important on friends.

“We had a few words and phrases that, if one of us said it, would have fun with the others because it was like a secret code,” he recalled the communication of the Beatles. “We said totally stupid things.”

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