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Re: Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun?

Richie Hunt — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:42:22 GMT

Author: Richie Hunt

Posted: 12/13/2009 00:42

the wound that never heals leaves me with both happiness and a warm gun

Re: Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun?

Boogn1sh — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:27:21 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 12/12/2009 21:27

There are numerous sexual allusions in the song, "She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand...Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime...A "warm gun" implies that you just blew your load, "when I feel you in my arms, my finger on your trigger" (clitoris) Whether or not this is the intended theme of the song is another question though, Lennon stated he got the title from a gun magazine.

Re: Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun?

40footwolf — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:09:05 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 12/11/2009 09:09

A warm gun signifies that it's been used, the implication being that you've just shot somebody.

...Not a lot of layers to this one, folks.

Re: Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun?

badfaith — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:03:29 GMT

Author: badfaith

Posted: 12/11/2009 06:03

there does seem to be a sinister undertone to the white album, or is that yet another anomally in my own brain?

something dark and aggressive and tragic all at the same time that we'd not really seen from the Beatles before?

Re: Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun?

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:47:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/11/2009 05:47

I second Elston on the sexual interpretation. On a side note, I like the Breeders cover abit more, though the Beatles was probably a better album.

Re: Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun?

Charicature — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:02:30 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 12/10/2009 19:02

I've personally always thought happiness was a warm puppy. At least, that's what Charles Schultz taught me.

Re: Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun?

Elston — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:50:03 GMT

Author: Elston

Posted: 12/10/2009 18:50

I think of it as a sexual allusion, but also the feeling of having just displaced some energy in whatever way - writing a song, beating someone up, finishing a puzzle. I admit though, it is kind of a strange mantra.

Re: Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun?

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:43:42 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/10/2009 16:43

Why was happiness compared to a warm gun in the first place? 😕

Some moments I can think of:
. Arriving in the Lake District each year.
. My first gig, I went to see Manic Street Preachers at the NIA. They played my favorite song first 'Motorcycle Emptiness' 😄 They even played 'Roses In the Hospital'! 😁
. Going to Morissons to buy 'Journal For plague Lovers' the day it came out. I was looking forward for that album for ages.
. Every Christmas!

Re: Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun?

badfaith — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:56:58 GMT

Author: badfaith

Posted: 12/10/2009 14:56

If you were stranded in the arctic circle, with nothing but penguins as a potential source of nourishment, then yes, happiness would be a warm gun, but not if you're standing in the queue at a local grocers.

When metaphorically shooting down someone in debate or aguement with a singular piece of wit, the happiness spreads like warm pee in knitted trousers, but I find it is only short lived, and soon gives way to the stale stench of guilt.

Is Happiness Really a Warm Gun?

joannajewsom — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:43:04 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 12/10/2009 14:43

Do you agree that happiness is a warm gun? If so, which moments in your life really brought out the warm gunniness of happiness? Just some early morning thoughts.