Sunday, March 29, 2020

"Come Together"

I recently got the 2-CD version of the 50th anniversary edition of Abbey Road.  I listened to it for the first time a few days ago, and I realized that "Come Together" exhibits anaphora.  Throughout the song, there are various lines with the same structure:
He got joo joo eyeball 
He got toe jam football 
He got monkey finger 
He got Ono sideboard 
He got feet down below his knee 
He got early warning 
He got muddy water
(I had to reference The Beatles Complete Chord Songbook for the lyrics, although I'm not sure those are completely accurate either.)

The use of anaphora here emphasizes the amount of things that "old flat top" has.