(off 1968 “eponymous beatles album”)
(john lennon song)
(one of his “self-referential” beatles songs)
mentions:
“STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER”
“I AM THE WALRUS”
“FOOL ON THE HILL”
“LADY MADONNA”
“FIXING A HOLE”
(2 john songs / 3 paul songs)
(i associate “the white album” with brad lubeck’s basement)
(“glass onions” were large hand-blown glass bottles used aboard sailing ships to hold ‘wine’ or ‘brandy’)
(for increased stability on ‘rough seas’, the bottles were fashioned with a wide-bottom shape to prevent toppling, thus making the bottles look somewhat ‘onion-shaped’)