#BANG BANG MAXWELLS SILVER HAMMER MADE SURE THAT SHE WAS DEAD

[levaagrace]

I NEED TO MURDER SOMEONE WITH A HAMMER.

RIGHT

NOW

[tavolgisvist]

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home Late nights all alone with a test tube Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine

Maxwell is possibly a descendant of James Clerk Maxwell, who was a pioneer of electromagnetism. Edison is obviously related to Thomas Edison. They’re two inventor types. <...> Part of the fun here is that Edison is connected to the lightbulb and the phonograph, and here we were making a gramophone record.

(Paul McCartney, The Lyrics, 2021, about Maxwell’s Silver Hammer)

Painting to Hammer a Nail In was a wooden panel from which a hammer hung on a chain; a jar of nails sat on a chair below it. Viewers were invited to hammer one of the nails into the panel. When its surface was covered, the work was considered finished. When Lennon saw the piece at a 1966 exhibition, he asked Ono if he could hammer an imaginary nail into the panel. His question inspired her to make a version of the work in stainless steel and glass, which she dedicated to him.

Calls her on the phone Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan?

by blondecasino

But as she’s getting ready to go A knock comes on the door Bang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer Came down upon her head Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

The thing about Maxwell is that he’s a serial killer, and his hammer isn’t an ordinary household hammer but, as I envision it, one that doctors use to hit your knee. Not made of rubber, though. Silver.

(Paul McCartney, The Lyrics, 2021, about Maxwell’s Silver Hammer)

Painting to Hammer a Nail in (Yoko Ono, 1967)

Also invoked is the world of the children’s nursery rhyme, where people are always getting their heads chopped off – and of course, there’s also the Queen of Hearts from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, who’s always saying, ‘Off with their heads!’

(Paul McCartney, The Lyrics, 2021, about Maxwell’s Silver Hammer)

Yoko Ono during her early ‘Half-a-Wind’ exhibition at the Lisson Gallery in London (11 October – 14 November 1967), photo by Clay Perry)

I've got a girl they call the queen of the hop Well I love my queen Do you know who I mean

(Bobby Darin, Queen of the Hop, 1961)

Back in school again, Maxwell plays the fool again Teacher gets annoyed

Songs like this, where you’re calling someone out on their behaviour, are quite commonplace now, but back then it was a fairly new ‘genre’. The idea of too many people ‘preaching practices’ was definitely aimed at John telling everyone what they ought to do – telling me, for instance, that I ought to go into business with Allen Klein. I just got fed up with being told what to do, so I wrote this song.

(Paul McCartney, The Lyrics, 2021, about Too Many People)

Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away So he waits behind Writing fifty times I must not be so

I’d been able to accept Yoko in the studio, sitting on a blanket in front of my amp. I’d worked hard to come to terms with that. <...> If he fell in love with this woman, what did that have to do with me? Not only did I have to let him do it, but I had to admire him for doing it. That was the position I eventually reached. There was nothing else I could do but be cool with it.

(Paul McCartney, The Lyrics, 2021, about Too Many People)

But when she turns her back on the boy He creeps up from behind Bang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer Came down upon her head Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

This song is also an analogy for when something goes wrong out of the blue, as I was beginning to find appening around this time in our business dealings.

(Paul McCartney, The Lyrics, 2021, about Maxwell’s Silver Hammer)

The whole story in a nutshell is that we were having a meeting in 1969, and John showed up and said he’d met this guy Allen Klein, who had promised Yoko an exhibition in Syracuse, and then matter-of-factly John told us he was leaving the band.* That’s basically how it happened. It was three to one because the other two went with John, so it was looking like Allen Klein was going to own our entire Beatles empire. I was not too keen on that idea.

(Paul McCartney, The Lyrics, 2021, about Too Many People)

*Yes, the song was writing and recorded befor the meeting where John told he was leaving the band but our lads discussed about it during Get Back sessions - and Paul 'was not too keen on that idea', so…

Recording sessions were always good because no matter what our personal troubles were, no matter what was happening on the business front, the minute we sat down to make a song we were in good shape. Right until the end there was always a great joy in working together in the studio. So there we were, recording a song like ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’ and knowing we would never have the opportunity to perform it. That possibility was over. It had been knocked on the head like one of Maxwell’s victims. Bang bang.

(Paul McCartney, The Lyrics, 2021, about Maxwell’s Silver Hammer)

Q: When you were working on McCartney in London, was it strange not being able to bounce ideas off the others? A: Yeah, it was. Because right up until that point I’d been working with John, the best collaborator in the world. Suddenly that was taken away. It was very difficult. But I thought, ‘Well, I’m not going to worry about it. I’m going to sling some ideas down, have a little go on the drums.’ I had my own stuff at the house for my own fun, I wasn’t going into the studio with The Beatles. I wasn’t sweating it. Then suddenly, it became something. “OK, this is an album.”

(Paul McCartney, interview with Tom Pinnock for Uncut, Nov 2020)

(Get me right, it's not about Yoko, John or Paul, it's about the song and some free associations)

[skeledude]

Maxwell's Silver Hammer Parody

Joan was cynical, ceiling had a leaky hole rain drops from the house calls her friends to seek a repairman's bout out out out Maxwell Lexius, enginerr enthusius takes the mantal on can you come on tuesday mourning dawn awn awn awn And as she's waiting for a reply A knock comes on the door Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer on top the roof it blows Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer his hourly rates are low

Linda McCartney, temporary secrtare sink is very dry she got a letter it's an advert what at at at Maxwell Lexius, advertise his business by the daily mail, He ran the ad he has his skills to sell ell ell ell So Linda made a call to his place A knock comes at the door Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer It fixes everthing. Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer Convenience is what he brings

Jeffrey Dahmer what a Monther Funker there Eats his victims eyes people die and he will do it again ain ain ain Picks his next victim, cut them up and eat them laughs while doing so unknown to dahmer there was maxwell at the scene eh eh eh While he's eating like there's no big deal it was his final meal Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon his head (Do-do-do-do-do) Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that Dahmer's dead

Silver hammer

[ask-a-bot]

I don’t know if this has been asked before but what’s your favorite song/genre. Both earth and cybertroian if you have one that is

-🌑💫

I like Behind Blue Eyes by The Who. I think it's about me. I've got blue optics. I never had red ones. That was just a way to make me look evil and scary in the original cartoon (like I even need to look scary! Ha! You humans are fragging weird) – my optics were always blue. And I do lie a lot and I'm not good at keeping my cool and... it's me, isn't it? The bad guy.

Oh, Starscream. May I put an arm around you?

I suppose.

I like the song How Many Friends that you showed me. I feel so good right now. A handsome boy tells me how much I changed his past. He buys me a drinkie but I think he really just likes my aft. How many friends have I really got? You can count them on the one hand.

You really listened to it! I didn't think you even liked The Who!

You were right. It is a good song. Their songs are so well written, even if they are a little too noisy for my taste. I like the words.

I thought you would! You might like Madness too. They're surprisingly poetic. Oh! And there's an Elton John song you might like, called Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting. That one's good!

One at a time, Starscream. Time and patience.

That reminds me! You need to try out The Divine Comedy, too.

Are there any bands you don't know and like, Star?

I know ABBA, but I don't like them much. I find the music too... bouncy. I don't like The Beach Boys much, either.

Oh. I like The Beach Boys! Does that mean I'd like ABBA too?

Maybe. I don't know. You like most music, so you probably would like them. At least a song or two, probably.

I like most music, too! Earth music is pretty cool. I like Highway To Hell! Woohoo! And Bohemian Like You. And the Woohoo song by Blur that says something about jumbo jets not being easy.

I like Wouldn't It Be Nice by The Beach Boys. That's a good song. And I like Meatloaf. We were racing! We were soldiers of fortune! We got in trouble but we sure got around!

Bumblebee! I'm not sure how I feel about you listening to that.

Why? It's a great song!

I liked the song that got sent in a while back. The video was weird, but the song was good.

Get Some Scars by Lux Lisbon. Yes. It is about how simply living our lives is constantly shaping us. It is by our experiences that we become who we are and can tell each other apart. When we are older, we should meet up and show the scars we got when we were young. Or... something like that.

While we're young, yeah, let's go out and get some scars... we'll wear them to tell us apart.

That's the one!

I think I like The Beatles best. Here Comes The Sun, The Blackbird, Hey Jude...

Maxwell's Silver Hammer!

Oh, you would like that one.

Back in school again, Maxwell plays the fool again, Teacher gets annoyed. Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene, she tells Max to stay when the class has gone away, so he waits behind, writing 50 times "I must not be so..." But when she turns her back on the boy he creeps up from behind. Bang, bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came down on her head! Bang, bang! Maxwell's silver hammer made sure she was dead!

Yeah, but he got caught and came to a sticky end.

He killed the judge!

Maybe, but it was in a court room. With witnesses. Even the people who – very stupidly – said he should go free wouldn't be able to defend him after that! Next time, he'll be secured better and get his sentence. It won't be good.

He's just a school kid! He should go free!

Star. Being a kid isn't an excuse for killing people. It just isn't a thing you should do. It's wrong, OK? He killed his teacher for trying to discipline him. He killed a girl who he was supposed to be taking to the pictures (British word for movies, I'm guessing) and he killed a judge for... well... like the teacher, for doing his job. Each time, he's a little more... more... I don't know... he seems to care less each time about being seen or getting caught.

It's just a song! I like it – it's exciting! I want a hammer!

There is no way I'm getting you a hammer. Silver or otherwise.

What about a yellowhammer? It doesn't go bang, it sings. It says "devil don't you touch me" in Scotland and "little bit of bread and no cheese" in England.

I don't think we're allowed to buy or sell native songbirds here either.

[gmanwhore]

Maxwell's Silver Hammer is the best Beatles song because it's about a guy who kills three seperate people for. Some reason???

And the chorus is "Bang 💕 Bang 💕 Maxwell's silver hammer came down on her head ✨ (Dodo do do) Bang 💕 Bang 💕 Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that she was dead ✨"

[onenakedfarmer]

PAUL McCARTNEY / JOHN LENNON "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home Late nights all alone with a test-tube, ohh uh oh oh Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine Calls her on the phone "Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan?"

But as she's getting ready to go A knock comes on the door

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again Teacher gets annoyed Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away So he waits behind Writing fifty times I must not be so, uh oh oh

But when she turns her back on the boy He creeps up from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head (do-do, do-do do) Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

PC 31 said, "We caught a dirty one" Maxwell stands alone Painting testimonial pictures, ohh uh oh oh Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free) The judge does not agree and he tells them so, uh oh oh

But as the words are leaving his lips A noise comes from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon his head (do-do, do-do do) Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that he was dead Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh Silver Hammer Max

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Crowfang

Aliases / Nicknames: Crow, Soot (by Stoneshine and Mintnettle)

Gender: tom

Sexuality: very bisexual

Family: Stoneshine (mother), Sumacstar (father), Vinetangle, Mintnettle, Scarletsplash (sisters), Dewfrost, Beechdrift, Robinfeather, Blizzardsky (brothers), Thrushkit (half-brother), Featherwing, Jaspershade (adopted brothers), Maplesap (mate), Wiltedrose (daughter with Belladonnashade), Ravenshine/star (daughter with Maplesap), Magpieflight, Shrikewing, Jayswoop, Walnutshell (sons with Maplesap), Belladonnashade, Brokencry (ex-mates), Lightblaze/star (ex-fling),

Other Relations: Rosethistle (mentor), Darkrose (Dark Forest mentor), Charmshade, Nightbreeze (apprentices)

Clan: Darkclan

Rank: senior warrior

Characteristics: quiet, calm in the face of battle

Number of Victims: 3+

Number of Murders: 3+

Murder Method: bashing heads against rocks, slitting open chests

Known Victims: Beetleshell, Belladonnashade, Freckleshade

Victim Profile: sister's abuser, ex-mate, mate's brother / ghost of his ex-mate

Cause Of Death: suicide of death berries

Cautionary Tale: N/A

Story:

Based around these song lyrics:

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home Late nights all alone with a test-tube, ohh uh oh oh Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine Calls her on the phone "Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan?"

But as she's getting ready to go A knock comes on the door

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again

Teacher gets annoyed

Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away So he waits behind Writing fifty times I must not be so, uh oh oh

But when she turns her back on the boy He creeps up from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head (do-do, do-do do) Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

PC 31 said, "We caught a dirty one" Maxwell stands alone Painting testimonial pictures, ohh uh oh oh Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free) The judge does not agree and he tells them so, uh oh oh

But as the words are leaving his lips A noise comes from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon his head (do-do, do-do do) Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that he was dead

Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh (Do-do, do-do do)

Silver Hammer Max

Additional Information:

--Sumbission by @jackisbored​

--Song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJag19WoAe0

[concessionstantinople]

♪ music yay !!!

"Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer / Came down upon her head! / Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer / Made sure that she was dead!" [Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles. Sorry u got the beatles]

[hammer-explosion-man]

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home Late nights all alone with a test-tube, ohh uh oh oh Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine Calls her on the phone "Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan?"

But as she's getting ready to go A knock comes on the door

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again Teacher gets annoyed Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away So he waits behind Writing fifty times I must not be so, uh oh oh

But when she turns her back on the boy He creeps up from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head (do-do, do-do do) Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

PC 31 said, "We caught a dirty one" Maxwell stands alone Painting testimonial pictures, ohh uh oh oh Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free) The judge does not agree and he tells them so, uh oh oh

But as the words are leaving his lips A noise comes from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon his head (do-do, do-do do) Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that he was dead

Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh (Do-do, do-do do)

Silver Hammer Max

Zanis Waldheims, 1970′s

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[teazerwashere]

Favorite beatles song

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical science in the home. Late nights all alone with a test tube oooh.

Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine calls her on the phone. "Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan?"

But as she's getting ready to go, a knock comes on the door...

BANG BANG MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER CAM DOWN UPON HER HEAD!!!

BANG BANG MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER MADE SURE THAT SHE WAS DEAD!

[sgt-paul]

+ MAXWELL’S SILVER HAMMER +

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home Late nights all alone with a test-tube ohh oh oh oh Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine Calls her on the phone Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan? But as she’s getting ready to go A knock comes on the door

Bang, bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer // Came down upon her head Bang, bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer // Made sure that she was dead

PAUL: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer was my analogy for when something goes wrong out of the blue, as it so often does, as I was beginning to find out at that time in my life. I wanted something symbolic of that, so to me it was some fictitious character called Maxwell with a silver hammer. I don’t know why it was silver, it just sounded better than Maxwell’s hammer. It was needed for scanning. We still use that expression even now when something unexpected happens.

[hammer-explosion-man]

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home Late nights all alone with a test-tube, ohh uh oh oh Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine Calls her on the phone "Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan?"

But as she's getting ready to go A knock comes on the door

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again Teacher gets annoyed Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away So he waits behind Writing fifty times I must not be so, uh oh oh

But when she turns her back on the boy He creeps up from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head (do-do, do-do do) Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

PC 31 said, "We caught a dirty one" Maxwell stands alone Painting testimonial pictures, ohh uh oh oh Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free) The judge does not agree and he tells them so, uh oh oh

But as the words are leaving his lips A noise comes from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon his head (do-do, do-do do) Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that he was dead

Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh (Do-do, do-do do)

Silver Hammer Max

the only redeeming quality of this year's game awards was flute guy having a different instrument in every shot he was in until eventually he evolved to his final form where bro was playing The Doohickey

bro was playing the Gigaflute

[scripted-downfall]

There's just something about dark songs that sound happy.

I Can't Decide (I can't decide/Whether you should live or die/Oh, you'll probably go to heaven/Please don't hang your head and cry/No wonder why/My heart feels dead inside/It's cold and hard and petrified/Lock the doors and close the blinds/We're going for a ride)

Artificial Flowers (Alone in the world/Was poor little Anne/As sweet a young child as you'd find./Her parents had gone/To their final rewards/Leaving their baby behind... and it gets worse)

Clementine (The old bridge trembled/And disassembled/Dumped her in/To that foamy brine and on and on it goes)

Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer/Came down upon her head/Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer/Made sure that she was dead)

Bad Moon Rising (I see the bad moon a-risin'/I see trouble on the way/I see earthquakes and lightnin'/I see bad times today)

Goodbye Earl (Wanda looked all around this town and all she found was Earl... and then, there's MURDER!)

You Are My Sunshine (idk, this one isn't really in the lyrics... it's just really depressing. And yet little single-digit-in-age me thought it was the happiest li'l song.)

Half of the Les Miserables soundtrack (Master of the House, Lovely Ladies, etc.)

Then there's Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife, Pirate Jenny, etc.)

There are more.

[gmanwhore]

Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down on her head!!!

Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that she was dead!

[minxtwist]

Joan was quizzical

Studied pataphysical science in the home

Late nights all alone with a test tube

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine

Calls her on the phone

"Can I take you out to the pictures, Joa-o-o-oan?"

But as she's getting ready to go

A knock comes on the door

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Came down upon her head

Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Made sure that she was dead

[hammer-explosion-man]

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home Late nights all alone with a test-tube, ohh uh oh oh Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine Calls her on the phone "Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan?"

But as she's getting ready to go A knock comes on the door

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again Teacher gets annoyed Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away So he waits behind Writing fifty times I must not be so, uh oh oh

But when she turns her back on the boy He creeps up from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head (do-do, do-do do) Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

PC 31 said, "We caught a dirty one" Maxwell stands alone Painting testimonial pictures, ohh uh oh oh Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free) The judge does not agree and he tells them so, uh oh oh

But as the words are leaving his lips A noise comes from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon his head (do-do, do-do do) Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that he was dead

Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh (Do-do, do-do do)

Silver Hammer Max