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Post by Forum Manager on Aug 9, 2003 20:46:52 GMT
i thought that maybe doctor robert could be paul's doctor for his IBS.
Doctor Robert Lyrics:
Ring my friend, I said you call doctor robert
Day or night he’ll be there any time at all, doctor robert
Doctor robert, you’re a new and better man,
He helps you to understand
He does everything he can, doctor robert
If you’re down he’ll pick you up, doctor robert
Take a drink from his special cup, doctor robert
Doctor robert, he’s a man you must believe,
Helping everyone in need
No one can succeed like doctor robert
Well, well, well, you’re feeling fine
Well, well, well, he’ll make you ... doctor robert
My friend works for the national health, doctor robert
Don’t pay money just to see yourself with doctor robert
Doctor robert, you’re a new and better man,
He helps you to understand
He does everything he can, doctor robert
Well, well, well, you’re feeling fine
Well, well, well, he’ll make you ... doctor robert
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Post by TotalInformation on Aug 10, 2003 1:05:25 GMT
I don't see any reason to doubt the offical interpretation -- Dr. Robert was a prescription pill-pusher to the stars in Manhattan.
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Post by pennylane on Aug 10, 2003 1:27:00 GMT
yeah i thought it was about a sleazy doctor too. mind you it could be about any doctor today, they are all prescription happy  |
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Post by Renee on Aug 10, 2003 3:18:01 GMT
I heard some where that (and I can't confirm this) the song's based on a doctor friend one of them knew, or something along those lines.
It's a great song..and this is all that matters! ;D
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Post by Matt on Aug 10, 2003 4:08:14 GMT
i read somewhere that he was a N.Y. doctor who was using LSD theraputicaly with patients- not an unheard of practice in the mid-late sixties.  |
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Post by Renee on Aug 10, 2003 4:11:05 GMT
Do you know where I can get his number?
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Post by Eggman on Aug 10, 2003 4:49:46 GMT
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D I want his number too!!!!!
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Post by Matt on Aug 10, 2003 6:20:52 GMT
sorry, i have no info on his current status   those were the days of tim leary and ken kesey etc....there were lots of interesting folks kicking around the counterculture from what i understand. academics and whatnot. |
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Post by Renee on Aug 11, 2003 0:01:39 GMT
Psychedelic...  |
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Post by Matt on Aug 11, 2003 5:08:00 GMT
just read up on this one. john said dr. rob was about him, who carried the pills on tour. faulpaul said it was about a fantasy doctor who would drug you up.
it's a johnsong.
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Post by Uberkinder on Aug 11, 2003 10:36:15 GMT
I seem to remember that this was John's dentist who introduced him and George to LSD. There is an alternate story that Bob Dylan slipped it into their drinks at a dinner party. Doctor Robert was a real friend of John Lennon's. Him and John can be heard reciting lines from King Lear during the end sequence of I Am The Walrus (lines pertaining to someone's "untimely death").
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Post by Matt on Aug 11, 2003 18:55:29 GMT
i've heard the dentist story too.
about dylan, i know he's credited with turning them on to pot, but i never heard that about the acid.
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Post by TheWatusi on Aug 13, 2003 3:31:49 GMT
can it be confirmed that its doctor rob thats talking with john about an untimely death, bury my body, etc....?
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Post by Matt on Aug 13, 2003 4:09:20 GMT
I read that it's actualy from a B.B.C. recorded production of "King Lear".
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Post by Uberkinder on Aug 13, 2003 4:59:46 GMT
I've heard the John and Doctor Robert story on a couple of Beatles sites. I don't think it's a radio production, because one of the voices clearly sounds like John to me.
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