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Originally Posted by Ms Moose
Could you enlighten us with regard to this? What does it mean and why Lennon gave the track this title?
I always loved Yer Blues. The White Album was my first ever LP. Got it for christmas in 1969 when I was 13 years old, and I have been hooked on english music ever since (I think I was before actually, but this seems like "the milestone").
Ms Moose
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Well Ms Moose , " Yer" Means" your" !
A Liverpudlian, and even more so ,a London Cockney ,would pronounce the word your as yer, as in:
Q What sort of music is this?
A Well, it's yer blues mate!
(when you say it, the,main stress is on the word Blues ,the weak stress is on yer for years I went around saying it with the stress on yer , as if yer was some village near Liverpool or something !(As in Stateboro'Blues)
So Lennon, in his sarcastic way ,is saying the Beatles are not just a pop band so what were going to play now is a bit different -were going to play yer actual Blues
I'm ashamed to say, even as a Londoner, for years I didn't sus this obvious thing out !