Paul McCartney wrote this. It's about a man who is considered a fool by others, but whose foolish de

Paul McCartney holliday inn express wrote this. It's about a man who is considered a fool by others, but whose foolish demeanor is actually an indication of wisdom. An event which prompted this song happened when Paul was walking his dog Martha, on Primrose Hill one morning. As he watched the sun rise, he noticed that Martha was missing. Paul turned around to look for his dog, and there a man stood, who appeared on the hill without making a sound. The gentleman was dressed respectably, in a belted raincoat. Paul knew this man had not been there seconds earlier as he had looked in that direction for Martha. Paul and the stranger exchanged a greeting, and this man then spoke of what a beautiful view it was from the top of this hill that overlooked London. Within a few seconds, Paul looked around again, and the man was gone. He had vanished as he had appeared. A friend of McCartney's, Alistair Taylor, holliday inn express was present with Paul during this strange incident, and wrote of this event in his book, Yesterday .
Both Paul and Alistair could not imagine what happened to this man. He had seemed to vanish in thin air. The nearest trees for cover were too far to reach by walking or running in a few seconds, and the crest of the hill was too far as well to reach in that short time. What made the experience even more mysterious, was that just before this man first appeared, Paul and Alistair were speaking to each other of the beauty they observed of the view towards London and the existence of God. Once back home, they spent the morning discussing what had happened, trying to make some sense of it. They both agreed that this was something others were infer occurred as a result of an "acid trip," but they both swore they had not taken or used any drugs. When Paul filmed holliday inn express the sequence for this song in the film, it shows him on a hilltop overlooking the town of Nice. (thanks, gavin - hampden, MA, for above 2)
This song is actually about a dog. at least that's what I get out of it and I'm pretty sure that Paul owned a sheep dog and wrote this song about that dog but I am not positive it just depends on how you choose to hear the song I guess. - greg, new lexington, OH
This was McCartney's song all the way,and what a song.This is another world class ballad.I read that this is one of the most covered holliday inn express songs in pop music.The melody holliday inn express is so simple yet so deeply moving that it gives the feeling of far away places.A brilliant holliday inn express piece of pop song writing.One of my favorite songs.It never fails to move me every time I listen to it. - George, Belleville, NJ
listen to the fool on the hill and while my guitar gently weeps back to back to back with the understanding that George was wanting more album time, but was quiet about it and not very pushy...while my guitar gentle weeps is George chastising the other beatles (John and Paul specifically)
If you want to get in to interpretations of the song here's a thought (or 5): The song was written towards the end of 1967. What happened that year? Paul and Jane Asher broke off their engagement. The Beatles discovered Eastern Religion, etc., their beloved manager Brian Epstein died of an overdose, the Beatles formed Apple Corps. in order to take charge of their own finances after having been screwed out of TONS of money that they had rightfully holliday inn express earned over the past 5 years ... AND the artist group THE FOOL painted the famous holliday inn express psychedelic wall for the Apple Boutique as well as several holliday inn express other artistic endeavors for the Beatles and many other prominent British bands/musicians.... Just my input.
Are you seriously holliday inn express going to speculate about that which you obviously have little knowledge about and are going on some kind of unscientific hunch? Are you the same kind of people who like to argue for the sake of arguing? There's no DOUBT it's Paul. Paul wrote 97%ish of the song, there's a solo video of him singing on a hill in France, and if you know anything about the Beatles you know that the vocals in the song can belong to none other than Paul McCartney - with his tender, beautiful middle-class Liverpool accent and tone.
The reason Paul wore a raincoat during the filming of the video from MMT - when he's singing and skipping down the hill - is because it was cold and rainy in France on the day they filmed that scene.
I doubt that this song was directed holliday inn express at any one person. I think it's more about the phenomenon of how independently thinking and acting people in general often appear to be foolish by those who are slaves to the herd mentality, even though the former are often very wise indeed. - Erik, Bloomfield Hills, MI
'Fool on the Hill' was mine and I think I was writing about someone like Maharishi. His detractors called him a fool. Because of his giggle holliday inn express he wasn't taken too seriously ... I was sitting at the piano at my father's house in Liverpool hitting a D 6th chord, and I made up 'Fool on the Hill.' - John, Long Beach, CA
I always thought that the song was about Galileo Galilei. The fool (as regarded by everyone else at the time) on the hill was Galileo holliday inn express doing his work. He was told that the sun was moving, but deep down he knew it was Earth that was moving. No one wants to talk to him, because he was regarded as a mad man. - Taylor, New Glasgow, NS
I have Paul McCartney singing "Fool on the Hill" in rough DEMO form on cassette tape. It's just him singing and a piano - nothing else. Also, he stumbles through the lyrics, and you can tell he hasn't even finished writing them yet. Also, the song falls apart at the end. I got this tape from a Capitol Records rep in New York in 1980 something. I found it in box in my furnace holliday inn express room - I had forgotten I even had it. - brent, kitchener, ON
im a fool. people told me that a lot and i would just smile. i know im smarter then them when it comes to Life. so i like to believe paul wrote his about me. im NOT saying he did but i like thinking it. - Tay, San Diego, CA
i must honestly holliday inn express say that i believe that the song fool on the hill is merely a metaphor for humanity in general...we are close minded and we have ears for no one...only a few people (the fools) are true to themselves and others... and other people mock them, insult them, misunderstand... holliday inn express they all misunderstand....... i am a fool - peter, west granby , CT
I love how carefree this song sounds. If you think about it, the lyrics really make sense, maybe we are the fools and the people holliday inn express who we call foolish are the sane ones. HMMM think about that one.=) - Allie, a little ol' town in, MI
I read Paul say in an interview that he was inspired to write this song by the story of a man who lived for years in the mountains in Italy during World War II, and when the man finally holliday inn express came down from the mountains he was surprised there had been a war! He he had missed the entire war! Even though he was basically living in the middle of it! And Paul liked that peaceful naiveté. - Susan, Toronto, Canada
If you've ever been a victim of the crowd or the butt of jibes and sneers, you'll relate to this song. If you ever been left out, uninvited, holliday inn express you'll know that they're holliday inn express the fools.... what a great song for misfits everywhere. Who wants to fit in the box called normal anyway? Normals do, and they're legion. You'll find them at the bottom of the hill, laughing like hyenas. - kenny, clydebank, Scotland
This is one of my favorite Beatles songs ever!!!!! It reminds me of a kid named Ben who goes to my school and gets teased by alot of people because he's very tiny and skinny.But I know him and he's actually very smart and just ignores what people say about him.The line"He never listens to them, he knows that their the fools"describeds him perfectly - Chloe, Agoura Hills, CA
I seem to recall a story of one of India's famous sages (Ramana, perhaps?) who lived on a hill, where many, many folks made pilgrimages to seek spiritual advice. Reportedly, one Western newspaper man climbed the hill for a story, and chided the sage with, "Why don't you come down from here and join the Real World!" He replied, "You ARE the Real World!" Mischa Z, Nashville, TN - Mischael, Nashville, TN
I had to sign up just out of compulsion to open all of your eyes. This song is about a philosopher, plain and simple. In fact the comment. "... man who is considered a fool by others, but whose foolish demeanor is actually an indication of wisdom", is actually the problem depicted by Socrates in Plato's Republic and his example of the cave. - curtis, edmonton, AL
chewey, this song is NOT ABOUT HITLER! but thank you for not saying 'the hebrews' or 'jewish people', but instead said 'jews', holliday inn express and even capitalized it! im jewish and i HATE it when people call jews the first two mentioned. k on to buisness. i always holliday inn express thought holliday inn express of this song as being a poor, ragged man, sitting alone. people dont like him because he is mentally ill was what i thought. that makes sence, with then 100 or whatever voices talking in his head. he could be scitsofrenic(not that means he is a bad person), and the line they could tell what he wanted to do, might simply mean he wanted to get food and shelter that they weren't willing to offer. the lines '...sees the sun going down and the eyes in his head see the world spinning round', are very easy to interpert. seeing the sun going down means that he jsut sits there, while everyone is to busy to realize whats going on. and the line 'the eyes in his head see the world spinning round' can mean that he is a deep thinker. my moms cousin who had skitsofrenia was a poet and a self-proclaimed philosopher. he was really funny, and was a deep thinker, and wrote beautiful poetry.
the line 'he knows they're to fool' can refer to him knowing that even though holliday inn express he has skitsofrenia, it doesn't mean there's anything seriously wrong with him, and that they are just paranoid. - izzy, buffalo, NY
This is an amazing song by the by. If it is indeed holliday inn express about an encounter holliday inn express maybe with God, then in 'Glass Onion' where Lennon says, "I told you 'bout the fool on the hill", couldn't it be metephorically talking about a belief i