BeatlesFest: "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"

[FuzzFace]

Can anyone enlighten me as to the point of this song?

I've always loved this song but have no idea who Mr. Kite is supposed to be.

Anyway, enjoy!

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

[lg]

Lovely Song ... Delightful

LG

[cuthbert]

I read somewhere that John Lennon wrote lyrics for this song nearly verbatim from the text in a 19th Century circus poster he had seen. As far as I tell, the point might be that Lennon could make a great song out of nearly any subject matter, especially the technical wizardry from George Martin and the boys at Abbey Road Studios.   As the saying goes, he could probably make a hit record reading from a phone book... 

Nice acoustic guitar and percussion on this FuzzFace, with your own style.

[FuzzFace]

Hey thanks for the explanation... I guess that makes sense.

It was fun to scale this one down.

[64Guitars]

I read somewhere that John Lennon wrote lyrics for this song nearly verbatim from the text in a 19th Century circus poster he had seen.

PABLO FANQUE'S CIRCUS ROYAL
TOWN-MEADOWS, ROCHDALE

Grandest Night of the Season!
AND POSITIVELY THE

LAST NIGHT BUT THREE!
BEING FOR THE
BENEFIT OF MR. KITE,
(LATE OF WELLS'S CIRCUS) AND
MR. J. HENDERSON,
THE CELEBRATED SOMERSET THROWER!
WIRE DANCER, VAULTER, RIDER, etc.
On TUESDAY Evening, February 14th, 1843.

Mssrs. KITE and HENDERSON, in announcing the following Entertainments ensure the Public
that this Night's Production will be one of the most splendid ever produced in this Town, having been
some days in preparation.

Mr. Kite will, for this night only, introduce the CELEBRATED HORSE, ZANTHUS! Well known to be one of the best Broke Horses IN THE WORLD!!! Mr. HENDERSON will undertake the arduous Task of THROWING TWENTY-ONE SOMERSETS, ON THE SOLID GROUND. Mr. KITE will appear, for the first time this season, On The Tight Rope, When Two Gentlemen Amateurs of this Town will perform with him.

Mr. HENDERSON will, for the first time in Rochdale, introduce his extraordinary TRAMPOLINE LEAPS AND SOMERSETS! Over Men & Horses, through Hoops, over Garters and lastly through a Hogshead of REAL FIRE! In this branch of the profession Mr. H challenges THE WORLD! For particulars see Bills of the day.

[FuzzFace]

NICE! 

OH!  I'm going to print this and hang it on my wall!!!!

[dasilvasings]

Kudos for the music and the trivia!!!!

[Geir]

A really great laidback cover of this classic.

Great acoustic playing .. great production .....

[FuzzFace]

Wow, I'm glad I asked.

This was a fun song to make and I knew there had to be an interesting story behind it.



And thanks for the feedback!

[Tony W]

Cool little ditty here fuzzface.