Sunday, December 14, 2008
- Name: Maxwell Edison
- From: Maxwell's Silver Hammer (The Beatles, Abbey Road, 1969)
- About: Maxwell is the lead character in this catchy Beatles song about a murderous med student who kills his girlfriend, his teacher, and the judge sentencing him. Very hummable but clearly a real "don't be like this, kids" song. It was written by Paul McCartney and was apparently one of the all-time least favorite songs of the rest of the Beatles.
- Quote: "The worst session ever was 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer.' It was the worst track we ever had to record. It went on for f***ing weeks. I thought it was mad." -- Ringo Starr in a 2008 interview.
- Connection: Everyone of our parents' generation who meets Max starts humming this song. It is food for thought when the first thing that comes to someone's mind when they think of your son is a song about a happy serial killer. Oh well, at least we didn't name him Dexter.
- Meta: Steve Martin sang this song in the egregious 1978 movie Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Apparently this performance is so bad that even YouTube won't post it and all that is available are a few fairly traumatic-looking still images. So instead I will leave you with this clip from Let It Be of Paul teaching the song to the other Beatles. Thanks as always to YouTube:
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