you can't always get what you want lyric meaning
You Can't Always Get What You Want The three verses (along with the varied theme in the fourth verse) address the major topics of the 1960s: love, politics, and drugs. Each verse captures the essence of the initial optimism and eventual disillusion, followed by the resigned pragmatism in the chorus.[citation needed]
All You Need Is Love For Our World, the Beatles were asked to provide a song with a message that could be easily understood by everyone.[4] The band undertook the assignment at a time when they were committed to two film projects:[5] a planned television special, Magical Mystery Tour, and the animated feature Yellow Submarine, for which they were contractually obliged to United Artists to supply four new recordings.[6] "All You Need Is Love" was selected for Our World for its contemporary social significance over the Paul McCartney-written "Your Mother Should Know".[7][nb 1] In a statement to Melody Maker magazine, Brian Epstein, the band's manager, said of "All You Need Is Love": "It was an inspired song and they really wanted to give the world a message. The nice thing about it is that it cannot be misinterpreted. It is a clear message saying that love is everything."[9][10] Lennon later attributed the song's simple lyrical statements to his liking of slogans and television advertising.[11] He likened the song to a propaganda piece,[12] adding: "I'm a revolutionary artist. My art is dedicated to change."[11] Author Mark Hertsgaard views it as the Beatles' "most political song yet" up to 1967 and the origins of Lennon's posthumous standing as a "humanitarian hero".[13]