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Yellow Submarine Traditional Cache

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Papa227: The Dive Shop has closed and the Yellow Submarine the container was attached to has been moved elsewhere.

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Hidden : 11/13/2023
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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I have driven by this location many times and feel there needs to be a Cache here. Thanks to Lakeshore Scuba for permission to place the Cache. The Cache is dedicated to the Beatles Song. Information below is taken from Wikipedia.com.

 

Yellow Submarine" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with "Eleanor Rigby". Written as a children's song by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, it was drummer Ringo Starr's vocal spot on the album. The single went to number one on charts in the United Kingdom and several other European countries, and in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. It won an Ivor Novello Award for the highest certified sales of any single written by a British songwriter and issued in the UK in 1966. In the US, the song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the Cash Box Top 100 chart.

 

In the US, the release of "Yellow Submarine" coincided with the controversies surrounding Lennon's "More popular than Jesus" remarks – which led some radio stations to impose a ban on the Beatles' music – and the band's public opposition to the Vietnam War. The song received several social and political interpretations. It was adopted as an anti-authority statement by the counterculture during Vietnam War demonstrations and was also appropriated in strike action and other forms of protest. Some listeners viewed the song as a code for drugs, particularly the barbiturate Nembutal which was sold in yellow capsules, or as a symbol for escapism. "Yellow Submarine" has continued to be a children's favorite and has frequently been performed by Starr on his tours with the All Starr Band.

McCartney commented in 1966: "It's a happy place, that's all ... We were trying to write a children's song. That was the basic idea." Their working manuscript for the lyrics shows a verse crossed out and an accompanying note from Lennon reading: "Disgusting!! See me.” Scottish singer Donovan contributed the line "Sky of blue and sea of green".

In 1972, Lennon made the following statement about the song's authorship: "Both of us. Paul wrote the catchy chorus. I helped with the blunderbuss bit."

In 1980, Lennon talked further about the song: "'Yellow Submarine' is Paul's baby. Donovan helped with the lyrics. I helped with the lyrics too. We virtually made the track come alive in the studio but based on Paul's inspiration. Paul's idea. Paul's title ... written for Ringo." In his 1997 authorized biography, Many Years from Now, McCartney recalled coming up with the initial idea while lying in bed, adding that "It was pretty much my song as I recall ... I think John helped out ... but the chorus, melody and verses are mine."

 

Congratulations to chimpandseek on FTF, especially his 6year old son who signed the log himself and for the pic! Blessings on you Caching adventure.

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