I went back and forth a million times in this one because Ben Folds has at least a dozen songs with names in the titles. “Zak and Sara” is a big favorite and I can’t get through “Annie Waits” much anymore can’t it makes me emotional. “Carrying Cathy” — can’t do that one right now.
So, I went back to my ultimate favorite band, The Beatles. “Dear Prudence” has always been a favorite. Especially after hearing the story behind it. Prudence was MIA Farrow’s sister. They were all in India learning Transcendental Meditation with the Maraharishi Mahesh Yogi and stuff got druggy and wacky.
This is what John Lennon said about it:
“A song about Mia Farrow’s sister, who seemed to go slightly barmy, meditating too long, and couldn’t come out of the little hut that we were livin’ in. They selected me and George to try and bring her out because she would trust us. If she’d been in the West, they would have put her away … She’d been locked in for three weeks and was trying to reach God quicker than anybody else. That was the competition in Maharishi’s camp: who was going to get cosmic first. What I didn’t know was I was already cosmic.”
Yeah, that’s crazy. It was later found out that the Maharishi was in it all for the Benjamins.
Enjoy “Dear Prudence.” It really is a beautiful song (and you’d never guess what it was about had you not read all of the above trivia). And do check out the Siouxsie and the Banshees version. It’s an 80s new wave take on it with a female singer, so it’s interesting. Here’s the original:
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