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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

He blew his mind out

in a song from the beatles, a day in the life, there is a verse that goes: He blew his mind out in a car, he didn’t notice
that the lights had changed. But what is the meaning of 'blew his mind out'?.
The nearest i have found in the dictionary is
mind-blowing adj argot asombroso,-a, alucinante: it was a mind-blowing experience, fue una experiencia alucinante
but it has not much sense to me.
Can anyone tell me what they meant to say?
Thanks in advance

Ps: Please,correct me if I make any mistake.
  

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Hello Guest 'He blew his mind out' combines two phrases: 'blow your mind', as in your definition of 'mind-blowing', and 'he blew his brains out', which means 'he put a gun to his own head and shot himself'. The implication is that he shot himself; but in the next line it turns into a traffic accident: 'he didn't notice that the lights had changed', which means he either hit a vehicle that drew out in front of him, or was hit himself. So we probably have to take 'blew his mind out' as an exaggerated way of saying 'died'.

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  • Hello Guest 'He blew his mind out' combines two phrases: 'blow your mind', as in your definition of 'mind-blowing', and 'he blew his brains out', which means 'he put a gun to his own head and shot himself'.
  • The implication is that he shot himself; but in the next line it turns into a traffic accident: 'he didn't notice that the lights had changed', which means he either hit a vehicle that drew out in front of him, or was hit himself.
  • So we probably have to take 'blew his mind out' as an exaggerated way of saying 'died'.
  • Or surmise that Lennon was free-associating and wasn't too bothered about whether it made sense or not.
  • I would hesitate to have to choose between those two options and risk the collective wrath of the world's Beatles buffs.
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Hello Guest

'He blew his mind out' combines two phrases: 'blow your mind', as in your definition of 'mind-blowing', and 'he blew his brains out', which means 'he put a gun to his own head and shot himself'.

The implication is that he shot himself; but in the next line it turns into a traffic accident: 'he didn't notice that the lights had changed', which means he either hit a
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I always assumed "blew his mind out" inferred going insane and in this case, the man's bout of insanity led him to cause the traffic accident as a suicidal type of event, going crazy from not being able to take the absurdities of his modern life.
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GuestCan anyone tell me what they meant to say?
The artists themselves seem not to have a very clear idea what they meant. See the Wikipedia article. In particular notice the section titled Lyrical inspiration and collaboration.

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It means he was dropping acid. When he didnt noticed that the lights had changed. and a car crashed into behind him.

Check it out the beatles where known for there various acid addictionssss
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I know exactly what it means, because it is personal to my family. He blew his mind out in a car, is about a man who killed himself over a girl
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AnonymousI know exactly what it means, because it is personal to my family.
Sounds like 'ideas of reference' to me.
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Tara Browne is the subject in this song. He was a singer known by John Lennon and Mike Pinder. Browne was a founding member of an irish group and was the driver killed in a car accident perhaps under influence of drugs or alcohol. I believe wikipedia hs this info.

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