Songful Style | “Hello, Goodbye” by The Beatles & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #272

April 26, 2022 / 40 Comments

It is Marsha’s turn to choose the song to inspire our style for May. Being a longtime Beatles fan, she wanted her first song choice to be one of their classics and so she picked “Hello, Goodbye”. Continue reading for ways to find style inspiration in this song.

About Songful Style

Songful Style is a new ageless style challenge series hosted by Suzy of The Grey Brunette, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, Michelle of My Bijou Life, Marsha of Marsha in the Middle, and Anne of Spy Girl. 

Each month we will share a song with the lyrics and video and we invite you to use whatever aspect of the song that inspires you to create an outfit. 

It is similar to Style Imitating Art where we use artwork to inspire our outfit creations. Except Songful Style gives you lyrics, music, video, and album artwork to inspire your fashion creativity. You may even find inspiration in a memory triggered by the selected song. It is all open to your own personal interpretation and just a fun way to discover new music and get a little bit more creative with your wardrobe.

Anyone is welcome to join us on a permanent basis or you can just play along without any obligation to do anything other than feel inspired. We are flexible and fun and just want to find more ways to play dress up because it’s what we enjoy doing! 

We will be posting on the last Monday of each month and will announce our song choice for the following month at the end of each post.

Video Inspiration
The Lyrics
“Hello, Goodbye”
You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go go go, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

I say high, you say low
You say why and I say I don't know, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello
(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello
(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye
(Hello goodbye) I say hello/goodbye

Why why why why why why do you say goodbye goodbye, oh no?

You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

You say yes (I say yes) I say no (But I may mean no)
You say stop (I can stay) and I say go go go (Till it's time to go), oh
Oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello hello

Hela heba helloa
Hela heba helloa, cha cha cha
Hela heba helloa, wooo
Hela heba helloa, hela
Hela heba helloa, cha cha cha
Hela heba helloa, wooo
Hela heba helloa, cha cah cah [fade out]
About the Song

“Hello, Goodbye” was recorded by the Beatles in the fall of 1967 and released on November 24 for the Christmas season. It was the first release since the death of the band’s manager Brian Epstein and was commercially successful worldwide.

Although writing is credited to Lennon-McCarthy, the song was written entirely by Paul McCartney as a result of Beatles’ aide Alistair Taylor inquiring about McCartney’s songwriting process. McCartney sat down at his harmonium and began playing a word game with Taylor, asking him to say the opposite of whatever Paul said. As they sat calling out opposite words to each other, according to author Steve Turner, the song was born…”And so it went – black and white, yes and no, stop and go, hello and goodbye.”

After the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in April of 1967, the Beatles began embracing randomness and simplicity as a major part of their creative process and this song is a example of that.

But what does the song mean?

According to Paul McCartney, “the answer to everything is simple. It’s a song about everything and nothing…If you have black, you have to have white. That’s the amazing thing about life.” He also said the lyrics reflect his astrological sign of Gemini by addressing a more positive side duality in nature. “It’s such a deep theme in the universe, duality – man woman, black white, ebony ivory, high low, right wrong, up down, hello goodbye – that it was a very easy song to write.”

There is so much information written about the composition and history of this song that I am going to refer you to Wikipedia for further information if you are interested.

Album Covers

I have no idea what I am going to do with this tune yet. But keep in mind that you can use anything related to this song to inspire your outfit. You are not limited to just what I have shared here either. Feel free to do your own research if you’d like. Or perhaps the song triggers a memory that will inspire your look. Anything goes really. Happy songful styling!

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