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While they were waiting for the taxis,John wrote, "Maharishi, Maharishi, what have you...

While they were waiting for the taxis,
John wrote, "Maharishi, Maharishi, what have you done?
You've made a fool of everyone." The song had a lot of expletives in it and George said,
"You can't say that, that's ridiculous." So John changed the lyrics to "Sexy Sadie." Sexy Sadie, it was actually called Maharishi, and it was a putdown of the Maharishi
in very vicious terms

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While they were waiting for the taxis, John wrote,
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"Maharishi, Maharishi, what have you done? You've made a fool of everyone."
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The song had a lot of expletives in it
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and George said, "You can't say that, that's ridiculous."
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So John changed the lyrics to "Sexy Sadie."
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Sexy Sadie, it was actually called Maharishi,
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and it was a putdown of the Maharishi in very vicious terms.
Duration
28 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:19:03
Uploaded
May 08, 2025
Genres
Production
Renoir Pictures

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Movie Summary

Documentary exploring how John, Paul, George and Ringo fell in love with Indian culture while visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Himalayan ashram in 1968.