Dimbulb Lennon was wrong; the plot was thwarted & the Houses of Parliament were not blown up. Yet he had the nerve to ask "Haven't you ever heard of Guy Fawkes?" To speak more ill of the dead, this is a better explosion. Play at full volume.“Remember... the fifth of November...” Q: "What is November 5th?" JL: "In England it's the day they blew up the Houses of Parliament so we celebrate by having bonfires every November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day. It just was an ad lib: it was about the third take, and I got to remembering, and it begins to sound like Frankie Laine, you know, when you sing, (sings) "Remember the Fifth of November." I just broke up, and it went on for about another seven or eight minutes. We started ad libbing and goofing about, but then I cut it there and just exploded, it was a good joke. Haven't you ever heard of Guy Fawkes? I thought it was just poignant that we should blow up the Houses of Parliament." — John Lennon interview with Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec 1970
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