| Maxwell’s Silver Hammer | |
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Origin |
Paul McCartney |
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Type |
Hammer |
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Effects |
Makes misfortune randomly happen |
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Downsides |
Destroys group cohesion |
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Activation |
Violent intent and comical outlook |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Section |
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Aisle |
394056-4985 |
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Shelf |
225494-6249-406 |
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Date of Collection |
May 6, 2008 |
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Origin[]
“Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. The song is about a student named Maxwell Edison who commits murders with a hammer, with the dark lyrics disguised by an upbeat sound. Most of it happily jests over Maxwell bashing in heads with a silver hammer, ending with the judge’s death in the middle of his own trial. The song was recorded with a synthesizer, piano, organ, guitar and even a blacksmith’s anvil.
John Lennon didn’t play during recording due to a car accident a week before. McCartney loved it since it was a story of a violent murderer told with glee. The remaining Beatles hated how much studio time it wasted. McCartney offered Lennon and George Harrison afterwards an equal three way split of songwriting duties in the future. The two scoffed at McCartney’s previous songs as weak artistic efforts and Silver Hammer not a respectable fit for their image. After all the tension leading to this disastrous session and album release, the Beatles separated.
Effects[]
Detects if a single person has both desires of violence contrasted against a lighthearted, happy personality. Tapping near another person causes the target to suffer a random accident or mundane annoyance in the next leading hours. More pre-existing dislike between the two amplifies the suffering.
Causes those affected by the hammer, including the user, to become unmanageable in group situations. They ignore other’s needs for their own wants, create more work than necessary and become a nuisance. Frustration trickles over until the whole group splits apart at the seams or casts the pest out. Tapping the hammer on an anvil will stop all changes until another person finds it. The social fallout with remain however.