Posted on 07/05/2015 5:48:58 PM PDT by Michael.SF.
The other big quote from the interview which will live on:
“When John got shot, aside from the pure horror of it, the lingering thing was, OK, well now John’s a martyr. A JFK. So what happened was, I started to get frustrated because people started to say, “Well, he was The Beatles.” And me, George and Ringo would go, “Er, hang on. It’s only a year ago we were all equal-ish.”
Yeah, John was the witty one, sure. John did a lot of great work, yeah. And post-Beatles he did more great work, but he also did a lot of not-great work. Now the fact that he’s now martyred has elevated him to a James Dean, and beyond. So whilst I didn’t mind that – I agreed with it – I understood that now there was going to be revisionism.”
(Excerpt) Read more at showbiz411.com ...
““I remember when Robert Christgau wrote, ‘they got the wrong Beatle.’ Insane.””
Actually the best line I heard was that as Chapman was being led away he was heard to remark, “but everyone told me Yoko was the tall one.”
He apparently had a change of heart about Communism before he died:
http://politicaloutcast.com/2012/12/john-lennon-anti-socialist-and-theist/
Too bad he didn’t live to educate his fans.
I don't know about that. I think he had a pretty successful post beatles career. You could make a pretty long list of hit songs he wrote after the beatles.
What was the bet?
I think it’s time to put The Beatles baby to bed and give him a rest.
Ringo is the only who looks like it would be fun to hang out with. He is probably home thanking whatever God he believes in for the opportunity to ride that wave.
Actually, Paul wrote (and sang) “Helter Skelter” that inspired Charlie Manson.
Yoko Ono’s singing should be declared hazardous material....
Wow! Thanks for sharing that. I certainly have a better opinion of Lennon now that I have read that.
I don’t know. I’ve stepped on a cat or two in my day, which creates the same sound, and no species were driven to extinction.
No. Listen to the words of Revolution. He was anything but. He owned a very successful Dreamstreet Dairy Farm in Delaware County NY....
Wings made some really good stuff, but some exceedingly crappy stuff too.
Me neither. I just never liked their music and still don’t.
Paul McCartney is the gay lover of Udumbo. Eff him (and I love the Beatles).
What do you think of “My Love” or “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”?
If a person ever really took time to read the lyrics to "Imagine" yeah it sure sounded like it. That and atheist/secularist humanist and it became that movements anthem. It has to be the most overrated song ever written. It think the music distracts kinda hypnotizes listeners to where they don't understand the crappy lyrics LOL.
Ono's singing reminds me of Morticia's singing on The Addams Family if anyone remembers that.
I've seen a YOUTUBE Video of The Beatles singing "Help" soon after it's release. John suddenly jumps from the first to third verse leaving Paul and George singing the second one. Really George was The Beatles guitar sound you can tell it in his post Beatles recordings. George and Ringo were also good song writers in their own right. They co-wrote Ringo's post Beatle hit Photograph.
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