John and Joke-o
Posted on 12/08/2005 10:30:24 PM PST by Brian_Baldwin
He has become the saint of the anti-gunners. The use of his image among the the old female fans of the beattles and latter hippies is what keeps gun control going with whatever strength it has.
John Lennon was a talented and gifted song writer and performer. PERIOD.
He was no more important in life than your next door neighbor and he certainly didn't have the common sense and morals of millions less talented than him.
And, what an as*hole Paul's turned out to be.....
Remember the myths not the men, it's easier to live with.
Lennon was a pretty good songwriter and had a fairly good singing voice – but I get the impression that is not why our “esteemed” news media is honoring him. He was an extremists anti-war activist who believed strongly in communism, One World (no countries, no borders) no religion. All that I hold dear he despised
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
I never understood the appeal. A generation of fools.
I never understood the appeal. A generation of fools.
They started off as four very tough kids dressed in suits and ties, and rode the same cultural wave as their fans.
I think you've pretty much summed it up. His personal life also being somewhat tragic, IMHO, too.
There is some evidence that he really got "saved" during his last months of living, but no one knows for sure. Yoko certainly wouldn't confirm it , if true,-it would go against his image. Imagine!! Oops, a pun....
Class of '69 here and a bona fide ex-hippie, but I must say, I was never much of a Beatles fan- I liked my rock with more bang and less protest. I found the Beatles boring.
One thing is sure- we canonize the strangest people in this country, and all this worship of a long-dead, self-appointed little demi-god escapes me.
I thought he stunk.
I'm simply worn out with wealthy people who, feeling guilty about how much they've accumulated, assuage that guilt by lecturing the rest of us.
I've often wondered why this frame of mind seems to afflict the entertainment industry ten-fold. Do you feel extra guilty when you suspect that the stuff you did to acquire all that cash wasn't of any real value?
I might listen a bit more to what they have to say if they'd climb down, divest and do their talking, but I have so much trouble hearing them when they're sitting on top of that tall pile of dough.
The title tune of which has to be one of the most boring, inane, unmelodic songs ever recorded. My only regret about Lennon is that Chapman didn't have an identical twin that hated McCartney.
Entertainers earn their money, just like everyone else -- by creating a product and selling it. They have a unique talent that in most cases they've worked hard to develop. They also work in a high risk profession that leaves 99.999% of them flat broke.
Whooa, You may disagree with Lennon, But that's going way
overboard
So do many people in New England...Lennon is their messiah. There are even businesses around NE who are named after the Beatles or their song lyrics. Example? The gift shop 'Fool on the Hill' in Woodstock, Vermont. Geez...get over it.
Jerk....
Because we will kill you if you don't.
I always felt that song was a only slightly veiled threat.
...and the rest of them became the voters that put Dean, Pelosi, Kennedy, Kerry, Clinton, etc. in power. Thanks.
Was talking with a friend yesterday and he brought up John Lennon. He said he wondered if John was in hell. I didn't think he was; possibly purgatory given that so much of his life was a form of "on-earth" purgatory -- confusion, constantly batting around for meaning.
I was angered and very upset the day he was murdered. But then, I feel the same way when anyone is mercilessly murdered.
I don't think John ever got over his mother's (Julia) ill treatment of him.
In many ways, I think it defined many of his life choices. She dropped him on his head at an early age to pursue her own "life" choices.
I still have the movie "Help!" -- my favorite Beatle flick.
The Beatles not only made excellent music, real tunes, underneath the "modern instruments"; but they arrived on the scene at a seminal moment in world history. I think they had difficulties in dealing with that. Ever wondering... "Is it due our music, us, or just "timing". Unable to understand and integrate the composite of all three aspects. If not for their managers (esp. Brian); I doubt they would have survived as a group as long as they did.
THE TALE OF TWO DEAD JOHNS
John Lennon is dead - so. The world lost a guy who wrote songs that somepeople liked.
John Wayne is dead - the world is a hollow place for his passing yet is stonger and most self reliant for his being here.
I choose the later over the former.
John and Joke-o
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