Video: John Lennon Slams Socialism & Presidential Hero Worship

Capitol Confidential ^ | 7/10/2010 | CapCon

[earlJam]

I'm surprised to hear these words from Lennon. But you can't ever trust these dead white men, can you?

Of course, John's not dead. John's not dead.

Or if you play it backwards, it says:

.daed ton s'nhoJ .daed ton s'nhoJ

[OrangeHoof]

"Back in the USSR" was a Paul song but I get your point....

And it was a parody of the Beach Boys' "Back In The U.S.A." as if the "ooo woo woo" chorus didn't give that away. The extolling of "California Girls" was answered "The Ukraine girls really knock me out...they leave the West behind...and Moscow girls make me scream and shout...that Georgia's always on my mind."

Communism aside, the Beatles had a point.

[Right Wing Assault]

He daed.

[fml]

‘Imagine’ so

[raccoonradio]

A memorable entry from National Lampoon’s Letters FROM
the editors (appeared after John’s death)

Dear Sirs:
Imagine no possessions. What a terrible, terrible thought.

—Yoko Ono, New York City

:)

[mjp]

When he died in 1980, he left behind a monetary legacy estimated at $275 million-not bad for one who referred to himself as an "instinctive socialist,"1 for one who believed on the abolition of "all money, police, and government."2

1 Playboy, January 1981,p.89
2 Penthouse,October, 1969, p.34

[agooga]

“Instinctive socialist” = socialist.

“believed on the abolition of “all money, police, and government” = anarchist.

The two are probably mutually exclusive. How can you redistribute wealth if there is no government to implement, no police to enforce and no money to seize?

I think Lennon was too complex and probably too confused to actually know himself— what he was really.

[goodwithagun]

And apparently you are also an asshole. Don’t get nasty because my husband despises commies.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Don’t get nasty because my husband despises commies.

Your husband's an asshole for merrily cheering the death of two human beings, and breathlessly anticipating the death of two others. And here you are, "bragging" about your husband's mannish prowess on an internet chat forum.

Stay classy, honey.

[dfwgator]

What kind of country is this where John Lennon gets six bullets in the chest, and Yoko and standing right next to him and not a single bullet? - Dennis Leary

[Liberty Valance]

I had never heard this. One of John’s more lucid moments. Thanks for posting.

[raccoonradio]

Comic Judy Tenuta imitating Yoko Ono: “’Please please please
kiss me kiss me ooh ahh ohh jus one kiss kiss will do...don’t go to walllllllllllllll(war)...don’t start a wallllllllllll...’-—why don’t you just stick an icepick in m head? I’m sorry, but if that guy (Mark David Chapman) had just aimed a lil’ bit to the left...he’d be a hero!”

[goodwithagun]

Wow. Just wow. You call my husband and asshole and then tell me to be classy? Pot, meet kettle. Did I write that my husband cheers anybody’s death, merrily or otherwise? No. Now go back into your dark room, don your Beatles wig, bop your head around to “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, and “merrily” go have sex with yourself (a classy way of saying go phuck yourself). I must go now, I’m taking my son to the pool. I shall enjoy my day with my two favorite guys. My son and my asshole husband.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

. . . and judging from your erudite comments on this thread, my guess is that you and your husband never venture out of the shallow end of that pool . . .

goodwithagun perhaps, but definitely badwithbrain.