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dmay
I know I'm gonna get in trouble here, but IMHO, as a solo performer/artist, John Lennon is a bit over-rated. He was a superb songwriter as part of the Beatles/Lennon McCartney team, but his solo songwriting and solo recording endeavors leave a lot to be desired, for me, though the same can also be said for McCartney, Harrison and Starr as solo artists. Looking back, Lennon's musical collaborations with Yoko are...what? They were much more fun and interesting with their bed-ins for peace.
Lennon's being killed by a crazed fan is a given and real tragedy. It was a loss to the music world, his family and fans. I think it can also be seen as a given that after his death, Yoko Ono set about making a saint of the man so that any criticism of him seemed/seems wrong. That she's also made a fortune from his legacy is another thing to be considered in view of how he, akin to Elvis-Jim Morrison and others, became a much more valuable property through death. This isn't a diss of Yoko, but just my view. She did what she thought she needed to do after Lennon's killing.
I know this is a bit off track considering this thread is about whom a song may be about. Just take it again, as one person's thoughts about the alleged subject of a song.
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dmay
I know I'm gonna get in trouble here, but IMHO, as a solo performer/artist, John Lennon is a bit over-rated. He was a superb songwriter as part of the Beatles/Lennon McCartney team, but his solo songwriting and solo recording endeavors leave a lot to be desired, for me, though the same can also be said for McCartney, Harrison and Starr as solo artists. Looking back, Lennon's musical collaborations with Yoko are...what? They were much more fun and interesting with their bed-ins for peace.
Lennon's being killed by a crazed fan is a given and real tragedy. It was a loss to the music world, his family and fans. I think it can also be seen as a given that after his death, Yoko Ono set about making a saint of the man so that any criticism of him seemed/seems wrong. That she's also made a fortune from his legacy is another thing to be considered in view of how he, akin to Elvis-Jim Morrison and others, became a much more valuable property through death. This isn't a diss of Yoko, but just my view. She did what she thought she needed to do after Lennon's killing.
I know this is a bit off track considering this thread is about whom a song may be about. Just take it again, as one person's thoughts about the alleged subject of a song.
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stanlove
the Lennon propaganda movement
The story the ''The Emperor Wears No Clothes fits Lennon well.
Lennon... was a self promoting jerk who had way too much time on his hands. Lying in bed for Peace? LOL...He know this wasn't go to achieve anything accept get his name in the papers and try to get himself known as a peace maker. A joke....That's juts an idiot who should shut his mouth.
His 70s work....How many really good songs did he write that decade. A couple?
And I really have little respect for a man especially a man of his wealth who doesn't even take care of his kid or give anything to his ex wife who was with him at the start...Not a good man.
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stanlove
the Lennon propaganda movement
The story the ''The Emperor Wears No Clothes fits Lennon well.
Lennon... was a self promoting jerk who had way too much time on his hands. Lying in bed for Peace? LOL...He know this wasn't go to achieve anything accept get his name in the papers and try to get himself known as a peace maker. A joke....That's juts an idiot who should shut his mouth.
His 70s work....How many really good songs did he write that decade. A couple?
And I really have little respect for a man especially a man of his wealth who doesn't even take care of his kid or give anything to his ex wife who was with him at the start...Not a good man.
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stanlove
If I posted anything untrue please let me know..
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stanlove
If I posted anything untrue please let me know..
Where do I start....?
self promoting jerk? I think his fame dictated that he would always be in the spotlight, don't see much self promoting going on with him. He was living in New York to get out from the constant attention. And even if so, self promotion is the name of the game in the music industry.
He was obviously influential to lots of people and promoting peace at a time when we were fighting senseless wars seems a fairly decent thing to do. The fact that he did it the way he did got the attention he was looking for and probably got a few people thinking about it, which was the whole damn point.
His 70's work, yep he wrote a few great songs, that's more than a lot of musicians did in their whole career.
Not that it's any of our business, but as far as taking care of his kids, Julian got a huge settlement from the Lennon estate and Sean is taken care of till his dying days from Lennon's money.
Sure John wasn't perfect but who of us are stanlove. If your, or my, life was under the microscope like John's was I'm sure there would be a few public moments of imperfection. Best not to judge anyone so harshly as a whole.
peace
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stanlove
If I posted anything untrue please let me know..
Where do I start....?
self promoting jerk? I think his fame dictated that he would always be in the spotlight, don't see much self promoting going on with him. He was living in New York to get out from the constant attention. And even if so, self promotion is the name of the game in the music industry.
He was obviously influential to lots of people and promoting peace at a time when we were fighting senseless wars seems a fairly decent thing to do. The fact that he did it the way he did got the attention he was looking for and probably got a few people thinking about it, which was the whole damn point.
His 70's work, yep he wrote a few great songs, that's more than a lot of musicians did in their whole career.
Not that it's any of our business, but as far as taking care of his kids, Julian got a huge settlement from the Lennon estate and Sean is taken care of till his dying days from Lennon's money.
Sure John wasn't perfect but who of us are stanlove. If your, or my, life was under the microscope like John's was I'm sure there would be a few public moments of imperfection. Best not to judge anyone so harshly as a whole.
peace
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Come On
and then please tell me: Name one rock-artist that's not a jerk!
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Come On
and then please tell me: Name one rock-artist that's not a jerk!
Bass: Macca
Drums: Budgie
Vocals: John Garcia (Kyuss)
Guitar: Mick Ronson
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RomanCandle
what does "rock star" mean? A rock musician who is famous?
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RomanCandle
what does "rock star" mean? A rock musician who is famous?
That helps, and the jerk-part often comes with the fame.
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RomanCandle
what does "rock star" mean? A rock musician who is famous?
That helps, and the jerk-part often comes with the fame.
Yeah, it must even be healty being a jerk as a rock-star. The opposite can drive anyone crazy...even the fans...
The only none-jerk rock-star I've heard of is goodhearted Ringo Starr..
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DandelionPowderman
Nothing, if you consider Kuyss, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Slits to be rock stars...
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dmay
I know I'm gonna get in trouble here
Right on. The fact that you are kind of timed about writing this shows what the Lennon propaganda movement has done.
The same people who get on people for knocking Lennon because he is dead would have no problem knocking Nixon who is dead and many other people. The story the ''The Emperor Wears No Clothes fits Lennon well.
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lem motlow
nobody in rock and roll gave a shit about john lennon or the beatles in the 1970's.they had a bunch of hit pop records, but then so did the bee gees.
led zeppelin,pink floyd,the who and the rolling stones owned the 1970's.