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| From | Greg Cagle <greg@glcagle.com> |
| Subject | Re: Interesting Lennon Interview |
| Date | Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:28:49 -0700 |
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Well said.
- Greg
rob@splitsville.com wrote:
Good God, of course not. What a prick he could be at times.
He beat women, he (loudly) screwed a woman while his wife was in the next room, was by all accounts was a miserable drunk ("I'm John Lennon. Do you wanna suck my cock?" was a favorite line) and allegedly said to a group of Hasidim, "We shoulda thrown you all in the ovens!"
To his credit, he admitted he was an asshole at many times of his life.
Talented, mercurial, challenging, frustrating, brilliant? Yes.
Saint? No.
But these differences make him extremely fascinating to me, and always have.
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-----Original Message-----
From: synthhtnys@comcast.net
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:51:58
To: <mrudnick@marturo.com> ; <audities@smoe.org> Subject: Re: Interesting Lennon Interview
I think sometimes that John Lennon's myth completely clouds the reality of the matter.
OK, he sang songs about peace, love and understanding, but too many people seem
to leap to the conclusion that because of those songs he's some kind of saint.... which he was not.
Is that knees jerking I hear out there? No, he wasn't a devil either he was just a human being.
He could be a huge asshole... he could also be very kind, but he was no saint, that's for sure.
....and frankly I would recommend taking fairly large grains of salt when you read his post-Beatles
interviews... he lashed out at pretty much everyone including George Martin...
Later he recanted much of what he said. Lennon, I think, should be seen as very mercurial, temperamental
often lashing out in the heat of the moment.... Not that everything he said was necessarily untrue, but I don't
think he controlled his emotions very well and often was unfair in what he said and did.
Seems to me a lot of people thought he was "Speaking the truth" simply because often what he said
was harsh and unkind as if that in itself was some criteria for truth.
I love Lennon's music. but I don't confuse him as having some deeper insight into things like love, peace
politics or religion or whatever simply because he made sounds I like to put in my ear-hole......
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marty Rudnick" <mrudnick@marturo.com>
To: audities@smoe.org , audities@smoe.org
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 9:52:25 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: Interesting Lennon Interview
Really great interview! Â It was interesting to note that as much as John groused endlessly about Paul -- Paul never once groused about John. Â The same Paul that (according to legend) lives relatively modestly, drove his kids to public school, and consoled Julian when John ran off with Yoko.
It seems to further the view (from afar) that Paul is one decent human being.
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