john lennon

I bet he wouldn't still be married to Yoko

  On 12/7/2010 at 3:57 AM, marf said:

i think he was murdered by the usa gov. He was on file and stirin up trouble.

apparently Nixon and his cronies were shit scared of him because they thought he'd be able to sway an election! they wanted him out of the US.

incorrect

  On 12/8/2010 at 1:38 AM, The Pod said:

incorrect

how's that?

I think he would have turned into a crazy muttering junkie

it's not meant to depict John Lennon

  On 12/8/2010 at 1:50 AM, The Pod said:

it's not meant to depict John Lennon

what?

  On 12/8/2010 at 1:49 AM, lumpenprol said:

I think he would have turned into a crazy muttering junkie

i've been reading "many years from now", the paul mccartney [auto]biography. according to this, he was doing more than a tad too much heroin booze lsd grass whatever throughout sgt pepper and magical mystery tour, and likely a bit before. sobered up a bit in india before returning for more benders. hooked up with yoko and did a lot of smack. then they both quit smack. the way the book talks about it, i doubt he'd have gone back unless some real bad drama shit went down in his life (like maybe yoko was shot instead!). the book is of the opinion that part of the reason lennon sank into that was because of all the emotional drama with his wife, who he simultaneously loved and didn't give a fuck about.

  On 12/7/2010 at 8:05 PM, sirch said:

he was always the coolest of the 'fab four' by far, imo. way cooler than Paul...

i think this is a bit of revisionist history. check the two during john's "fat elvis" house-husband period. paul was much more the man about town, into art, avant-garde music way before john, soaking it all up and regurgitating it out through the beatles. if john had lived who knows who he'd be or what he'd be into. he died before he could get old and start doing bad duets with anyone and everyone.

shut the fuck up, donny! v.i. lenin--vladimir ilyich ulyanov!

  On 12/8/2010 at 2:59 AM, pattern recognition said:

  On 12/7/2010 at 8:05 PM, sirch said:

he was always the coolest of the 'fab four' by far, imo. way cooler than Paul...

 

i think this is a bit of revisionist history. check the two during john's "fat elvis" house-husband period. paul was much more the man about town, into art, avant-garde music way before john, soaking it all up and regurgitating it out through the beatles. if john had lived who knows who he'd be or what he'd be into. he died before he could get old and start doing bad duets with anyone and everyone.

book concurs with this. it makes a point of saying that while lennon still matched paul on songwriting, paul was the one that came up with the concepts for sgt. pepper + magical mystery, and was the one actively working to organize it -- the cover art, whatever -- and if lennon hadn't been on heroin and stuff he might have come up with a better concept, or made magical mystery tour better. but this is mccartney's book..... so yeah.

  On 12/8/2010 at 2:59 AM, pattern recognition said:

  On 12/7/2010 at 8:05 PM, sirch said:

he was always the coolest of the 'fab four' by far, imo. way cooler than Paul...

 

i think this is a bit of revisionist history. check the two during john's "fat elvis" house-husband period. paul was much more the man about town, into art, avant-garde music way before john, soaking it all up and regurgitating it out through the beatles. if john had lived who knows who he'd be or what he'd be into. he died before he could get old and start doing bad duets with anyone and everyone.

hmmm, that may be so, but it depends whether you consider that being the man about town and soaking things up like a Paul, 'cool'. which i personally don't, but you obviously do. :) Paul was the pretty, nice boy. John was the broody, complicated genius, imo. and much more interesting person and artist. i much prefer his songs to Pauls', no matter what Paul was up to at anytime.

I have it on good authority that John's penis was larger than Paul's, but that Paul's had an optimistic upward curve.

lol

  On 12/8/2010 at 3:09 AM, sirch said:

hmmm, that may be so, but it depends whether you consider that being the man about town and soaking things up like a Paul, 'cool'. which i personally don't, but you obviously do. :) Paul was the pretty, nice boy. John was the broody, complicated genius, imo. and much more interesting person and artist. i much prefer his songs to Pauls', no matter what Paul was up to at anytime.

i (generally) also prefer john's songs to paul's, but i can recognize paul's genius in many areas. john may have been the broody, complicated genius, but paul was the cheery, diplomatic, uncomplicated genius. as crazy as it sounds, paul is underrated in the beatles.

should this be in the music discussion sub-forum?

  On 12/8/2010 at 3:49 AM, lumpenprol said:

I have it on good authority that John's penis was larger than Paul's, but that Paul's had an optimistic upward curve.

lol. brilliantly summed up! lol

I think my favorite Beatles song is She said She said. I think that's a John song.

I didnt know John did heroin. Im a Beatle junkie and this is news to me.

  On 12/8/2010 at 5:19 AM, marf said:

I think my favorite Beatles song is She said She said. I think that's a John song.

yup

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I didnt know John did heroin.

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Im a Beatle junkie and this is news to me.

John and George did pretty much everything. that's 1 of the reasons why they are/were the coolest..

Paul was the goody-goody, which is most probably why he's still alive, lol ;)

heroin makes for great music. lol, Im sorry but it does

I think the drums in She said She said might be the most amazing drumming Ive ever heard in any song from anyone. That loose nonchalant but funky drumming. Ringo tears it up in that track.

heroin might make you write an interesting track but it in no way makes you cool. i had a friend die from the stuff and another that is hooked.

nobody said heroin or being a junkie makes you cool!

  On 12/8/2010 at 5:25 AM, sirch said:

 

John and George did pretty much everything. that's 1 of the reasons why they are/were the coolest..

Paul was the goody-goody, which is most probably why he's still alive, lol ;)

  On 12/7/2010 at 8:15 PM, Joyrex said:

I bet he wouldn't still be married to Yoko

I don't know. They seemed to be a good match. She was a strong, outspoken woman of her time with challenging thoughts and ideas. A lot of people then, and now, resented her for what she represents. I think all the power to her. She is kind of a badass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfe2qhI5Ix4&feature=related

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  On 12/8/2010 at 7:31 PM, yek said:

  On 12/8/2010 at 5:25 AM, sirch said:

 

John and George did pretty much everything. that's 1 of the reasons why they are/were the coolest..

Paul was the goody-goody, which is most probably why he's still alive, lol ;)

what i meant was that they were more laid back, i guess.. and partook in allsorts.. went to all sorts of parties and did allsorts of things.

they were a bit more naughty and cheeky and daring than Paul, i think. Paul was the goody-goody who played it safe a lot of the time, from what i've seen, read, and what he's said himself about himself.

i didn't specifically say being a heroin addict or that heroin itself is a cool thing. 'cos i don't think it is. sorry for not being more clear.

  On 12/8/2010 at 8:24 PM, sirch said:

  On 12/8/2010 at 7:31 PM, yek said:

  On 12/8/2010 at 5:25 AM, sirch said:

 

John and George did pretty much everything. that's 1 of the reasons why they are/were the coolest..

Paul was the goody-goody, which is most probably why he's still alive, lol ;)

 

what i meant was that they were more laid back, i guess.. and partook in allsorts.. went to all sorts of parties and did allsorts of things.

they were a bit more naughty and cheeky and daring than Paul, i think. Paul was the goody-goody who played it safe a lot of the time, from what i've seen, read, and what he's said himself about himself.

i didn't specifically say being a heroin addict or that heroin itself is a cool thing. 'cos i don't think it is. sorry for not being more clear.

ok, fair nuff