Lennon

[poliphilo]

I just bought the new(ish), Yoko-approved, Lennon compilation, Working Class Hero. I already own the last, Yoko-approved, Lennon Compilation, Lennon:Legend, but, hey, this new(ish) one has 18 extra tracks and they were selling it at a knock-down price.

I can't shake off my addiction to Lennon. Believe me, I've tried. I've told myself he was a nasty, wife-beating, millionaire hypocrite and, besides, Macca wrote all the best tunes so who needs him? but sooner or later my resolve buckles and I creep back for another fix of Jealous Guy or Nobody Told Me or God. Sooooo many good songs!

I know this is heresy, but I think Lennon came into his own after the Beatles split up. The Beatles was McCartney's band- and Lennon was never entirely at ease working in McCartney's shadow.

In a recent poll Imagine was simultaneously voted the best and the worst song of all time. That has to tell you something. Imagine is the Mona Lisa of popular music.

Which makes Lennon the pop da Vinci.

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[jubal51394.livejournal.com]

I'm almost with you on this one. I would never call myself a Lennon-file but I am/was a musician in the era and he and I were peers... of sorts. The only thing I would sort of disagree about is that I really think he never truly came into his own. I think he was on his way, maybe even almost there, but not quite.

I get angry at the slime that deprived us of what was yet to come. I'm pissed off at Janis Joplin for the same reason.