tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post8967997666364105719..comments2023-04-09T16:07:39.987+01:00Comments on Wrinkled Weasel's World: John LennonWrinkled Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-56116507964512038332010-12-09T17:18:34.864+00:002010-12-09T17:18:34.864+00:00Getting himself killed was his biggest career move...Getting himself killed was his biggest career move. Ditto Elvis. Ditto Jackson. Ditto Mercury.<br /><br />What it means to the rest of us that in any poll for the best songs of all time we will have "Imagine", "Thriller" and bloody Bohemiam bloody Rhapsody in the top three.<br /><br />He was an ex-Beatle.Past it.<br />Get over it.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00448711775318691029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-65798592032138374112010-12-09T02:42:57.531+00:002010-12-09T02:42:57.531+00:00Like you, I was a big Beatles fan. I never took s...Like you, I was a big Beatles fan. I never took sides in the John vs Paul arguments (that was a bit girly), but understood, even at quite a young age, that it was what they did together that mattered, and that separately they were less.<br /><br />I liked John in his Hamburg rocker days. He ended it for me with his release of 'Imagine' - surely the most turgid and self-indulgent song of all time. A millionaire writing about 'no possessions' and a wife-beater writing about world peace? That set a standard of celeb hypocrisy that only Geldof and Bono have managed to surpass in the 39 years since it was released.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.com