This is going to piss alot of people off, but hey, thats my right as an American, at least until the ACLU finally fulfills their ultimate agenda of political correctness. There are few "icons" in the world I despise more than this man. Kurt Cobain would be a distant second (because he sucked as a musician, and single-handedly depressed a generation of young adults) and perhaps Axle Rose third (only because he is too stupid to appreciate what he has, and is throwing away the possibility of a Guns N Roses reunion because of his personality disorder). I was watching a newscast last night and heard the song "Imagine" blaring from the loudspeakers at an Obama rally and I was actually offended. Not much offends me, but this did. Ready to get angry? Well....here goes..
First of all, Lennon was a devout communist -- not a patriot of America nor England.Don't believe me? Here is an article from Rolling Stone circa 1971 in which he admits that "Imagine" is virtually the communist manifesto......http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnlennon/articles/story/5920167/imagine. Yeah, he claimed at the time that he wasn't a member of a party or group, but once again in a Counterpunch interview with the infamous Socialist Tariq Ali, he admits to being a "Christian Communist"as well as talks about creating "western style communism", and convincing college students to join the underground communist movement, "the red mole movement".....http://www.counterpunch.org/lennon12082005.html...... He reaped all the benefits of our free speech traditions and our free market, yet he was a strong critic of the very systems that made him one of the wealthiest entertainers in all of history. This, I feel, makes him like the rude houseguest who eats your dinner and then complains you used too much salt and not enough paprika, then sleeps in your bed and showers in the morning and complains that your bed was too soft for his liking and your towel has fuzz balls.
Lennon was a spoiled celebrity who, since 1962, had all the fame, glory, admiration and money that a mortal can achieve in the free world. Nonetheless, he pretended to be some sort of WORKING CLASS HERO when in fact, his entire life since he was 17 was one of an insulated celebrity. Sure, it's easy to talk about no possessions when you (I'm shouting now) LIVE IN A PARK AVENUE PENTHOUSE! Sure, it's easy to sing about everyone getting along WHEN YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY YES MEN AND ADORING FANS WHO IDOLIZE YOU!
John Lennon had as much in common with the average working or unemployed stiff as a house sparrow does to a tyrannosaurus rex! Now on to a point-by-point reply to the late Lennon's Imagine lyrics:
Imagine all the people Living life in peace...
John, let me remind you that without war, your hometown and country would be a province of Nazi Germany and your adopted hometown of New York, NY would still be under England's rule which would be under the Nazi's rule by now anyway which would mean you'd never have played boogey-woogey in Liverpool because the "American Negro" would never have been freed from slavery and allowed to develop jazz music because there would have never been an American Civil War!
Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can
Yea, ok, I will: I'm imagining the Beatles without guitars and amps and imagining little teen-aged Don Ardell without his 45s and record player. Odd thing, but now I'm imagining you without a New York penthouse!
No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man
Yea, well now I'm imagining you sitting on a cardboard box with a paper cup and telling people, "I'm NOT a drunk or drug addict, I really do need some money for food." There are plenty of hungry people right there on Park Avenue but you never noticed them from the smoked glass of your chauffer driven limousine, did you? Was your NY penthouse and limo, and estate in England necessary or were they demonstrations of your own greed?
Imagine all the people Sharing all the world...
The way you shared your world FROM BEHIND YOUR GATED CONDO BUILDING AND BODYGUARDS?
You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one
Ok, I must agree 100% with that one! Anybody who believed that Yoko could actually sing has got to be a somnambulist.
I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one
Join you? The way YOU joined the rest of the REAL world? Hey, dude, at least Cat Stevens put his motions where his mouth was and blew it all off to become a monk.
Lennon was a spoiled celebrity who, since 1962, had all the fame, glory, admiration and money that a mortal can achieve in the free world. Nonetheless, he pretended to be some sort of WORKING CLASS HERO when in fact, his entire life since he was 17 was one of an insulated celebrity. Sure, it's easy to talk about no possessions when you (I'm shouting now) LIVE IN A PARK AVENUE PENTHOUSE! Sure, it's easy to sing about everyone getting along WHEN YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY YES MEN AND ADORING FANS WHO IDOLIZE YOU!
John Lennon had as much in common with the average working or unemployed stiff as a house sparrow does to a tyrannosaurus rex! Now on to a point-by-point reply to the late Lennon's Imagine lyrics:
Imagine all the people Living life in peace...
John, let me remind you that without war, your hometown and country would be a province of Nazi Germany and your adopted hometown of New York, NY would still be under England's rule which would be under the Nazi's rule by now anyway which would mean you'd never have played boogey-woogey in Liverpool because the "American Negro" would never have been freed from slavery and allowed to develop jazz music because there would have never been an American Civil War!
Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can
Yea, ok, I will: I'm imagining the Beatles without guitars and amps and imagining little teen-aged Don Ardell without his 45s and record player. Odd thing, but now I'm imagining you without a New York penthouse!
No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man
Yea, well now I'm imagining you sitting on a cardboard box with a paper cup and telling people, "I'm NOT a drunk or drug addict, I really do need some money for food." There are plenty of hungry people right there on Park Avenue but you never noticed them from the smoked glass of your chauffer driven limousine, did you? Was your NY penthouse and limo, and estate in England necessary or were they demonstrations of your own greed?
Imagine all the people Sharing all the world...
The way you shared your world FROM BEHIND YOUR GATED CONDO BUILDING AND BODYGUARDS?
You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one
Ok, I must agree 100% with that one! Anybody who believed that Yoko could actually sing has got to be a somnambulist.
I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one
Join you? The way YOU joined the rest of the REAL world? Hey, dude, at least Cat Stevens put his motions where his mouth was and blew it all off to become a monk.
As you can see, my affection toward the ultimate hypocrite has no bounds...Its just too bad that his confused, drug-laden politics did in-fact affect the American political system to the point where some people are quoting Marx and Engels as legitimate solutions for basic national problems...and I don't know if we'll ever recover.
Damn you John Lennon....Damn you....
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