John Lennon murdered on this day

[fncceo]

I liked John's songs on that album; McCartney II, which was the supposed inspiration for DF, sucked.

Wait! You're not a fan of The Plastic Ono Band?!

 

[Indeependent]

Wait! You're not a fan of The Plastic Ono Band?!

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Let me think...NO!!

 

[BackAgain]

God didn’t take him. The state did.

Nope. The nutbar did.

 

[hjmick]

I liked John's songs on that album; McCartney II, which was the supposed inspiration for DF, sucked.

To be fair, I liked them as well. At the time. Forty-one years later, knowing more now than I did then... well, not so much.

 

[whitehall]

The guy who killed Lennon was clearly insane but was convicted of murder. The guy who shot Reagan was motivated by political hatred and was as sane as you and me but was found not guilty by way of insanity. Go figure.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Murdered by the state?

REally?

Lennon was an OK musician and a good songwriter but I don't think he was any better than thousands of other songwriters

Seriously?

That's like saying Beethoven was an "okay composer."

 

[Uncensored2008]

Not a huge fan of Lennon, Harrison was the best IMO.
Outside of Beatles, wasn't a fan of Lennon's other music either.
Unremarkable is the word.
I did not like "Imagine". It was an obvious song about communism, with John Lennon himself saying "virtually a communistic manifesto"...and saying he was "putting his political message with a little honey".

Harrison was a plagairist.

Not just the "My Sweet Lord" thing either.

When Pete Hamm's wife died they cleared out her flat and found "Here Come's the Sun" handwritten in Pete's things. Harrison recorded and published the song as his own, even though he knew full well his friend wrote it. I know the relationship between Badfinger and the Beatles was odd, still this struck me as really shitty on the part of Harrison.

Here is Pete playing with George singing.

 

[Uncensored2008]

I thought he was murdered by a fucking mental case. Now you say he was murdered by the “state.” Wow. Who knew?

I think gipper ate a little of the lead based tinfoil from his hat.....

 

[Uncensored2008]

Imagine was the result of the Beatles first contracts with EMI and Brian Epstein who ripped off each Beatle.

That's not what Lennon said. He directly said it was the Communist Manifesto dumbed down and sugar coated to appeal to the stupid.

 

[fncceo]

The guy who killed Lennon was clearly insane but was convicted of murder. The guy who shot Reagan was motivated by political hatred and was as sane as you and me but was found not guilty by way of insanity. Go figure.

Sleazy lawyers ...

Seriously?

That's like saying Beethoven was an "okay composer."

Seriously, Beethoven wrote 722 musical compositions, most of which are considered to be among the best ever written. Two-hundred years later, his works are still being performed by the world's great musicians.

Lennon wrote 73 songs for The Beatles. Including this travesty ...

 

[Uncensored2008]

Sleazy lawyers ...


Seriously, Beethoven wrote 722 musical compositions, most of which are considered to be among the best ever written. Two-hundred years later, his works are still being performed by the world's great musicians.

Lennon wrote 73 songs for The Beatles. Including this travesty ...

Is this a joke?

That is some solid blues. Lennon has an AMAZING voice.

 

[skye]

Even though I disagree with many things you said...I totally bow today in awe to your musical genius.

Cheers John, wherever you are.

John lennon's FREE AS A BIRD (Demo)​

 

[Indeependent]

That's not what Lennon said. He directly said it was the Communist Manifesto dumbed down and sugar coated to appeal to the stupid.

For a commie, he sure loved money.

 

[Quasar44]

gipper
It was a tragedy only because he was a musical genius

 

[Quasar44]

I guess he never “ imagined “ that he would get a bullet through his head in nyc

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Harrison was a plagairist.

Not just the "My Sweet Lord" thing either.

When Pete Hamm's wife died they cleared out her flat and found "Here Come's the Sun" handwritten in Pete's things. Harrison recorded and published the song as his own, even though he knew full well his friend wrote it. I know the relationship between Badfinger and the Beatles was odd, still this struck me as really shitty on the part of Harrison.

Here is Pete playing with George singing.

I have no idea.
All I am saying, of the Beatles 4 (really 5) I liked Harrison's stuff after they broke up the best.
McCartney's the least. The Wings... super bad. Even Ringo had better songs.
Lennon I couldn't stomach. I don't have much room for elitist. "Let them eat cake".
Lennon was almost a $Billionaire. Far richer than Paul. But loved him some communism.
Nothing more ironic than a $800 millionaire claiming he wants socialism.

 

[gipper]

gipper
It was a tragedy only because he was a musical genius

Yes and a political genius too.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Yes and a political genius too.

Then you don't know his politics.
I never took you for a communist. As Lennon himself said he was.

 

[gipper]

I guess he never “ imagined “ that he would get a bullet through his head in nyc

He wasn’t shot in the head. Four rounds went into his back.

Chapman likely was a government trained assassin.
Was John Lennon's murderer Mark Chapman a CIA hitman? 30 years on, an extraordinary new theory

 

[gipper]

Then you don't know his politics.
I never took you for a communist. As Lennon himself said he was.

I’m not a communist but unlike I’m intelligent enough to recognize someone like Lennon, who was a political genius. You might research his anti war and anti state positions, before making the typical statist conclusion he was a commie and for that reason alone unworthy. A conclusion given to you by the state Lennon despised.