Remembering John Lennon, 26 years later.

[Buried Alien]

Twenty-six years have passed today since John Lennon left this world behind, far too soon.

What would he say if he knew today that the music of the band he founded and helped make famous is once again ruling the pop charts with their latest release, recasting a number of their most well known songs?

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[leonaozaki]

Twenty-six years have passed today since John Lennon left this world behind, far too soon.

What would he say if he knew today that the music of the band he founded and helped make famous is once again ruling the pop charts with their latest release, recasting a number of their most well known songs?

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In light of recent conversations, I should probably state at the outset that I am in no way being snarky here and I have no ill will towards BA in what I am about to say:

I think, based on what I know about Lennon's attitude towards the idea of the Beatles in the 1970's, that he might feel a little ... bizarre... about it all. Had he lived to today, maybe he would have mellowed in his stance towards Paul and the music of the Beatles (probably would have actually), but in the 70's at least, as far as I can tell, he was working to distance himself from Paul and the music they'd made as much as possible. Certainly he was keen to downsize the myth of the Beatles as often as he could.

Now I'm not saying that's good or bad! I personally have no interest in LOVE but I think perhaps Lennon might have looked a bit askance at it. But maybe not.

rob

[Lubichev]

What would he say if he knew today that the music of the band he founded and helped make famous is once again ruling the pop charts with their latest release, recasting a number of their most well known songs?

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"Where's my royalty check, bitches?"

Or something to that effect.

[Buried Alien]

I think, based on what I know about Lennon's attitude towards the idea of the Beatles in the 1970's, that he might feel a little ... bizarre... about it all. Had he lived to today, maybe he would have mellowed in his stance towards Paul and the music of the Beatles (probably would have actually), but in the 70's at least, as far as I can tell, he was working to distance himself from Paul and the music they'd made as much as possible. Certainly he was keen to downsize the myth of the Beatles as often as he could.

That was very true of John Lennon's attitude towards the Beatles in the early 1970s, when the breakup was still freshly bitter in his mind. By the end of the 1970s, however, most of the sticking points between him and McCartney had been settled. Just three months before his death, Lennon gave an extensive interview to PLAYBOY magazine in which he held forth quite enthusiastically about his Beatle days (and had quite a few words of praise for some McCartney-written Beatles songs that he still liked). The question was never put to him in that interview, but one senses that Lennon was open to the possibility of working with all of the other Beatles again.

Alas, it was not to be...

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[Nomad]

Yeah, it's maddening. I refuse to read books or watch movies about Lennon's death anymore.