Comments on: John Lennon, 30 years later https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/ A blog about political change, among other things Thu, 05 May 2011 18:13:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: mobilt bredband https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-244216 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:13:52 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-244216 29. You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this matter to be really something which I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and extremely broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!

]]> By: Richard Aubrey https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-207169 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:55:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-207169 So, what was Lennon’s influence on Henry Purcell?

]]> By: Richard Enna https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-207070 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:12:06 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-207070 I’ve always wondered when I would get around to posting on this blog, but Adrian Day’s comments inspired me, mainly the following statements:

“Whatever music you do listen to or like, I guarantee has been impacted by those four gents.”

and

“But no one making music today is doing so outside of the sphere of their influence whether they know it or not.”

and

“The whole way in which music is made, from instrumentation to recording techniques, to the technology has been born out of the labors and genius of the Beatles.”

So, Adrian Day, please explain to me how the Beatles impacted Techno and Rap, John Williams’ own influence on movie soundtracks, and Hip Hop.

Trust me, your educated response won’t be wasted on me.

]]> By: MJ https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-207002 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:54:47 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-207002 I was a youngster when Lennon was murdered; I quickly came to hate “Imagine” because it was played constantly. But I liked “Yesterday”, which I hadn’t heard until after his murder.

But I don’t like most of the music that was influenced by the Beatles. I prefer Motown-, blues- and funk-influenced music – and Old School electronica. In fact, the big news yesterday was the Queen of Soul has pancreatic cancer.

As for pop-canonization of pop stars, I just hope that no one murders any former members of the Spice Girls.

]]> By: Richard Aubrey https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206907 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:00:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206907 Reading Flynn’s Country of The Blind, in which a reclusive cabal attempts to guide history. Wheels within wheels and so forth.
One of the current wheels has successfully made the citizenry docile and malleable, in part by mushy entertainment, which would include–although it’s not in the book–cultural tsunamis over stuff like American Idol and DWTS.
An organization that didn’t like the mushing of the American citizenry would naturally assassinate Lennon.
That is, murder is murder but assassination is murder of a public figure for some public purpose.
I don’t actually believe this is happening, at least not the pushback. Too many mush heads getting all the ink. Too few are having one-car accidents on empty roads.
Although, Flynn says, some of the folks who push back are sidelined by easily ginned-up scandals. Mel Gibson comes to mind.
Anyway, it’s all fiction. Or at least, that’s where the library had shelved it.
Hey, Occam. You think Flynn’s got the least hypothesis here?
No, it’s not a conspiracy. It’s just natural.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206864 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:41:38 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206864 Occam’s Beard: It’s not quite that simple. Assassination is not strictly limited to political figures. The term can encompass the murder of public figures, not just political ones. Here’s a definition. And here’s a discussion of whether or not Lennon was assassinated.

]]> By: Foxfier https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206855 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:40:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206855 Slightly off topic:
for love of all that’s holy, folks, the xhtml cheat sheet is RIGHT THERE, above the comment box. If you can’t remember how to write italics or even blockquote when you’re QUOTING someone, it’s right there. It is NOT THAT HARD!

]]> By: RickZ https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206854 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:39:47 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206854

Kate Says:

He was no George Gershwin.

Ain’t that the truth. The Plastic Ono Band, Cold Turkey.

neo,

… they made fabulous music. That’s it–and that should be enough.

Personally, I thoutht the movie, A Hard Day’s Night, was rather funny, and showed the moppets in a good light. Unlike that unplanned disaster of a movie, Help!.

I also remember reading somewhere once that Lennon and McCartney had a deal early on when they were starting out: Whoever of the two wrote a song, they would put both their names on the song, which is why there are George Harrison and Ringo Starr Beatles songs, but no John Lennon or Paul McCartney Beatles songs, only Lennon/McCartney songs.

And yeah, Sir Paul’s politics suck, as did Lennon’s.

]]> By: George https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206846 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:50:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206846 I’ve gone from a teen who bought all their early Beatlers albums to a senior who finds the endless fawning over their living and dead almost unbearable, most recently the sing-a-along at the KenCen Honors for the insufferable Paul McCartney (something I read about but could never have endured).

The first time I heard “Imagine” I honestly thought the tune a parody. You can well imagine what I thought when I realized that the dreck was serious.

“Hard Days Night” was a very good film which still bears watching. Their next, “Help”, was as bad a film as I’ve ever seen, one which revealed their limitations in that realm.

The late Mr. Taylor was merely a Beatles’ publicist, not quite on a par with Jacques Barzun a culture historian:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Taylor

]]> By: Foxfier https://thenewneo.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206845 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:43:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-30-years-later/#comment-206845 Adrian –
if you’re so upset by personal attacks, maybe you shouldn’t accuse folks of being immature when they don’t agree with you.

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