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Is John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ the worst song of all time?
New York Post ^ | October 28, 2016 | Hardeep Phull

Posted on 10/28/2016 12:12:53 PM PDT by sparklite2

“Dear Twitter,” he posted. “What is the song you most detest and despise? Thank you.”

Within 48 hours, the bemused Brit, who had only around 1,000 Twitter followers, had received several thousand nominations from all over the world, and Lennon’s ballad was a repeat offender.

“I think it’s the whole idea of talking about poverty and misery, while John was actually hanging around in his palatial New York townhouse,” Carter tells The Post. “It’s the duplicity of the whole thing.”

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To: NFHale

Yes and yes.

The Hofner was a 60s model - I f***ed up, 100%. I was only ~18 at the time, so I can’t be too hard on myself. But...


181 posted on 10/30/2016 3:46:21 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; NFHale

“The Hofner was a 60s model - I f***ed up, 100%. I was only ~18 at the time, so I can’t be too hard on myself. But...”

Aw hell....my dad had a 1965 Ford Mustang 289 4 speed, 4 bbl, convertible he ordered from the factory for $2900. He traded it in in 1968 for a GTO. He regretted it for the rest of his life. : )

I ended up with the GTO in my senior year...

I scored, dad lost.


182 posted on 10/31/2016 8:28:05 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: stephenjohnbanker; NFHale

Great taste is cars!


183 posted on 10/31/2016 5:56:27 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; NFHale

Dad knew how to pick em. His next was an Olds 442 convertible. He bought that from Healer Oldsmobile in Watertown, Mass. It was the owner’s demo with 6,000 miles on it.


184 posted on 11/01/2016 8:49:53 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: stephenjohnbanker; NFHale

“Healer Oldsmobile in Watertown, Mass.”

Alas, they’re long gone...

Great chooses in cars though.


185 posted on 11/01/2016 4:15:49 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: sparklite2

There was a Seattle talk show host (now dead, murdered by a homeless guy) who used to do a segment called “Radio Hell” twice a year. You call in with what you thought would be playing on the radio in Hell...obviously the WORST songs.

‘Imagine’ would be on that list, as well as...

Seasons in the Sun
Never Been to Me
Muskrat Love
The Night Chicago Died
Eres Tu
Billy, Don’t Be A Hero
Feelings
The Bertha Butt Boogie
You’re Havin’ My Baby
Rocky (Not the movie theme)
Livin’ Next Door to Alice
Save The Last Dance for Me (DiFranco Family version)
I’m Not Lisa
Please Mister, Please
Third-Rate Romance
Fly, Robin, Fly......

You get the idea.


186 posted on 11/01/2016 4:36:42 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("It's not the whole world gone mad. Just the people in it.")
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To: hoagy62

Volare, oh oh / Cantare, oh oh oh oh / Let’s fly way up to the clouds / Away from the maddening crowds…


187 posted on 11/01/2016 4:40:45 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: stephenjohnbanker; GOPsterinMA

The 442 Cutlass was a monster. There was a “Hurst 442” model if I remember correctly too.

Sounds cliche, but they REALLY don’t make them like that anymore....


188 posted on 11/01/2016 5:38:47 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale; GOPsterinMA

Man I had a great childhood.....just on cars alone!


189 posted on 11/02/2016 8:03:53 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Amen!


190 posted on 11/02/2016 4:23:00 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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