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Was John Lennon a Genius?
Living Waters Ministries ^ | Dec. 5, 2012 | Ray Comfort

Posted on 12/06/2012 12:23:27 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski

Was John Lennon a Genius?

You make the call!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7pe3_VQbUM


TOPICS: Apologetics; History; Ministry/Outreach; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: beatles; fannonsense; imagine; jesus; lennon; lowculture
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1 posted on 12/06/2012 12:23:38 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski
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Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7pe3_VQbUM
2 posted on 12/06/2012 12:29:01 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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yeah... at writing three and a half minute toe tappers....


3 posted on 12/06/2012 12:29:39 PM PST by stevecmd
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Lennon was brilliant like Lenin was brilliant. Nothing more dangerous than a smart evil person.


4 posted on 12/06/2012 12:30:24 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Imagine.....No Liberals.........

I’ve got the tee shirt.


5 posted on 12/06/2012 12:31:15 PM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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He married Yoko Ono.....


6 posted on 12/06/2012 12:33:59 PM PST by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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He was an above average pop song writer.


7 posted on 12/06/2012 12:37:00 PM PST by discostu (Not a part of anyone's well oiled machine.)
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“For no particular reason, somebody shot that young man ... “


8 posted on 12/06/2012 12:37:00 PM PST by meadsjn
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I guess he was smart enough to go from being a punk in Liverpool to being bigger than Jesus.

Is that Genius?

Well, if in 2313 we are still humming his music—and everyone knows the tune, then I guess we will know the answer.

I can whistle “A Little Night Music” in the local middle school and a lot of the kids could finish the bar. Not so much with “Why don’t we do it in the road.”


9 posted on 12/06/2012 12:39:01 PM PST by Vermont Lt (We are so screwed.)
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I still think “Imagine” is Communism set to music. It should rank there with the “Internationale.”


10 posted on 12/06/2012 12:42:03 PM PST by Stepan12
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Oooops. Perhaps I shouldn't refer to him as 'evil'. That's a bit harsh and by no means should I have equated him to Lenin. I was trying to be 'cute'. Anyway, I remember reading how Lennon might have been a Republican. I would rate him as an excellent song writer though.. 'Strawberry Fields Forever' is a cool song.
11 posted on 12/06/2012 12:42:54 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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12 posted on 12/06/2012 12:44:46 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Vermont Lt
I can whistle “A Little Night Music” in the local middle school and a lot of the kids could finish the bar. Not so much with “Why don’t we do it in the road.”

Lennon's name might be in the credits for "Why Don't We Do It In The Road," but at that point in the Beatles' career a songwriting credit of "Lennon & McCartney" was more accurately "Lennon OR McCartney." I'm pretty sure that Paul deserves all the credit (or blame) for that one.

13 posted on 12/06/2012 12:47:26 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Democrats are evil. Republicans are stupid.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

He was genius enough to still be a subject of heated debate 25 years after his death.


14 posted on 12/06/2012 12:49:36 PM PST by GSWarrior (Click HERE to read entire tagline.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
John Lennon impersonator on the National Lampoon song, “Genius Is Pain.”

“I reject you F-ers what the F do you know!?!?
A bunch of middle class faggots with long hair and trendy cloths,
Look, I'm not your F-ing parents and I'm sick of uptight hippies knocking at my door with the F-ing peace symbol I don't owe you F-ers anything and all I've got to say is F youuuuuuu,
The sky is bluuuuuuuuuue.”

That's only the first verse but the song ends with a final chorus:

“Genius is pain,
genius is paiiiiiiiin.
Genius is pain...ARRRRRGH AHHHHH...genius is pain...”

So I guess he was;)

15 posted on 12/06/2012 12:51:00 PM PST by Happy Rain ("Obama, like Satan, would rather rule in (fascist) Hell than serve in (constitutional) Heaven.")
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To: Vermont Lt
I can whistle “A Little Night Music” in the local middle school and a lot of the kids could finish the bar.

I presume you don't mean Mozart.

16 posted on 12/06/2012 12:54:03 PM PST by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

McCartney was closed to genius than Lennon was.


17 posted on 12/06/2012 12:54:37 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Jan_Sobieski

McCartney was closer to genius than Lennon was.


18 posted on 12/06/2012 12:54:37 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Almost all of the Lennon-McCartney songs were one or the other. Let’s Do It In The Road was all Lennon though it still carried the Lennon-McCartney credit.


19 posted on 12/06/2012 12:54:56 PM PST by packrat35 (Admit it! We are almost ready to be called a police state!)
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To: dfwgator

Paul was arguably the best musician in the group, and IMO he had the best singing voice.

I love pointing out to people that there is only one Beatles song which includes a drum solo, and that it isn’t Ringo playing it.


20 posted on 12/06/2012 12:58:58 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Democrats are evil. Republicans are stupid.)
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