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
Exactly.
Paul was also a better guitarist than George....listen to the solos on “The End”, Paul’s was heaviest of the three.
Paul played all the instruments on “Maybe I’m Amazed”.
In a perfect world . . .
Actually he was more a genius of stealing melodies or parts of melodies from songs other people wrote. George Harrison himself said that, said he could name a song that every Lennon song ever came from. “Please Please me” comes from “Lend me your comb” and “Cathies clown” “Do you want to know a secret” comes from “Till there was you” “I should have known better” comes from “Hey baby” on and on and on. He even ripped off George Harrison, came up with “Sun King” from “Something”.
Another interesting note: Mark David Chapman wife said, "He was angry that Lennon would preach love and peace but yet have millions [of dollars]" which in my opinion is a hard core leftist.
Chapman was gunning for Limousine leftists he had a list he had to kill.
Very few people are a genius. Some people just get more attention than others. John Lennon was the later. With that said, I marvel out how people like Lennon are able to grab our attention. The Beatles music was always optimistic with a lonly under current or visa versa depending on the song) and some how that got us to give it up for him. Still, I don’t think that’s genius any more than I think I guy who knows how to talk woman into the sack is genius. In fact, you could make a better arguement that people who seek the stage (or sleep around) are simply desperate people.
Not ure where I’m going with this but, I came up with this saying years ago when I was a kid. It takes two things to achieve anything in life: The confidence to know you can do something and the insecurity to think you have to prove it. That’s John Lennon in a nut shell...a confident man that was so depserate and insecure he had to prove his worth to a bunch of strangers. Politicians are the same way.
The Beatles opened the door to the US so British crap could be passed off here as music.
I have a preference for pre 1964 music.
From an article on Hot Air:
“In new documentary Beatles Stories, Seaman tells filmmaker Seth Swirsky Lennon wasn’t the peace-loving militant fans thought he was while he was his assistant.
He says, “John, basically, made it very clear that if he were an American he would vote for Reagan because he was really sour on (Democrat) Jimmy Carter.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/29/john-lennon-reagan-republican/
Maybe he wasn’t a genius, but he was smart enough to vote for Reagan.
The great classical compeers were just as guilt of melody theft, as well as other forms. Of course they had much, much more on their plates than 3 or 4 minute ditties by guys who couldn’t even read music and had someone else arrange the stuff they couldn’t hammer out haphazardly for them.
The great classical composers were just as guilt of melody theft, as well as other forms. Of course they had much, much more on their plates than 3 or 4 minute ditties by guys who couldn’t even read music and had someone else arrange the stuff they couldn’t hammer out haphazardly for them.
No. He was a noise making druggie.
Taxman
No.
When we start equating songwriting and singing to genius, you realize just how shallow we have become as a society.
but what do I do know...
Well, Paul only became the Beatles’ bassist because Stu Sutcliffe didn’t want to leave Hamburg. Before that, Paul played a six-string.
— Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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