[ScottinVA]

Interesting... but I wonder if Yoko would substantiate this claim.

[rface]

I have a hard time believing anything Yoko says.

[Rytas]

Last I heard he was proud to be a Marxist.
That stupid stupid stupid song Imagine only confirms it.
Let’s base our analysis on his work.

[riverdawg]

The Beatles’ song “Revolution” is actually rather conservative from the standpoint of the social, cultural, and political turmoil in 1968, when the song was written by John Lennon. It's essentially a plea for non-violent change. One of my favorite lyrics is:

“But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow”

Here is what John himself said about the song in a 1980 interview:

“The statement in ‘Revolution’ was mine. The lyrics stand today. It's still my feeling about politics. I want to see the plan. That is what I used to say to Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. Count me out if it is for violence. Don't expect me to be on the barricades unless it is with flowers.”

[RickB444]

“Interesting... but I wonder if Yoko would substantiate this claim.”

Only if she thought she could milk a buck out of it. That woman has lived off of the corps of John every day of her life. She is a human maggot.

I’m a huge Beatles fan, but have been somewhat anti-John for a number of years. Mostly due to how he left his first wife and son for that screaming banshee of a woman Yoko. I don’t mind so much that he divorced his first wife, but the way he abandoned his son Julian, was terrible.

This topic about John gives me a little more respect for him, but he is still my least favorite Beatle due to the treatment of his first son.

[Clara Lou]

Yoko would “substantiate” anything that suited her.