NEWS: John Lennon, Wife Beater?

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I dunno about Cynthia, but I'd have beat Yoko like a dog.

"BAD YOKO! IMPERTINENT YOKO!"

PRockGirlScout said:

DigAPony said:
Yeah, he wasn't too nice to the ladies...

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[Edited on Sep 13, 2005 8:22AM]

I think these lyrics are extremely feminist.

Also:

Obligatory, I wonder what Lennon will think of all this.

Not only are they feminist, but it's actually something Yoko said to him.

Yoko herself has an interesting way of singing.

Me and the London Sunday Times, and Cynthia Lennon, and the book's publisher, at least.

No no no! Lennon was not Jesus - He and the other bugs were just "BIGGER THAN JESUS", remember?

Would you care if it were some schmoe beating his wife? I would.

Eh, I dunno. I'd be sorta disappointed with that specific example just because his music is so introspective and sad that if he turned out to be some shallow narcissist...I wouldn't stop listening, but it would make the whole thing seem like an act, rather than the self-expression it sounds like.

Fortunately, Nick Drake really was a melancholy dude who just sat around being sad until he maybe killed himself. Or not fortunately. But at least he was being honest.

Sure, but do you really think it matters to the millions of people whose lives he affected positively that he once slapped his wife? People are still going to gather in Central Park this December.

I have no doubt that the story is genuine, and while wife-beating is surely a bad thing, the whole thing does have a promotional quality about it. It's rather convenient that John isn't here to speak on the matter, as he's been dead for nearly 25 years now. And that the incident occured 40 years ago.

Edit: And, for the record everyone, it wasn't, "We're bigger than Jesus." It was, "I don't know what will go first—Rock and Roll or Christianity. We're more popular than Jesus now." Which was quite possibly true.

[Edited on Sep 13, 2005 by Sick]

Personally, it's my passion in life that I refrain from purchasing records from recording artists unless I know for a fact that they beat people up.

Until I can ascertain that yes, they've been cruel to people, physically and/or brutally, I only download the songs.

Who wouldn't want to beat Yoko Ono?

If John Lennon didn't beat the shit out of Yoko, he must have been on drugs to hold back.

My fingers are crossed that Sean's picking up his father's slack.