Talk:John Lennon/Archive 1
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"as a musician in his own right." Why not "in his own write"? ;-) --KQ
Nice; I hadn't thought of that... sjc
Should it be noted that one of his songs (Imagine) has been forbiden in the USA?
- Well, this is completely misleading. It seems that one company has decided not to play a certain number of songs. That doesn't mean that "Imagine" has been forbidden in the U.S. It was played very prominently as part of a free televised concert a few weeks after 9/11, for instance. The government of the U.S. hasn't banned anything; only private corporations. --LMS
Yes, I suppose so, with all qualifications about what percentage of radio stations, or at least the stations owned by which corporation; also don't forget Cat Stevens' "Peace Train." --KQ
This from Michael Moore's newsletter (yes, I'm on it). :-D
- Clear Channel, the company that has bought up 1,200 stations altogether -- 247 of them in the nation's 250 largest radio markets -- and that not only dominates the Top 40 format, but controls 60% of all rock-radio listening.
- The company has ordered its stations not to play a list of 150 songs during this "national emergency." The list, incredibly, includes "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Peace Train," and John Lennon's "Imagine." Rah-rah war songs, though, are OK.
- And then there was this troubling instruction: "No songs by Rage Against the Machine should be aired." The entire works of a band are banned? Is this the freedom we fight for? Or does this sound like one of those repressive dictatorships we are told is our new enemy?
I agree with the anonymous editor who said Lennon's killer doesn't deserve publicity, but I also think that the name is a bit of reasonably important pop trivia, of the sort that really should be in an encyclopedia article about Lennon. --LMS
- I thought Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono said that. In any case, I'm putting it in. The truth ought to be known. --Gaurav
That is not a flattering picture of Lennon.
I dunno. i enjoyed sticking it on me bedroom wall when it came as a freeebie with the white album in '68 and all me mates had it on their bedroom wall as well! Tastes are two a penny you pays yer money and you takes yer choice. The Norwikian