me love you long time
i guess thirty years is not enough to let go of a grudge. i read today that yoko ono recently received an award on the behalf of her late husband, john lennon. you remember john, he was that guy who wrote all of those great songs. the music he created inspired and changed a generation. perhaps, it serves as the background music to your life. i'd say it would be difficult to hear any of his music and, not only recognize it; but have it bring memories to your mind. while his words and music were brilliant on his own, i believe his best work was done when with paul, george, and ringo- "imagine" notwithstanding.
back to yoko: at the awards ceremony this week she intimated that the reason musicians cover paul mccartney's music more than john's is that paul's music is so simple. maybe she's right. maybe his was the inferior talent. while john seemed intent on changing the world and worshipping his wife through his music, paul seemed content with some clever lyrics and a killer hook. maybe he was having too much fun to become a revolutionary. as it is, i know he is a cultural icon the world over. he has been considered a musical hero for over 40 years.
at every opportunity it seems that yoko is praising her late husband at the expense of the other beatles. john is generally regarded as the catalyst of the group, but i can't imagine the band being anywhere as successful with any of the parts absent. even his formidable talent couldn't carry that band on its own. perhaps yoko is only trying to divert attention from the popular opinion that it was her that caused the dissolution of the greatest band of all. iv'e read accounts that they were all getting ready to move on with their lives anyway, but her shrill presence couldn't have helped. she must be one heck of a wonderful woman in person, because i don't get it. looks aren't everything, but hers were never anything. i don't mean to impugn her musical talent; but, the time i heard her sing , i had to look up to make sure the nazgul weren't pursuing me across pellennor fields. and that whole thing about her trying to exclude julian makes me want to puke my guts out. it seems she is trying too hard. it is not as if any of us were going to forget the genius that was john lennon. his music was enough, but his death at the hands of mark chapman sealed his fate as musical paragon.
as for me, put me down as a paul kind of guy. i love john's music, and his thumbing of his nose at the counter-revolutionary movement of the 60's and 70's is brilliance - "revolution". but i liked paul better. he seemed to always be trying to have a good time with his music and his ability to create music in so many different groupings of talent is admirable. just don't get me started on linda's singing voice,though. god rest her soul.
back to yoko: at the awards ceremony this week she intimated that the reason musicians cover paul mccartney's music more than john's is that paul's music is so simple. maybe she's right. maybe his was the inferior talent. while john seemed intent on changing the world and worshipping his wife through his music, paul seemed content with some clever lyrics and a killer hook. maybe he was having too much fun to become a revolutionary. as it is, i know he is a cultural icon the world over. he has been considered a musical hero for over 40 years.
at every opportunity it seems that yoko is praising her late husband at the expense of the other beatles. john is generally regarded as the catalyst of the group, but i can't imagine the band being anywhere as successful with any of the parts absent. even his formidable talent couldn't carry that band on its own. perhaps yoko is only trying to divert attention from the popular opinion that it was her that caused the dissolution of the greatest band of all. iv'e read accounts that they were all getting ready to move on with their lives anyway, but her shrill presence couldn't have helped. she must be one heck of a wonderful woman in person, because i don't get it. looks aren't everything, but hers were never anything. i don't mean to impugn her musical talent; but, the time i heard her sing , i had to look up to make sure the nazgul weren't pursuing me across pellennor fields. and that whole thing about her trying to exclude julian makes me want to puke my guts out. it seems she is trying too hard. it is not as if any of us were going to forget the genius that was john lennon. his music was enough, but his death at the hands of mark chapman sealed his fate as musical paragon.
as for me, put me down as a paul kind of guy. i love john's music, and his thumbing of his nose at the counter-revolutionary movement of the 60's and 70's is brilliance - "revolution". but i liked paul better. he seemed to always be trying to have a good time with his music and his ability to create music in so many different groupings of talent is admirable. just don't get me started on linda's singing voice,though. god rest her soul.
posted by cm at 10/10/2005
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