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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    We may not have agreed with his politics, but the man was a musical genius.
    The politics was the basis of the opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    Me????????

    You're the one basing your opinion of Lennon on a book by some huckster "author" who was six years old when Lennon was killed and as such, obviously never even met the man!!!!

    This from an idiot (YOU in case you can't figure it out) who doesn't believe anything written by the vast majority of the world's top climate scientists about climate change.

    Even for a Septic you're pretty damn stupid and naive!!
    Elton John was a lot older than six in 1980.



    In 1980, to mark Lennon's 40th birthday, Elton sent him a little verse: 'Imagine six apartments / It isn't hard to do / One is full of fur coats / The other's full of shoes.'

    An older friend, the Beatles' former personal assistant Neil Aspinall, once heard Lennon moaning about the costs of running his business empire. 'Imagine no possessions, John,' Aspinall said. Lennon glared back. 'It's only a bloody song,' he said.

    Hear, hear!

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    No man is perfect.

    But, I don't see John Lennon as being overly or overtly "Flawed"!

    Perhaps the OP would like to expand on that.

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    RIP to an icon who inspired millions

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Elton John was a lot older than six in 1980.
    Just like the portion of the article you posted said.... "Lennon glared back. 'It's only a bloody song,' he said."

    I never claimed he was a perfect human being and I'm fairly certain that he had no illusions about himself either. I said right there in the OP that he was a flawed human being, which is what we all are.

    You, more than most.

    And it's only petty, jealous little nobodies like you and the bitchy, gossipy Britfag who wrote the book you derive your simplistic thoughts and opinions from, who twist and squirm around trying to apply logic to art. Something that does not lend itself logic.

    Lennon was a songwriter. He took ideas and crafted songs around those ideas. Imagine was such a song. An idealistically fanciful idea around which he wrote an idealistically fanciful song. Now, small minded little assholes like you and your Britfag hero "author" try to parse every single word, syllable and punctuation mark in an effort to root out examples of hypocrisy that you've already decided exists there.

    As for Elton John, why would you quote another ostentatiously wealthy celebrity who is known for his flashy excess, to criticize Lennon for his wealth?

    You want to quote Elton John re: John Lennon, I can do that too....

    What happened here
    As the New York sunset disappeared
    I found an empty garden among the flagstones there

    Who lived here
    He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
    Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop

    And now it all looks strange
    It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain

    And what's it for
    This little empty garden by the brownstone door
    And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more

    Who lived here
    He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
    Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop

    And we are so amazed, we're crippled and we're dazed
    A gardener like that one, no one can replace

    And I've been knocking
    But no one answers
    And I've been knocking
    Most all the day
    Oh, and I've been calling
    Oh, hey hey Johnny
    Can't you come out to play

    And through their tears
    Some say he farmed his best in younger years
    But he'd have said that roots grow stronger if only he could hear

    Who lived there
    He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
    Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop

    Now we pray for rain and with every drop that falls
    We hear, we hear your name

    And I've been knocking
    But no one answers
    And I've been knocking
    Most all the day

    Oh, and I've been calling
    Oh, hey hey Johnny
    Can't you come out to play

    And I've been knocking
    But no one answers
    And I've been knocking
    Most all the day

    Oh, and I've been calling
    Oh, hey hey Johnny
    Can't you come out, can't you come out to play

    Johnny, can't you come out to play in your empty garden
    Johnny, can't you come out to play in your empty garden
    Johnny, can't you come out to play in your empty garden


    Yeah, it really sounds like Elton John shared your low idiotic opinion of Lennon.



    Idiot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adolf_Twitler View Post
    No man is perfect.

    But, I don't see John Lennon as being overly or overtly "Flawed"!

    Perhaps the OP would like to expand on that.
    See my above response to Banana Loon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adolf_Twitler View Post
    No man is perfect.

    But, I don't see John Lennon as being overly or overtly "Flawed"!

    Perhaps the OP would like to expand on that.
    EJ just seems to be a dick


    I loved his early music which depended on another mans lyrics


    hes done a coulpe of great songs since then but I cant help but feel he is a dick in real life

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    EJ just seems to be a dick

    I loved his early music which depended on another mans lyrics

    hes done a coulpe of great songs since then but I cant help but feel he is a dick in real life
    He certainly seems enjoy a dick in real life at any rate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    EJ just seems to be a dick


    I loved his early music which depended on another mans lyrics


    hes done a coulpe of great songs since then but I cant help but feel he is a dick in real life
    Elton John being a concert pianist at the age of 10 certainly did not hurt his musical career.

    As he certainly had his share of Top 40 hits, record sales, and memorable hits to last us all a life time, and earned his way into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame.

    When Elton John said of John Lennon that he was "Flawed" has to be taken with a little grain of salt.

    The world blamed John Lennon and his marriage to Yoko wrongly, in the breakup of the Beatles. And I think Elton John may have wrongly been referring to that by jumping on that easy bandwagon.

    Let's not forget that it was George Harrison that said, "I've had it" and walked out- and for good reasons. With Ringo following him out the door!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adolf_Twitler View Post
    Elton John being a concert pianist at the age of 10 certainly did not hurt his musical career.

    As he certainly had his share of Top 40 hits, record sales, and memorable hits to last us all a life time, and earned his way into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame.

    When Elton John said of John Lennon that he was "Flawed" has to be taken with a little grain of salt.

    The world blamed John Lennon and his marriage to Yoko wrongly, in the breakup of the Beatles. And I think Elton John may have wrongly been referring to that by jumping on that easy bandwagon.

    Let's not forget that it was George Harrison that said, "I've had it" and walked out- and for good reasons. With Ringo following him out the door!
    he just seems so full of himself


    fame does that to some people

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    he just seems so full of himself


    fame does that to some people
    Elton John did not age very well, and many people feel a little estranged and uncomfortable to him when he decided to expose his "flaming" Gay persona to the public and his fans. He probably should of just kept it out of the camara's and microphone's range!

    Being privately gay is one thing, but "Flaming Gay" is like an in-your-face-like-it-or-not another.

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    he did the right thing by being publicly gay

    It is the ONLY sane choice unless you face certain death


    all gay people are just people


    they can be judged on the content of his character lie all people


    I just don't get the same enjoyment from his music than when he had Bernie Taupin writing his lyrics



    it has a completely different feel


    and even his music seems more pedestrian


    when he was young and concentrated on just his music


    his music was better

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    Just like the portion of the article you posted said.... "Lennon glared back. 'It's only a bloody song,' he said."

    I never claimed he was a perfect human being and I'm fairly certain that he had no illusions about himself either. I said right there in the OP that he was a flawed human being, which is what we all are.

    You, more than most.

    And it's only petty, jealous little nobodies like you and the bitchy, gossipy Britfag who wrote the book you derive your simplistic thoughts and opinions from, who twist and squirm around trying to apply logic to art. Something that does not lend itself logic.

    Lennon was a songwriter. He took ideas and crafted songs around those ideas. Imagine was such a song. An idealistically fanciful idea around which he wrote an idealistically fanciful song. Now, small minded little assholes like you and your Britfag hero "author" try to parse every single word, syllable and punctuation mark in an effort to root out examples of hypocrisy that you've already decided exists there.

    As for Elton John, why would you quote another ostentatiously wealthy celebrity who is known for his flashy excess, to criticize Lennon for his wealth?
    Man you're truly weird, I loved John Lennon but that crazy Japanese bint totally screwed him up!


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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    I just don't get the same enjoyment from his music than when he had Bernie Taupin writing his lyrics

    it has a completely different feel

    and even his music seems more pedestrian

    when he was young and concentrated on just his music

    his music was better
    This is where he lost me....



    Totally nauseating.

    And I wasn't even bothered by the hair transplants....



    But at any rate, Elton John has no room to talk about anyone else being a phony sellout.
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