Steely Dan Vs. John Lennon (Far Out Magazine)

[Norbert K]

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/steely-dan-feud-john-lennon-end-of-the-beatles-era/

[oldernow]

Post by Norbert K
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/steely-dan-feud-john-lennon-end-of-the-beatles-era/

Interesting. I mean, it's hard for me to know what "news/media"
to believe anymore, so I tend to believe none.

I was born in 1961, and thus a bit too young to be too much more than
naive about such. I was a bit late to the Beatles (i.e. still working
on walking correctly instead of screaming toward idols from a front
row seat...), and happened to fall in with some middle/high school
buddies in a similar place with respect to that history, but we
tended to be more reverential than thinking about it too seriously.

So John will always have a special place in my heart. But I'm never
good with extremely wealthy people becoming preachy about things they
could at least partially solve by "come(ing) together" and sharing
excesses they clearly don't need to have a satisfying existence.

[Norbert K]

Post by oldernow

Post by Norbert K
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/steely-dan-feud-john-lennon-end-of-the-beatles-era/

Interesting. I mean, it's hard for me to know what "news/media"
to believe anymore, so I tend to believe none.
I was born in 1961, and thus a bit too young to be too much more than
naive about such. I was a bit late to the Beatles (i.e. still working
on walking correctly instead of screaming toward idols from a front
row seat...), and happened to fall in with some middle/high school
buddies in a similar place with respect to that history, but we
tended to be more reverential than thinking about it too seriously.
So John will always have a special place in my heart. But I'm never
good with extremely wealthy people becoming preachy about things they
could at least partially solve by "come(ing) together" and sharing
excesses they clearly don't need to have a satisfying existence.
--
oldernow
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The way I look at it, John was a different person prior to "eating acid like candy" and merging with Yoko; he was a much more driven, competent and intelligent person.

The radical politics came from Yoko -- and Steely Dan were right; it was a bunch of BS. The wannabe revolutionary vanguard garbage was even offensive oozing from her -- with her furs, her limousines, and her jars of caviar.

Lennon himself admitted in one of his last interviews that the radical stuff had been phony.

One can admire the drive and accomplishments of the pre-LSD Lennon and detest the later one.