“One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic. “Joseph Stalin
John Lennon did not deserve being murdered on his doorstep. When someone famous and influential is suddenly cut down one always has to wonder “what might have been”. though it is based on the word of only one person of dubious credibility. John Lennon was so disgusted with Jimmy Carter that if he could have voted he would have voted for Ronald Reagan.
According to the Toronto Sun, Seaman added that Lennon was embarrassed by his earlier radicalism.
“I also saw John embark in some really brutal arguments with my uncle, who’s an old-time communist… He enjoyed really provoking my uncle… Maybe he was being provocative… but it was pretty obvious to me he had moved away from his earlier radicalism,” Seaman reportedly said. “He was a very different person back in 1979 and ’80 than he’d been when he wrote ‘Imagine.’ By 1979 he looked back on that guy and was embarrassed by that guy’s naivete.”
Yes, the source is questionable, too bad we’ll never know for sure. People do change but since Lennon is dead everything is set in stone.
A John and Yoko documentary aired on the A&E Channel Monday. Above us only sky. An intimate look at the making of “Imagine”.
When driving in my car and listening to satellite radio whenever Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ comes on I immediately switch the channel to prevent my puking all over the steering wheel. The same thing happens whenever a Bruce Springsteen song comes on.
Like many great Beatle songs ardent fans will often argue over the true meaning of “Imagine.” Always the most political of the Beatles, Lennon once confessed to being “an instinctive socialist.” He also once stated that “Imagine” was “virtually a communist manifesto, even though I’m not a communist and do not belong to any movement.
But…Churlish listeners had a problem with the “no possessions” line, finding Lennon hypocritical because he was so well-off. Yoko Ono addressed this in a 1998 interview with Uncut, where she stated regarding her husband’s intentions: “He sincerely wished that there would be a time when all of us could feel happy without getting too obsessive about material goods.”
Of course… we all look for and hope for the coming Utopia. Just not in our lifetimes…please.
John Lennon’s Net worth at the time of his death was between 200-250 million dollars. Yoko, a bankers daughter was one hell of a financial manager.
Socialism for thee but not for me.
You fools.
The Japanese artist has an estimated net worth of $245 million. She owes her fortune to smart stock investments, substantial property holdings, lucrative endorsement deals with CoverGirl cosmetics. She also owns several restaurants (the “Fat Ono Burger” chain) in Tokyo, a Football Team (the “Tokyo Angels”), has launched her own brand of Vodka (Pure Wonderono – Japan), and is tackling the juniors market with a top-selling perfume (With Love from Yoko) and a fashion line called “Yoko Ono Seduction
Money!! And that’s what she made for John and herself.
Well I guess…
It was just his imagination…running away from him
John LennonJohn Lennon‘s lovely tune, Imagine, is (indeed) a musical rendition of The Communist Manifesto. “There is no real Communist state in the world,” Lennon said, “You must realize that.” (This is the usual denial, that true Communism is ideal Communism, never actual Communism.) “The Socialism I speak about … [is] not the way some daft Russian might do it, or the Chinese might do it,” he said, “That might suit them.” (One doubts that the tens of millions of victims of the Soviets and Maoists thought it “suitable”). “Us, we should have a nice … British Socialism,” he said. Lennon didn’t grasp that Marxism is a disaster, across times and cultures.
It just hasn’t been done correctly ya know…The right people ya know
America today is at a crossroads that it has not seen since the Civil War. It’s turning its back on God and embracing the cult of Marxism, Socialism, Communism, and Progressivism. Ancient Israel did this several times, it did not end well.
I do not begrudge Yoko, Bruce, or any filthy rich celebrity leftest the fortunes that they legally accumulated.
It’s their hypocrisy, arrogance, and their hatred of hard working Americans who happen to love their freedom and country that makes me want to wretch.