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Post by Dr Winston on May 29, 2003 19:44:15 GMT 1
Everything you always wanted to know about John Lennon, but were afraid to ask !!!
Please leave your questions here. You are guaranteed an answer within 48 hours.
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Post by DayTripper on Jun 5, 2003 22:35:44 GMT 1
Who released a medley of Beatle songs called "You Can`t Do That", in 1967 ?
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Post by Dr Winston on Jun 8, 2003 19:06:50 GMT 1
Harry Nilsson. The track featured on his first album "Pandemonium Shadow Show", 1967.
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Post by TheWalrus on Sept 30, 2003 18:06:36 GMT 1
Was Lucy in the S with D anything to do with LSD?
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Post by Jude on Sept 30, 2003 20:20:52 GMT 1
None whatsoever if you choose to believe john's version, which seems the right thing for a lennon forum member to do. He's always sweared it was inspired by a drawing julian had done of his school friend lucy - i'm sure our doc here can give you the surname which excapes me right now - flying, with glittering things all around her. wher his dad asked him what the picture was supposed to be, jude said "lucy in the sky with diamonds". THE END jude, finished packing i'm going to bed now cos i gotta be at the station tomorrow 6am which means getting up 5am --- oh boy.
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Post by Dr Winston on Oct 1, 2003 8:53:48 GMT 1
Good question THE WALRUS, and well answered JUDE. John always felt the song had been recorded badly and swore that it had nothing to do with L.S.D. John claimed the images were from ' Alice In Wonderland '. Commenting on the song; ' It was purely unconcious that it came out to be L.S.D. Until somebody pointed it out. I never even thought of it. I mean, who would ever bother to look at the initials of a title. The imagery was Alice in a boat. And also the image of this female, who would come and save me. ' The song was also partly inspired by a drawing Julian Lennon sketched at school of his friend. When he took it home to show John, John asked what it was, Julian replied, ' It's Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. ' So it was mere coincidence that the song's initial letters, spelt L.S.D. Although there can be little doubt that it was this very substance which caused such colourful word imagery to spill from John's head onto paper. In 1974, anthropologist, Don Johanson, discovered the remains of a 3.5 million year old ape woman in Ethiopia. Her named her Lucy, after the song. At the party on the evening of the discovery, the song was played continuously. The original drawing, by Julian.
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Post by TheWalrus on Oct 1, 2003 18:16:09 GMT 1
Thankyou Jude and Dr. Winston for those very informative replies. TheWalrus
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Post by TheWalrus on Oct 2, 2003 18:10:13 GMT 1
Dear Dr. Winston, Could you please explain how I can become a " Senior Lennon" as a fair amount of kudos seems to attach to the description? Thankyou. TheWalrus.
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Post by Dr Winston on Oct 3, 2003 8:11:53 GMT 1
Hi The Walrus, just click HERE, for information about climbing the boards.
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Post by TheWalrus on Oct 3, 2003 17:52:08 GMT 1
Thankyou. Senior Lennon here I come! TheWalrus
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Post by Jude on Oct 13, 2003 21:07:17 GMT 1
ONE QUESTION BEFORE I GO EAT (FINALLY): APART FROM FREDDIE MERCURY'S SONG FOR LENNON, CAN ANYBODY THINK OF SONGS WRITTEN FOR OUR BELOVED JOHNNY??? AND PROVIDE LYRICS POSSIBLY??? ALSO FOR THE MERCURY ONE PLEASEEEEE!!! TA & LOTSA LOVE JUDE aka SENIOR LENNON aka YOUR MOST PROLIFIC POSTER --- NOW I'M BACK I GOTTA MAKE UP FOR 10 DAYS ABSENCE SO WATCH OUT!!!
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Post by Dr Winston on Oct 13, 2003 21:36:26 GMT 1
Hi JUDE. I have listed some of the most famous songs that have been written about John Lennon. I will be adding more soon, to complete the list. Some of the songs were written during John's lifetime, but most of them are tribute songs. Maybe other fans can help with the lyrics ? Scroll down a little bit on this page; SONG FOR JOHN
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Post by Dr Winston on Feb 10, 2004 12:58:33 GMT 1
Re: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds...
The girl who Julian painted in the picture, was called Lucy O' Donnell. She was at school with Julian Lennon. They attended Heath House infants school, Weybridge, England.
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Post by alarid33 on Dec 10, 2004 4:11:48 GMT 1
I am 18 and have recently become a HUGE fan of Lennon. I think he is one of the greatest writer/activists of the 20th century. I am having a hard time trying to figure out some things about Lennon. I am a Christian and I cant figure out how Lennon stood in the religion department. I know that he was against organized religion and I can agree with some of his points. But besides that i have a hard time distiguishing what he believed in. In many Beatle and post-Beatle songs there have been referances to Christ. I do not know whether to take some things he says as sarcastic or sinsere ( "The Ballad of John and Yoko" for example). There are times when he mentions Hindu gods, but alot of the time I take his writings as existential ("God"). Now dont get me wrong, Im not one of those Christians who will steamroll all of my Beatles albums if Lennon is not Christian. I am really open minded and I will always love Lennon no matter his beliefs. This has just been on my mind. I am greatful for you for taking the time to read my post. Thank you very much, Alarid33
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Post by Dr Winston on Dec 11, 2004 9:50:06 GMT 1
John was raised as a Christian, but he never practiced the faith. Although he once said he didn't have un-Christian thoughts!
John was both sarcastic and sincere about religion in his songs. He clearly didn't like organized religion, saying 'man' was to blame, but 'Jesus' was right.
In the songs, 'God' and 'Serve Yourself', John was saying there are no 'gods', find your own strength and way in life.
However, in 'Imagine', he says 'Imagine there's no heaven', implying there is a heaven, but just imagine there is not.
In many interviews, he said he believed in 'God', but never said much more than that.
John wanted people to control their own lives and destiny, finding their own power and peace within themselves, and not relying on religions or 'Gods'.
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