From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2023-12-20, Norbert K  wrote:   
      
   > However, as his best friend Pete Shotton phrased it, John   
   > Lennon turned his life into a "continuous acid trip" --   
   > only to end up surrounding himself with predatory nuts.   
      
   It can happen to the best of us here on Planet Predatory Nuts.   
      
   > Can you imagine the John Lennon who once labored alongside   
   > Paul McCartney at the piano in search of *just that right   
   > chord* dribbling a two-chord piece of drivel like "Give Peace   
   > a Chance"?   
      
   Clearly not his finest work. And yet even in his alongside   
   McCartney days did he manage to output "Run For Your Life",   
   which he openly despised. I think one of the things I loved   
   most about him was his willingness to take artistic chances.   
      
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