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   super70s to oldernow   
   Re: rec.music.beatles newbie alert   
   14 Jan 24 21:36:18   
   
   From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   On 2023-12-26 20:18:57 +0000, oldernow said:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   John was a big Elvis fan, "I'd rather see you dead little girl than to   
   be with another man" was lifted directly from "Baby, Let's Play House."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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