From: norbertkosky69@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 7:36:22 PM UTC-8, super70s wrote:   
   > 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."   
      
      
      
   Good call, I'm not an Elvis fan and was unaware of that.     
      
   The electric guitar part in "Run For Your Life" also seems to echo the guitar   
   in the Elvis song.     
      
   I think RFYL exceeds its inspiration; there's more going on.  John's voice was   
   still strong at this point, and the vocal harmony in the chorus is effective.    
   It's not a bad song at all, even if it's not up there with "Nowhere Man" or   
   "Norwegian Wood."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)