From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2024-01-13, Norbert K  wrote:   
   > Yeah, but you don't really think that "Run For Your Life" is   
   > on par with "Give Peace a Chance," do you?  There's much to like   
   > about the former song.  Even if you don't like RFYL, the bulk of   
   > John's work from that time is among his best.  By the time of GPAC,   
   > he was a spent (or a drug- and Yoko-addled) force.   
      
   I don't think they're equally good. But then I also don't expect   
   all of a music artist's work to be on equal footing, or improving   
   over time - especially with respect to my tastes. I don't think it   
   means anything in particular if/when one song doesn't seem as good   
   as another, e.g. that the artist lost or is losing their prowess.   
      
   I've written and recorded songs, and definitely prefer some to   
   others, but I don't take that inequity to mean something about my   
   skills. There are influences other than creative and/or performance   
   talent that go into winding up with a finished song, e.g. mood,   
   "the times", whether or not some asshole drove three inches off   
   my back bumper on the way home from work, whether or not a pretty   
   girl seemed to show interest in me while buying a Slim Jim at the   
   convenient store, etc., etc.   
      
   I mean, I realize fans what to analyze such, and I'm not faulting   
   you for doing so. I'm just expressing how I think/feel about it.   
      
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