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|    Pamela Brown to Norbert K    |
|    Re: When And Why Did John Become An Angr    |
|    06 Feb 24 05:26:27    |
      From: pamelajfk1@gmail.com              On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 8:55:02 AM UTC-6, Norbert K wrote:       > According to May Pang, when Apple representative Tony King met her and John       in Los Angeles, John gave Tony a tape of his new record "Mind Games" and asked       him for advice. He wanted to know how Tony thought he should promote the       album.        >        > King hesitated, then told John that he needed to "Let people know that       you're okay." John needed to abandon the angry persona he had been projecting       in interviews for some years and convey to the public that he was happy and       healthy.        >        > In his early-to-middle-period Beatles interviews, Lennon was humorous,       witty, and sometimes irreverent. By the late 1960s and particularly the 1970s,       something had changed. Lennon became resentful of his fellow Beatles and of       seemingly the whole        Beatles experience.        >        > John's resentment seemed to peak in the early 1970s -- in spite of his claim       that his 1970 album "Plastic Ono Band" was "the best thing I've ever done."        >        > I'm looking for theories as to what had transformed John into such an angry       person.       I think John began to sense all the intrigue and danger surrounding him from       those close to him, including Yoko, who told him to trust only her...              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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