From: norbertkosky69@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 8:07:49 AM UTC-8, Stephen O'Connell wrote:   
   > In article <4b4b4aff-d15f-4cb2-b5bd-    
   > 21f61a...@googlegroups.com>, norbert...@gmail.com    
   > says...   
   > >    
   > > John was dismissive of his best (though far    
   > > from perfect) solo album, Walls & Bridges,    
   > > in that interview, too. Why? Because he    
   > > was away from Yoko when he created it.   
   > I genuinely think Yoko used some sort of hypnotism on John so    
   > that he thought and said exactly what she wanted him too...    
   >    
   > Either that or she was really hot in bed!!!   
      
   Yeah, what, exactly enabled Yoko to control John?  Early on, he was   
   susceptible to her (and others like her, e.g., Alex Mardas) because he'd fried   
   his mind on acid.  He was an easy mark for predators.   
      
   May Pang wrote that Yoko boasted:  "I've been through primal therapy with   
   him.  I know his deepest fears."     
      
   David Spinozza said that Yoko loved to brag that she considered John a child   
   who would do anything she instructed him to do.     
      
   Village Voice journalist Howard Smith says that Yoko would repeat her boasts   
   -- for example, about what a great artist she was -- endlessly.  Some people   
   are persuaded by mere repetition (though Smith was not in this case).   
      
   Whatever Yoko's means of controlling Lennon was, the whole thing -- his whole   
   involvement with her -- is sad and disturbing.  A waste of a once-great talent.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)