From: norbertkosky69@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, January 26, 2024 at 7:14:07 AM UTC-8, Blueshirt wrote:   
   > oldernow wrote:    
   >    
   > > 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.   
   > With a band like The Beatles - that spanned so many years and    
   > different styles - it would be impractical to expect every song to be    
   > equal. Clearly they all wrote songs that were great and they all    
   > wrote songs that were not so great... plus they all wrote songs that    
   > sat somewhere in between. So nobody should expect every Beatles song    
   > to be equally good.   
      
   It would be absurd to expect all of their songs to be equally good.  My point   
   about "Give Peace A Chance" is that it is strikingly *bad* compared to just   
   about all of John's earlier stuff, including "Run For Your Lfe."     
      
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