if lennon had lived....
The Waiting Trophy Man
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do you think he would have been healthy enogh to be alive today?? do you think the beatles would have reunited - either to record new songs/albums, or to just play some shows together?? do you think lennon would have been writing great songs still, or would he have written shit, like paul??would he still be a peace activist?? or would he be more like a burned out, should be dead guy, like keith richards??
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ya, i always think that, too. i have the dvd 'paul mccartney in red square' and it's amazing. but i can only "imagine" what a lennon show would have been like. i wonder what songs he would have wanted to play, especially early-beatles, like help and ticket to ride. would he have played those, or stuck to the later songs, like revolution and come together?? we were so robbed.
Another habit says its long overdue
Another habit like an unwanted friend
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Um, well, John and Paul did reunite in the studio in 1974, for that very dodgy session in LA, which surfaced as "A Toot and a Snore in '74."
It's alleged that The Beatles did have a go at a reunion session, in 1976, but things fell apart. No-one knows for sure whether any recording still exists, or whether they were destroyed under instruction.
Maybe they'd have done a one-off concert for Live Aid, but, as John said, he was more into the idea of the band getting back into the studio, than doing shows.
ya, i meant if he hadn't been murdered, would he still be alive today.
i think the beatles prolly would have done all kinds of things together, write new songs, make albums and do shows. i don't know ho well it would have turned out. they might have made a couple of shitty records together, some bad songs, but they would have been magical live, especially playing all the old stuff. i think it'd be like the rolling stones situation, always touring, selling out shows in under a minute, maybe even getting laughed at a little. i like to think that, like eddie, lennon would have been against george bush and the war in iraq. the vote for change tour might have even included him??
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i agree. long live john..
~it is shining it is shining~
I think he could have given us a few more records and I think he would have kept speaking his mind. For Lennon as a symbol dying was the best thing. Musically as well. Dylan for instence is not what he used to be. I think that maybe he was getting into a space in time that he was finally happy and healthy and free too bad it had to end for him as a person.
You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
John displayed his usual brand of humour when a reporter asked him: "Does it bother you that you can't hear what you sing during concerts?" John: "No, we don't mind. We've got the records at home."
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I don't however think a Beatles re-union would've happened. I think he was so past anything Beatles that he would have seen it as more of a frustrating thing waiting to happen than anything else. Despite the money.
He would have a lot to say politically today. A lot.
Untill their will grows tired
Some die just to live.
Mimi was his aunt, sister of the mother John witnessed run over.
didn't ozzy do a cover of in my life? it sucked. sorry.
~it is shining it is shining~
I think that he was on the wane anyway. He would have left Yoko and gone back to England
when it hits you, you feel to pain.
So brutalize me with music.”
~ Bob Marley
I don't believe that a Beatles reunion would have ever occured........even after John's death, the other lads really did not do much together with the exception of Ringo working with Paul and George on their solo stuff.
With John alive, they might have kept their catalog from falling into Jacko's hands.
"A 1978 CBS contract for 6 million pounds for a reunited Beatles emerged last December, indicating that Paul McCartney was reconciled with his former bandmates. Producer Jack Douglas revealed to The Times that John Lennon was, in fact, secretly planning to record a new Beatles album at the time he was shot, in 1980."
Also, I am sick of the Yoko bashing. She has gotten the worst wrap in the history of music.
If people knew anything about John Lennon, they should realize that he could not be "controlled" by anyone. Some of his greatest work with the Beatles and his two solo masterpieces were made "under the spell" of Yoko. If you want to blame Yoko for breaking up the Beatles, then blame Linda McCartney, Allen Klein, Lew Grade, Clive Epstein, etc. as well.
i agree. yoko was good for john. he wrote some of his best songs after they hooked up, like don't let me down and julia.
Another habit says its long overdue
Another habit like an unwanted friend
I'm so happy with my righteous self
Much the same way i feel about Pink Floyd these days. They could still be making prolific music, but their heads are way too far up their asses.
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The Double Fantasy stuff sucked a little and I dont think he would've been much cop in the eightes (like Dylan) but I think the 90s, also like Dylan, would've seen some good Lennon records.
Maybe he wouldve done a Johnny Cash and hooked up with Rubin and do a stripped down full acoustic record.