The U.S. vs John Lennon

dunkman

I watched it last night... thoroughly enjoyed it and gave me quite a bit of new insight into how much John and Yoko did activism wise and actually how seriously big their impact was during the 70's.

I'd recommend anyone watch it just to see some of the footage from those times... The US was different back then, as at least its people protested the War they were in at that time... what's happening with the youngsters these days... is it apathy? dont they care as much?

g under p

dunkman wrote:

I watched it last night... thoroughly enjoyed it and gave me quite a bit of new insight into how much John and Yoko did activism wise and actually how seriously big their impact was during the 70's.

I'd recommend anyone watch it just to see some of the footage from those times... The US was different back then, as at least its people protested the War they were in at that time... what's happening with the youngsters these days... is it apathy? dont they care as much?

Many don't care at all,,,,,also we don't have a draft so many aren't drawn into activism automatically.

Peace

Collin

I watched it a few months ago, I was pretty impressed. I'm not really a Beatles fan or a John Lennon fan or anything but I really enjoyed it. It gave a nice idea of the atmosphere at the time (I think), or at least how the "hippies", anti-war people felt...

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

dunkman wrote:

I watched it last night... thoroughly enjoyed it and gave me quite a bit of new insight into how much John and Yoko did activism wise and actually how seriously big their impact was during the 70's.

I'd recommend anyone watch it just to see some of the footage from those times... The US was different back then, as at least its people protested the War they were in at that time... what's happening with the youngsters these days... is it apathy? dont they care as much?

i saw it. it was pretty good but it did have a pretty rose colored view of Lennon and Yoko (from what i hear Yoko had to approve everything in the movie). He seemed like a good man but He really didn't accomplish a whole lot (with the various stunts and concerts) other than getting that guy out of jail. He said it himself, "flower power didn't work".

good for him for trying though. the whole protesting thing was still pretty new then.

Vedd Hedd

People today are too busy, too distracted, or too indifferent to care.

iamica

I liked the documentary. It really went into detail about how much the US government would go out of their way to silence anyone who disagreed with them. Plus it had a ton of stuff about Lennon that I never knew before.

suffragette

MrSmith wrote:

i saw it. it was pretty good but it did have a pretty rose colored view of Lennon and Yoko (from what i hear Yoko had to approve everything in the movie). He seemed like a good man but He really didn't accomplish a whole lot (with the various stunts and concerts) other than getting that guy out of jail. He said it himself, "flower power didn't work".

good for him for trying though. the whole protesting thing was still pretty new then.

I respectfully disagree. John had the courage to be laughed at as naive. "Give peace a chance"? "War is over if you want it?" oh come on John. Grow up. Yes the anti-war movement dissipated, but the prez and his henchmen did a lot to make that happen.

I remember reading articles and listening to John and Yoko on the Mike Douglas show (I was very young and my mother was watching it when I came home from elementary school), talking about being deported by tricky dick. People laughed. John and Yoko were right!

Yoko has every right to protect John's legacy.

Commy

Notice how any public figure involved social change in this period ended up dead?


Too many to be a coincidence.

elmer

yeah yoko was on the news this morn, unveiling a statue in recyeavik (thats the capital of iceland, yes I can pronounce it), its to say -Imagine Peace- in so many languages. believe today woulda been his 67th birthday. Im no Lennon fan or anything but have an interest, as for bloody yoko, well.......

dunkman

elmer wrote:

yeah yoko was on the news this morn, unveiling a statue in recyeavik (thats the capital of iceland, yes I can pronounce it), its to say -Imagine Peace- in so many languages. believe today woulda been his 67th birthday. Im no Lennon fan or anything but have an interest, as for bloody yoko, well.......

pronouncing it perhaps... spelling it... you got the R at the start and thats about it

suffragette

Commy wrote:

Notice how any public figure involved social change in this period ended up dead?


Too many to be a coincidence.

it's the enemies list, baby!

You know, Elvis, Nixon's best anti-drug buddy, is now undercover, investigating who knows what.

decides2dream

dunkman wrote:

I watched it last night... thoroughly enjoyed it and gave me quite a bit of new insight into how much John and Yoko did activism wise and actually how seriously big their impact was during the 70's.

I'd recommend anyone watch it just to see some of the footage from those times... The US was different back then, as at least its people protested the War they were in at that time... what's happening with the youngsters these days... is it apathy? dont they care as much?

i saw it a few months? back....really good! i was very glad to see it, and yes...learned even more about lennon. well done.



i think so much was *new* and different back then, the whole beginnings of 'counter-culture' and protest, etc. also, as someone mentioned, there was a draft, etc. this war....it IS so much more apathetic b/c there is no draft...outta sight, outta mind, sadly, for the majority it seems.