I grew up with the Beatles. They changed the world.
As a solo artist he produced a couple of brilliant albums and a few great singles – not mad about the rest.
He was widely lambasted for his activism – the bed-ins, bag-ins, acorns for peace and such like – but I thought that was all great. He was promoting PEACE. What could be better than that? He was attempting to use performance-art stunts to gain publicity, to focus the media on a positive message. He was using his celebrity to try to make the world a better place. He didn’t mind if it was unpopular or made him look silly – as long as it gained publicity for PEACE. If only everyone famous or wealthy would do the same. If only Elon Musk would put his money to good use instead of spreading hate and disinformation and doing vanity projects.
John and Yoko tried. I admire them for it.
John would have been 83 today. He (and us) was already robbed of forty three years!
Just listening to my favourite Lennon track.