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El Pibe

El Pibe

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Random list of stuff.


Dirty Projectors, Bright Eyes, LCD Soundsystem, Kanye West, Hot Chip, Sleigh Bells, PJ Harvey, John Lennon (solo), Wavves, Laura Marling


I should add that i like some of that stuff and loathe some of it, see previous (superior) thread for definition of overrated.

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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El Pibe Wrote:

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> Random list of stuff.

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> Dirty Projectors, Bright Eyes, LCD Soundsystem,

> Kanye West, Hot Chip, Sleigh Bells, PJ Harvey,

John Lennon (solo), Wavves, Laura Marling

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> I should add that i like some of that stuff and

> loathe some of it, see previous (superior) thread

> for definition of overrated.


John Lennon (solo), Yep. Imagine really overated wasn't it ?????


I don't think so ..


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StraferJack

StraferJack

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read this on Lennon last week and went "yup"


"In 1967, John Lennon wrote a song called, ?All You Need is Love.? He also beat both of his wives, abandoned one of his children, verbally abused his gay Jewish manager with homophobic and anti-semitic slurs, and once had a camera crew film him lying naked in his bed for an entire day.


Thirty-five years later, Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails wrote a song called ?Love is Not Enough.? Reznor, despite being famous for his shocking stage performances and his grotesque and disturbing videos, got clean from all drugs and alcohol, married one woman, had two children with her, and then cancelled entire albums and tours so that he could stay home and be a good husband and father.


One of these two men had a clear and realistic understanding of love. One of them did not. One of these men idealized love as the solution to all of his problems. One of them did not. One of these men was probably a narcissistic asshole. One of them was not."

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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StraferJack Wrote:

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Quite a lot...


The thread is about Bands and artists being overrated, not about their personal lives.


I would suspect the personal lives of many Bands / Artists are likely to be just as colourful.


DulwichFox

El Pibe

El Pibe

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Imagine is a nice song, well done. Not a great song, but clearly many hold it to be so.

Greatness is a rare commodity in his solo output and so much of it is just awful, also true of McCartney (more bland than awful, though he also has more good stuff than lennon managed imo), whereas as they achieved it together with unparalleled regularity.

Brendan

Brendan

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> Brendan Wrote:

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> > Who is John Lennon.

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> Long term resident of Surrey from 1964ish


Your knowledge of the county knows no bounds.

aquarius moon

aquarius moon

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Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people

Living for today...


Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace...


You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one


Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world...


You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will live as one



If this was reality instead of just lyrics, the world wouldn't be such a s**thole.


Don't knock one of the most meaningful songs of all time.

Jeremy

Jeremy

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aquarius moon Wrote:

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> Don't knock one of the most meaningful songs of all time.


To some people, maybe. To me, it doesn't really say any more than a beauty pageant contestant hoping for world peace. Just becuase you agree with it, doesn't make it insightful.

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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The whole concept of the song is in it's title..


Imagine


I feel Lennon would of been fully aware such a thing was probably unachievable.


There are many things that are seemingly unachievable...


Dose not mean we shouldn't try. Does not mean we cannot dream.


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