Tag: John Lennon

Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

I grew up in the 1960s and was lucky to see the Beatles in concert in London. John Lennon was my favourite. 

As Christmas Day now here in the UK, his song and words still echo down time , a wish for all conflict  & poverty to end

We are all human..all one Race, why not Peace to All

“Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”

(Happy Xmas Kyoko
Happy Xmas Julian)

So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Xmas (war is over)
For weak and for strong (if you want it)
For rich and the poor ones (war is over)
The world is so wrong (if you want it)
And so happy Xmas (war is over)
For black and for white (if you want it)
For yellow and red ones (war is over)
Let’s stop all the fight (now)

A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Xmas (war is over)
And what have we done (if you want it)
Another year over (war is over)
A new one just begun (if you want it)
And so happy Xmas (war is over)
We hope you have fun (if you want it)
The near and the dear one (war is over)
The old and the young (now)

A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear

War is over, if you want it
War is over now

Happy Xmas

Inside the Mind of John Lennon

435px-John_Lennon_Imagine_1971Always remember this: “A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses.

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Being honest may not get you many friends but it’ll get you the right ones.
– John Lennon
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“Count your age by friends, not
years. Count your life by smiles, not
tears.”
― John Lennon

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

Imagine there’s no heaven,

its easy if you try,

No hell below us,

Above us only sky

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This is such a beautiful song, so idealistic and pure.

But does John Lennon himself, believe in a non-materialistic world?
“Imagine no possession
Imagine if you can?”

But apparently John Lennon’s Dakota apartment in Mahattan was full of fur coats. The room  was kept specially chilled to maintain their beauty and usefulness.

 

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Christianity will go.  It will vanish and shrink.  I needn’t argue with that; I’m right and I will be proved right.  We’re more popular than Jeuss now; I don’t know which will go first – rock and roll or Christianity. (Interview with the Evening Standard – 4 March 1966.

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God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

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Everything is clearer when you’re in love.

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It’s amazing how low you go to get high.

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I’m not saying that we’re better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person, or God as a thing, or whatever it is.  I just said what I said, and it was wrong, or it was taken wrong. And now it’s all this.
– John Lennon clarifying his original statement about “We’re more popular than Jesus” statement

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I’m leaving the group.  I want a divorce.
– Announcing he’s left the Beatles
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Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.

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Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.
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Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

– John Lennon

The thing the Sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn’t the answer, it just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

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Will  the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? All the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.
– John Lennon, London 1963
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You have to be a bastard to make it, and that’s a fact.  And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on Earth.

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Did you know?

*** It was pretty late in life when John Lennon discovered that he had dyslexia.

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*** Without glass, John Lennon was legally blind!

*** At fifteen, John was a big fan of Elvis.

*** Apparently, John hated the band The Hollies. 

 

Portrait of Beatles member John Lennon. As you see it’s composed of nothing but a flat surface, two filled mugs of coffee, and carefully arranged coffee beans.

Did you know?  John’s favourite food was cornflakes. Portrait of Beatles member John Lennon. As you see it’s composed of nothing but a flat surface, two filled mugs of coffee, and carefully arranged coffee beans.