I'm a huge Beatles fan. And I listen to their music a lot. But something interesting is happening. I am listening less and less to John Lennon songs and more and more to McCartney and Harrison songs. To my ears Lennon's music is becoming more distant, more corny, less interesting, very pretentious. Whereas "Band on the Run" and "All Things Must Pass" still sound fresh, "Imagine" sounds more and more like pure mush. In a way, it seems to me that Lennon's music is very overrated due perhaps to his tragic death.
Of course, it would have been very interesting to see what he would have written in the past 25 years. And it would have been mindblowing to see if he would have renewed his songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney.
But all we have is those 10 years of solo work. And quite frankly, it's not as amazing as legend will lead you to believe.
1 comment:
te mato, yo amo a john desde siempre....pero si, como su muerte lo convirtio en una leyenda, uno no sabe que pudo haber sido de el y su aportacion musical en estas epocas. hoy su musica es mas bien la nostalgia que su perdida provoca, el "what if" que tortura y no suple. paul y el mismo george pues pasaron los 80s y los 90s y su evolucion/ transformacion musical se pudo vivir (valga la ironia). john queda como el mito, todo lo que pudo ser y no fue y ese no vivir lo enaltece indudablemente. pero aun asi, i don't reconsider him, i cherish his music for what it is: pretentious, utopic, surreal, that was john, a character with ideas he wasn't afraid to tell, even the crazy ones. but hey, fame gives you the ticket for that!!! (and people will listen)
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