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Post by nowheregirl on Apr 8, 2007 8:43:18 GMT 1
Do you have any favourite song lyrics written by John Lennon? Tell us what they are!
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Post by nowheregirl on Apr 8, 2007 13:49:28 GMT 1
~ From "Isolation" (Plastic Ono Band)
I don't expect you to understand
After you've caused so much pain
But then again you're not to blame
You're just a human, a victim of the insane
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Post by ~Lennon Girl~ on Apr 8, 2007 22:17:36 GMT 1
 Those are really powerful, moving lyrics. That's why I love John's songs so much.
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Post by lennonfan on Apr 9, 2007 21:19:41 GMT 1
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
(Working Class Hero)
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Post by nowheregirl on Apr 13, 2007 20:42:53 GMT 1
Some lines I like from the song "Cleanup Time" (Double Fantasy):
"No friends and yet no enemies
Absolutely free
No rats aboard the magic ship
Of perfect harmony"
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"However far we travel
Wherever we may roam
The center of the circle
Will always be our home"
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Post by nowheregirl on Apr 14, 2007 16:59:30 GMT 1
From "How" (Imagine):
"You know life can be long
And you got to be so strong
And the world is so tough
Sometimes I feel I've had enough"
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jean
Trying to change the whole wide world
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Post by jean on Apr 15, 2007 12:55:29 GMT 1
Can I suggest three beautifully poetic images from "Because"?
Because the world is round it turns me on...
Because the wind is high it blows my mind...
Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry...
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Post by nowheregirl on Apr 20, 2007 9:36:24 GMT 1
Because is such a beautiful song, Jean. I've actually had a few arguments with my brother about it (he's not a Beatles fan unfortunately). Every time he hears Because he'll say "I knew there was a reason I don't like the Beatles!" Of course I tell him to listen to the haunting melody, the amazing harmonies, the clever lyrics...but he still just doesn't get it.  |
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Post by lennonfan on Apr 20, 2007 15:07:58 GMT 1
Because is one of my favorites. I can't understand people not liking it. I like the version on "Love" too.
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Post by nowheregirl on Apr 25, 2007 13:35:54 GMT 1
"People asking questions, lost in confusion
Well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions"
Watching The Wheels (Double Fantasy)
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Post by nowheregirl on May 9, 2007 11:26:12 GMT 1
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe (From "Across The Universe") Anyone else want to post some of their favourite lyrics?  |
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And when the rain begins to fall, your mind turns blank.
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Post by BudgieWudgieWeed on May 9, 2007 12:28:10 GMT 1
J'adore Because, really. Monday I dreamed it was playing and when I woke up it still was (I wake up with Abbey Road playing lol.) and it was such a pleasant feeling, like I could handle everything ^^
But I also really like Lucy in the Sky and Strawberry Fields Forever. Oh, and Across the Universe. Well, I actually like most of his songs, lol.
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream.
I know he's got that from a book (hasn't he?) but I just love that. And I really like Tomorrow Never Knows as a song over all. Oh, and Nowhere Man, and so much other songs of him.
Not to forget about his solo-songs, haha. Well, I really can keep going about this but I need to shut up because I need to shut down the computer *sigh*
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Post by jean on May 11, 2007 20:06:13 GMT 1
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream. I know he's got that from a book (hasn't he?) but I just love that. And I really like Tomorrow Never Knows as a song over all. Yes, from the Tibetan Book of the Dead (or Timothy Leary's version of it, "The Psychedelic Experience"). I don't think it matters whether he saw the words in a book or not – it's not everybody who would think of using them in a song. |
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Dreaming of the past
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And when the rain begins to fall, your mind turns blank.
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Post by BudgieWudgieWeed on May 12, 2007 13:35:44 GMT 1
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream. I know he's got that from a book (hasn't he?) but I just love that. And I really like Tomorrow Never Knows as a song over all. Yes, from the Tibetan Book of the Dead (or Timothy Leary's version of it, "The Psychedelic Experience"). I don't think it matters whether he saw the words in a book or not – it's not everybody who would think of using them in a song. That's the one I meant I agree with you... Paul, for example , wouldn't use it for a song, I think. And especially not with such a melody John has used, haha. (The Dalai Lama singing atop of a mountain in Tibet, wasn't it? With a choir of nuns and monks? ) |
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Post by nocturnalquadruped on Jun 19, 2007 12:08:04 GMT 1
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out.
It doesn't matter much to me."
It's always been Strawberry fields for me.
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Those are really powerful, moving lyrics.
