I agree Lennon was fucked in the head, a serious addict, and not at all the saint he is sometimes made out to be. He doesn't deserve a pedestal, not at all, and he does deserve a ton of criticism for his treatment of women generally and especially Julian (who ironically seems to have turned out to be a lovely person...after LIVING LONG ENOUGH to work through his own anger and problems.)
But a lot of that list is malicious bullshit, though. Untalented? Oh give me a fucking break. Not even going to address that one. Picking on someone for wearing the hairstyles and fashions of the time, or for wanting to be wealthy and successful, is grasping at straws. Authoritatively denigrating someone for struggling with addiction and for being (presumably) ashamed and lying about it as addicts often do, is really kinda shitty to say the least.
And the hypocritical thing--find me a preachy rock star or actor/actress who isn't just like that too and I'll be very impressed. Thinkin' about that carbon footprint of yours, Brangelina.
Also, I loathe a lot of Paul's solo stuff, like or love most of John's, and have to point out that Paul and George (though absolutely mellower and sweeter guys than John most of the time) were never perfect angels either.
I've always liked John precisely because he was so crazy, damaged and struggling, but still capable of recognizing that he could, and should, be so much better and aim so much higher. Even if he never did achieve that in his short life, I think he tried. And it's a tragedy that he didn't get more time to keep on trying.
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