I like John Lennon. Which may be a bit odd because I grew up with the Beatles (my dad is a huge fan and has all the records) and never understood the whole hype, I would dare to say the Beatles are highly overrated and nowhere near the best bands ever. SOmehow Lennon solo does interest me a lot however, it seems since he left the Beatles he completely flourished and further developed away from the mainstream and towards music which dared to experiment and dared to spread a message that was really in-depth and needed to be heard. Must say though that, however I am by no means a fan of the Beatles, the Beatles songs I do like were also mostly written by Lennon. Maybe I should say Paul McCartney is highly overrated rather than saying the Beatles were overrated. But Lennon solo is much more interesting to me than the Beatles, it was like being on his own with the free will to do whatever he felt like doing made him completely flourish as a performer and a poet.
Imagine is a timeless song but I think Working Class Hero is fantastic as well. That is the sort of song I would never imagine coming from the Beatles, and a perfect example of how going solo released Lennon from all artistic boundaries.
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Do what Thou wilt shal be the whole of the Law.
Love is the Law, Love under Will. And...
every man and every woman is a star
(excerpt from The Book of the Law - Aleister Crowley)
"Od lo avda tikvateinu" (excerpt from the Israeli hymn)