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Post by peregrine9 on May 31, 2011 2:57:15 GMT
Prefixmag may 26, 2011 An Angry Letter To The NY Times From John Lennon, Just Because Here's one of those things that makes you realize that the Internet was created for us to trade notable ephemera: A website called Letters of Note published an angry handwritten note from John Lennon to the New York Times after the Times' Craig McGregor wrote a piece called "The Beatles Betrayal" that said that The Beatles stole music from black acts, and got rich doing it. Lennon's rebuttal is angry, but maybe sort of off the point?: www.prefixmag.com/news/an-angry-letter-to-the-ny-times-from-john-lennon-j/52708/
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Post by KeepUnderCover on Jun 16, 2011 3:46:48 GMT
Angry? How is this angry?
John Lennon is just explaining what the Beatles did, to an ignorant writer who misinterpreted him. He actually said "it was a love in".
I've seen and heard much worse from Lennon, where his razor sharp intellect cuts into the interviewer with sarcasm. This actually reads as something very humble and relaxed.
Talk about prefixmag taking things out of context!
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Post by lettherebemusic on Jun 16, 2011 10:46:46 GMT
I agree that I don't see this as an angry letter. Explanatory. And maybe some annoyance. But I believe if he wanted to say something because he was angry, it would have definitely been a very, very different letter...
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Post by hmmmmm on Jun 16, 2011 12:25:55 GMT
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Post by KeepUnderCover on Jun 16, 2011 12:41:27 GMT
Wow, he really had a way with words. LOL!
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Post by hmmmmm on Jun 16, 2011 15:07:56 GMT
Wow, he really had a way with words. LOL! I'm pretty sure there was another letter a couple of weeks later from John, where he refered to Turd Runtgreen, lol.
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Post by lettherebemusic on Jun 16, 2011 15:11:40 GMT
[ I'm pretty sure there was another letter a couple of weeks later from John, where he refered to Turd Runtgreen, lol.
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Post by hmmmmm on Jun 16, 2011 15:15:12 GMT
Yeah, I think John forgot about his peace campaign where Todd was concerned.
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