I can't listen to John Lennon anymore.
I have read Albert Goldman's biography on John Lennon.
Yes I know that this author is notorios for skewing the "truth." But I have read other books that Lennon was violent, sometimes hit both his wives, attacked and mugged a sailor in Hamburg (left him for dead) when the Beatles first toured, and beat up a man accusing him of being gay.
Stu Sutcliffe, the original bassist of the Beatles, died of a brain hemmorage in 1962. It has been alleged by Stu's sister that Lennon kicked Stu Sutcliff in the head repeatedly in Hamburg, causing the young man to never recover. That makes me sick.
Factual or not, these accusations had caused me to reasses my love for John Lennon several years ago.
The 1960s Liverpool scene was violent sometimes, but Lennon stands out. He could be sweet and peaceful, then a mean, violent drunk, like his "Lost weekend" punching a waitress and heckling the Smothers Brothers.
For me the dream is over.
Thoughts?
2007-03-16
10:16:20
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Joe
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