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dancingmeadow t1_iybiyr9 wrote

Reply to comment by RedSonGamble in TIL "Hey Jude" evolved from the song "Hey Jules" which Paul McCartney wrote for John Lennon's son, Julian, to comfort him while Lennon and his wife were getting separated, He recorded first part of the song on his way to Cynthia and Julian in his Car with a recorder installed in his car's dashboard. by Knight_TheRider

I'm a huge John Lennon fan. I definitely don't think he was a saint. Neither did he. He was honest, the first guy in the game to say "fuck it, I'm just going to be honest". One of the reasons we know how horrible he could be is because he told us, in detail, to illustrate that even a bastard like him could grow.

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MightyPenguin t1_iybvuhy wrote

Why such a fan then to be honest? I admire the artistic work he did with the Beatles and love a lot of their music, but by all honest accounts he just seemed to be a grade A jackass and abusive asshole, being "honest" about it does not make him admirable. The admirable ones are the ones that accomplish great things without having that kind of negativity and baggage.

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niamhweking t1_iycw5du wrote

Exactly, just cos someone says they know they are horrible doesn't make it OK.

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