Fattuchus
1/7/2010 10:26:00 AM
On Jan 7, 2:26 am, Jeff <yourimageunre...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jan 7, 1:18 am, Fattuchus <fattuc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On Jan 7, 1:34 am, Jeff <yourimageunre...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > On Jan 7, 12:29 am, Fattuchus <fattuc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Jan 6, 11:26 pm, Crisstti <crissttigalda...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > On Jan 5, 11:28 pm, John Doherty <j...@johndoherty.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > On Jan 5, 8:15 pm, Nutella <amongthebeliev...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > I didn't realize this was such a "Pro-Ono" newsgroup. I'm surprised,
> > > > > > > almost shocked, to see a few people coming to her defense. I was
> > > > > > > always under the (possibly false) impression that die-hard Beatles
> > > > > > > fans didn't give Yoko much credibility, and that she was a poison to
> > > > > > > the future success of the band.
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> > > > > > Have you heard Lennon's take on it all?
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> > > > > > Everyone had quit the band at some point. Being a Beatle was quite a
> > > > > > burden, and they all had to "carry that weight".
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> > > > > > Yoko might have shown John there was life after the Beatles, but the
> > > > > > "dream was over". As JL himself would say when people asked "When are
> > > > > > you getting back with the Beatles?"
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> > > > > > "When are you going back to high school?"
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> > > > > Oh, that was not all John had to say about it. He also said in some
> > > > > moment that they were very probably going to ge back together.
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> > > > Excellent point, Crissti. Yes, certainly when John was with May he
> > > > gave a couple of interviews indicating he was open to getting back
> > > > together.
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> > > > Also, even after John returned to Yoko, the Beatles were talking about
> > > > getting together for a one big project . . . . a film which later
> > > > became Beatles Anthology after John died.
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> > > > > > I don't think I am pro Ono as much as I am pro Lennon. It's obvious
> > > > > > Yoko was his link to sanity and living life on a somewhat even keel.
> > > > > > All these folks who constantly bash Yoko delude themselves, and would
> > > > > > sacrifice Lennon's peace of mind for another group effort. He met the
> > > > > > woman, proclaimed that he was finally happy, left her after about6
> > > > > > years for an 18 month period when everyone agrees he was a depressed
> > > > > > mean drunk, and then came back to the only peace he had known, living
> > > > > > the most tranquil part of his life with her, the last 6 years.
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> > > > > Not everyone agrees about that.
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> > > > The problem in this newsgroup (a Beatles group, no less!!) is that
> > > > some people cannot tolerate an opposing point of view.
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> > > An opposing point of view is fine, Fatt. That's not the problem.
> > > The problem is rehashing how much you dislike Yoko
> > > millions of times, like none of us don't already know
> > > that..5 years ago.
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> > > Jeff-
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> > I'll try to rehash less . . . . Can't promise I'll succeed. But I
> > don't think it's fair that I'm supposed to "stifle" myself while
> > everyone else is free to discuss a subject as much as he or she likes.
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> Well, do what you feel the need to do, but when others object
> to you posting the same thing over and over again,
> take it like a man...er I mean woman. Hi, Edith :-)
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> Edith Bunker reference.-
All in the Family. That was a very good show, in its day.