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The subtitle of this one really grabbed my attention: "I read the news today, oh boy." I've read Kane's "Lennon Revealed," and a pretty portrait is not painted. Here, on p. 74, Lennon's wife, Cynthia revealed he [John] was physically cruel to her, and the lyrics to "I'll Cry Instead" have Lennon "conceal the angst" with this "jaunty rockabilly" song. Umm..."jaunty rockabilly"? To cover abuse, even.
— Jan 29, 2018 07:48AM
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is on page 174 of 384
Lennon, on acid, writes the final lines of "Tomorrow Never Knows" as: 'Or play the game Existence to the end of the beginning, of the beginning...' Which begs the question of what Joyce must have been experiencing when ending his "Finnegan's Wake" right back at the beginning.
— Feb 05, 2018 01:55PM
