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The Beatles song John Lennon thanked God he didn’t write

    The Beatles song John Lennon thanked God he didn’t write

John Lennon was usually the first person to think that one of The Beatles’ greatest songs was a piece of trash.There was no reason for him to look back fondly

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John Lennon and the FBI – Dissent Magazine

    John Lennon and the FBI – Dissent Magazine

The concept of the ‘official secret’ is the specific invention of bureaucracy,” Max Weber wrote, “and nothing is so fanatically defended by the bureaucracy.” Democratic politics requires a public informed

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Why John Lennon thought he was a “phony”

    Why John Lennon thought he was a “phony”

John Lennon’s harshest critics would have to admit that he was, at the very least, a forward thinker. Even if he slipped into tone deafness, or hypocrisy, or just generally

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How John Lennon saved “the best line” in The Beatles’ biggest hit

    How John Lennon saved “the best line” in The Beatles’ biggest hit

A song is never etched in stone. That’s a trick of the modern age of recorded music where the version released is often confused for the only version. In truth,

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“The Key Is to Come Out the Other Side”: The John Lennon Advice David Bowie First Ignored, but Later Came In Handy – American Songwriter

    “The Key Is to Come Out the Other Side”: The John Lennon Advice David Bowie First Ignored, but Later Came In Handy – American Songwriter

The music business is a cutthroat one, and while the entertainers are the center of the industry, they can also

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The artist who helped reunite John Lennon and Paul McCartney

    The artist who helped reunite John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Everybody knows the moment in 1974 when John Lennon and Paul McCartney ventured as close as they’d ever get to

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The one band John Lennon told Ringo Starr to copy

    The one band John Lennon told Ringo Starr to copy

The number one rule that every record exec should abide by is quite simple: never tell a Beatle what to

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The guitarist John Lennon wanted to replace George Harrison in The Beatles

    The guitarist John Lennon wanted to replace George Harrison in The Beatles

Graham Nash once said that the universe brought The Beatles together, and there are millions of fans around the globe

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John Lennon wrote a furious letter about Keith Moon and Harry Nilsson

    John Lennon wrote a furious letter about Keith Moon and Harry Nilsson

Being a part of the rock and roll set meant, to some extent, living up to the rebellious nature that

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John Lennon destroyed a Bob Dylan classic with a brutal 14-word review

    John Lennon destroyed a Bob Dylan classic with a brutal 14-word review

Some figures reach such a degree of reverence that they can do no wrong. We see the most troubling extreme of this play out daily on the internet as fandoms

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