Sometimes I wonder whether John Lennon addicted to heroin, despite all his fame and fortune, was no different from any other person addicted to heroin, in any sense that really matters.
""Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The ballad evolved from "Hey Jules", a song McCartney wrote to comfort John Lennon's son, Julian, during his parents' divorce."
Hey Jude dominates my memory of standing with my best friend on a sidewalk waiting to watch candidate Richard Nixon arrive at the Knoxville Civic Center.
Just thinking earlier today, while watching Netanyahu's presser, that Palestinians, in a paraphrase of John Lennon, are the n-word of the Arab world. The Middle East sees them as cannon fodder, serving proxy for their hate of Israel. That's the nicest thing I can bring myself to say about the Palestinians.
Reading the rest of the wiki, it becomes clear there are several who thought the song was written for them, including John, with the "Jules" it was supposedly intended to comfort not discovering it was meant for him until 20 years later. So much for timely succor! In fact, when Lennon mentioned that he thought the song was about him (John) , McCartney denied it and told Lennon he had written the song about himself.
What came up for me when I saw the post title today, was the similarity between the words Jude and Juden.
With "Juden raus" (Jews out!)" being the dreaded phrase shouted by the Nazis throughout the ghettos when they were trying to force Jews from their hiding places.
Also the name of a German board game, Juden Raus, a Cross and Circle-style game published in Germany by Günther & Co. in 1936, just one year after the Nuremberg Laws were put into effect. The game was advertised as "entertaining, instructive and solidly constructed." Players take turns rolling the dice and moving their "Jews" across the map toward "collection points" outside the city walls for deportation to Mandate Palestine. Written on the game board, it says “If you manage to see off 6 Jews, you’ve won a clear victory!”
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I watched an interview with Julian Lennon recently. He's still bitter about his father and grateful for Paul McCartney.
Dude, get over it - you have millions, only a tiny bit of which you earned, and you still have Yoko, so shut up!
Sometimes I wonder whether John Lennon addicted to heroin, despite all his fame and fortune, was no different from any other person addicted to heroin, in any sense that really matters.
He was wealthier, so wealthy in fact that he was able to kick his habit while being driven around in a limo.
Try that, street junkie, you impoverished Needle Park Pacino wannabes!
Chick, did you ever hear that Hey Jude was written for Julian?
Guess I heard correctly:
""Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The ballad evolved from "Hey Jules", a song McCartney wrote to comfort John Lennon's son, Julian, during his parents' divorce."
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Hey Jude dominates my memory of standing with my best friend on a sidewalk waiting to watch candidate Richard Nixon arrive at the Knoxville Civic Center.
Just thinking earlier today, while watching Netanyahu's presser, that Palestinians, in a paraphrase of John Lennon, are the n-word of the Arab world. The Middle East sees them as cannon fodder, serving proxy for their hate of Israel. That's the nicest thing I can bring myself to say about the Palestinians.
Reading the rest of the wiki, it becomes clear there are several who thought the song was written for them, including John, with the "Jules" it was supposedly intended to comfort not discovering it was meant for him until 20 years later. So much for timely succor! In fact, when Lennon mentioned that he thought the song was about him (John) , McCartney denied it and told Lennon he had written the song about himself.
What came up for me when I saw the post title today, was the similarity between the words Jude and Juden.
With "Juden raus" (Jews out!)" being the dreaded phrase shouted by the Nazis throughout the ghettos when they were trying to force Jews from their hiding places.
Also the name of a German board game, Juden Raus, a Cross and Circle-style game published in Germany by Günther & Co. in 1936, just one year after the Nuremberg Laws were put into effect. The game was advertised as "entertaining, instructive and solidly constructed." Players take turns rolling the dice and moving their "Jews" across the map toward "collection points" outside the city walls for deportation to Mandate Palestine. Written on the game board, it says “If you manage to see off 6 Jews, you’ve won a clear victory!”
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