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southernyankeebelle

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110. Funny, your really funny. Let me ask you a question. Why is it alright for you to have a opinion,

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 10:56 PM

Jan 2012

yet you want to deprive me of mine? Just wondering. I can say someone is creepy if I want and you can disagree. That is ok. I am fine with that. But who are you to say I can't have a opinion? Just wondering.

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I apologize if my being upset at "Imagine" is ruining your day. [View all] SomethingFishy Jan 2012 OP

It's not ruining mine, it's ruining yours. Union Scribe Jan 2012 #1

My day isn't ruined... SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #7

Good grief. Union Scribe Jan 2012 #21

You see "anger" because that is what you brought in here SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #44

Union scribe probably agrees with you more than you think quinnox Jan 2012 #47

Your over-reaction is quite bizarre muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #73

I heard my first Beatle song before they broke big over here. I love them but who cares? roguevalley Jan 2012 #143

.... bigwillq Jan 2012 #25

You are aching for a jury. WingDinger Jan 2012 #2

If I were asked to serve on a jury for this post, I'd say "Leave it!" justiceischeap Jan 2012 #4

I didnt say how a jury would find. Just that he is trying to goad. WingDinger Jan 2012 #12

Cursively? HangOnKids Jan 2012 #94

I kid often. WingDinger Jan 2012 #154

Me too. Why would anyone hide this? sabrina 1 Jan 2012 #14

Hide it! JVS Jan 2012 #8

I am at a loss polmaven Jan 2012 #19

I hope we avoid reaching a point where merely expressing an opinion results in a trial... Skip Intro Jan 2012 #111

Agreed! polmaven Jan 2012 #135

And you are aching for attention. nt Javaman Jan 2012 #151

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I'm a Deadhead and I absolutely despise that Album. Old and In the Way Jan 2012 #28

Barlow and Weir were real coked out then. TransitJohn Jan 2012 #48

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In the dark was good n/t TransitJohn Jan 2012 #122

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I assume you've made a trip or two to www.archives.org? Old and In the Way Jan 2012 #127

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I loved all their studio stuff up to those albums. Old and In the Way Jan 2012 #126

This is probably sacrilige to a true Deadhead, but socialist_n_TN Jan 2012 #156

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some people take their religions personally hfojvt Jan 2012 #5

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better inside my head than over it hfojvt Jan 2012 #20

That's what Imagine is all about? SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #24

it appears that music is one of the dividers of men hfojvt Jan 2012 #41

And if you're a Buddhist or a pagan or a Taoist or a Unitarian, everone else is gonna... Jackpine Radical Jan 2012 #50

the assumption that ever believer believes every stupid thing someone roguevalley Jan 2012 #144

Oh I am of that generation. I never liked this particular song. My favorite Beatle song was southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #6

"the creepy wife" quinnox Jan 2012 #10

He'll live to see another day instead of yesterday (living in the past) HAHAHAHA southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #23

+++! polmaven Jan 2012 #27

Your welcome. I felt I was right. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #49

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I prefer Dear Prudence myself. :) nt justiceischeap Jan 2012 #16

Well thats ok I don't like either of those songs. Still love yesterday. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #26

Eleanor Rigby and Paperback Writer are my favs... SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #29

I liked Eleanor Rigby but funny Paperback Writer was an easy song. Basic and the melody is catchy southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #84

It's the most 'covered' song of all time. CanSocDem Jan 2012 #35

I have a Beatles CD with all the number one hits. My grandkids beg me to play it in the car all southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #51

The problem with Yesterday for me is that it was used in an anti-drinking public service film yardwork Jan 2012 #88

Yeah Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #95

It's terrible. Very strong visceral reaction. yardwork Jan 2012 #98

"The Long and Winding Road" always pipi_k Jan 2012 #106

with you-"strawberry fields" or "lucy in the sky with diamonds" newspeak Jan 2012 #138

This Song Had Nothing To Do With The Beatles It Is A Lennon Song HangOnKids Jan 2012 #17

I don't care what you think. I didn't ask anyone permission. It was MY opinion. I am entitled southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #40

D'oh, Imagine was not a Beatles song MagickMuffin Jan 2012 #67

Whine, whine, whine. Ask me if I give a dang what you think? Nope I don't care. It's southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #83

I am amused at your continued insults of other's opinions. uppityperson Jan 2012 #100

You know what. I really don't care what you think. You get back what you dish out. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #101

In which case you should be amused by my post. Guess you aren't, which goes against uppityperson Jan 2012 #104

Funny, your really funny. Let me ask you a question. Why is it alright for you to have a opinion, southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #110

"I don't think I asked you for your opinion."" I don't care.""I really don't care what you think" uppityperson Jan 2012 #112

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k&r for those who made the world a better and more beautiful place. n/t Laelth Jan 2012 #11

Isn't it sad that they ended up dying violent deaths. I wonder how different the world sabrina 1 Jan 2012 #18

I just finished replying to a post below SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #65

Every word in your post is true and yet tularetom Jan 2012 #15

As I explained above I wasn't upset till I got here and found SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #37

Sorry we don't mean to hurt your feelings. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #46

It isn't in my nature to bash anybody tularetom Jan 2012 #54

I bet they still are calling you a commie. We never lose that title when your a democratic. LOL southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #85

Well, my mom doesn't call me that anymore tularetom Jan 2012 #96

LOL, well I consider myself really a social democrat like my mother was. My mother died years ago southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #99

The religion of materialism nolabels Jan 2012 #38

Well you just weren't a diehard Beatle fan. I loved the Beatles. But honestly no musician ever southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #45

When you make your outstanding members heroes, they can kill your movements. Also, you charicature t WingDinger Jan 2012 #22

10 years from now this song will STILL be revered and this dude will still be irrelevant. piratefish08 Jan 2012 #30

The Beatles and Lennon rode a wave of change brought about by a whole generation. Skidmore Jan 2012 #31

He was and still is for some folks... justiceischeap Jan 2012 #32

Amen. People need to keep prospective that is for sure. They did help give voice to many but southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #56

Yeah, I'm not sure of the claim they "changed the world." treestar Jan 2012 #74

they, especially Lennon, gave voice to a "generation", as did others. G_j Jan 2012 #76

How dare he NathanTheGreat Jan 2012 #33

Here's my thing... it was so bad it was funny. SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #59

For me it changed the meaning of the song. But like I said life goes on and we have more southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #86

you nailed it... handmade34 Jan 2012 #149

Why is this OP not in Entertainment?...n/t monmouth Jan 2012 #34

Same reasons the others aren't. SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #39

True story about John Lennon. I worked for an attorney and his wife here in Palm Beach. She monmouth Jan 2012 #58

I think its in the right place. Don't move it. People are being respectful. Some may not agree bu southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #87

Meh, the bad boy of a glorified boy band. Big fucking deal. JVS Jan 2012 #36

so, does snobbily shitting on Bieber and Swift fans make your sanctimonious self feel better? provis99 Jan 2012 #42

We had a Beiber in my day... Skidmore Jan 2012 #53

Osmond, the Cassidy brothers, SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #69

OMG - more than you know! cyberswede Jan 2012 #139

Well, I am a roadie. I toured with Taylor Swift SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #55

the Beatles and John Lennon were boring, overrated clowns. provis99 Jan 2012 #123

wow! tomp Jan 2012 #132

I imagine we often dismiss with an effete disdain those things which we merely don't like... LanternWaste Jan 2012 #147

Wow 2! LiberalLovinLug Jan 2012 #148

I'm not a fan of either. Hey someone loves their music. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #89

Well . . . gratuitous Jan 2012 #43

Gee,tell us what you really think? LOL southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #90

I dunno. HuckleB Jan 2012 #52

Why is it thin skinned if people SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #57

It's a song. HuckleB Jan 2012 #60

You keep saying "I, me," SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #62

Yes I relate to that story. Some people are standoffish for many reasons. You can understand southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #92

That is one large load of logical fallacies. HuckleB Jan 2012 #121

"where things would have been without him" Cal Carpenter Jan 2012 #61

So John Lennon had no effect on anything. SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #64

Okay Dorian Gray Jan 2012 #72

If you read interviews with him, you see how Lennon was the first to admit his flaws deutsey Jan 2012 #131

almost getdown Jan 2012 #68

well put getdown Jan 2012 #63

A quick note before I go.... I do not have any kind of SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #66

you hit it getdown Jan 2012 #70

+1 for Roger Waters. nt Bonobo Jan 2012 #79

I for one can definitely relate to ya. go west young man Jan 2012 #145

Ironically the big doofus sang "Imagine if all religion is true". Bonobo Jan 2012 #71

+1 progdog Jan 2012 #77

Soggy diaper alert! whistler162 Jan 2012 #75

Backstory? As for Lennon, following is my favorite Strelnikov_ Jan 2012 #78

Didn't ruin my day. randome Jan 2012 #80

lighten up francis n/t ejbr Jan 2012 #81

Ugh. Yuck. HangOnKids Jan 2012 #108

As if I care ejbr Jan 2012 #114

Aren't you special HangOnKids Jan 2012 #116

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I guess I've missed the threads where people are shitting on Lennon's fans fishwax Jan 2012 #91

One man's transformative musical experience is another man's sappy dirge. Throd Jan 2012 #93

Agreed. Withywindle Jan 2012 #140

nice post, somethingfishy pitohui Jan 2012 #102

Or, they only care about it as a lifestyle accessory. MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #117

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our art is who we are as a people handmade34 Jan 2012 #150

K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jan 2012 #103

+1 Zorra Jan 2012 #119

How many posts do we really need on this? undeterred Jan 2012 #105

Sorry For The Unintended Pun... But It Hits Too Many Chords... WillyT Jan 2012 #107

You can trash threads if you don't approve HangOnKids Jan 2012 #109

Yeah, but if I trash it I can't read the replies... undeterred Jan 2012 #115

Ah yes concerned about something being said about you HangOnKids Jan 2012 #120

Gimme a break ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2012 #125

Very well said malaise Jan 2012 #129

I dunno... I kind of liked it renate Jan 2012 #130

i'm on your side. barbtries Jan 2012 #134

How people react to a cover of a song is of little regard to me... LanternWaste Jan 2012 #136

Cirque du Soleil tribute to The Beatles was MAGNIFICENT!!! bvar22 Jan 2012 #137

"Imagine" is pretty much the "Atheist Ballad". PassingFair Jan 2012 #141

I can understand why you're upset. JoeyT Jan 2012 #142

"I understand. Not everyone can grasp the concept of music having a powerful effect on peoples lives roguevalley Jan 2012 #146

I like the Beatles and "Imagine" by John Lennon but I have no idea what you are ranting about. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #152

Except, the only thing that "changed" after "Kennedy was killed" is the U.S. got MORE LIBERAL, apocalypsehow Jan 2012 #153

Ceelo needs to educate himself. go west young man Jan 2012 #155