Day One Hundred Fifteen: Saturday, April 27, 2013
A Few of my Favourite Things Series #4: Beatle
Oh my, how I’ve struggled. Do we all really need a favourite
Beatle? I think each of them are my
favourite in many ways, but if I had (and do, because I’ve decided I have to)
to choose a favourite member of the Beatles I would have to choose John
Lennon. I almost said Yoko Ono there,
but in fear of getting scrutinized for not being funny I deferred.
John Lennon,
the Beatles, Yoko and Beyond
It is obvious that it is hard for me to choose because
I do love Paul and Ringo and George, but John Lennon has that thing around him,
that nonchalant genius thing, that caring loving emphasis on people that really
gets to me. I cry every time I hear
Imagine or his Christmas song with Yoko, and I really do just genuinely enjoy
his antics. Yes, his antics, because
I’ve read I Met the Walrus and what
he was getting up to was shenanigans, but who could blame him? He was John fucking Lennon, I bet he’s up to
no good wherever he is now, too, and I hope he sees how heartily he inspired
people.
I suppose that’s all I have to say. I don’t love him best because I enjoy the
songs he wrote better than the others. I
don’t love him best because he seems to be the most symbolized (even though
George Harrison was and lives on as a badass to me). John Lennon is my favourite because of what
he means to my own values, and what he represents among the other artists and
figures that I admire.
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