John Lennon

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Elton John and John Lennon's 'whirlwind romance' timeline explained (Smooth Radio)

According to Elton John, he and John Lennon did "a lot of naughty, naughty things together" during their fleeting friendship in the 1970s.

The fact that he got back together with your mum and then they had you." And we talked about music, we talked about records we loved." Sean responded at the time saying "And other things. I hate posers and I hate attitude and your dad didn't have any of it." We had a lot of fun. He goes on to tell Sean that his dad "was as kind and as generous and sweet and we just hit it off immediately. "We did a lot of naughty, naughty things together. "After that and then you were born, I really didn't hear or see your dad at all and I didn't mind because you know what, he was so happy being back with your mum, and he was so enchanted having you that it was his life had become another thing and so I didn't really speak to him or see him that much at all or hear from him." "The radio shows we liked, the songs we liked, we didn't like, and your dad was just a fountain of knowledge." Elton chatted to John's son Sean about the reason they got on so well in such a short space of time, saying: "We laughed so much because we talked about the 50s and 60s and where we grew up." "I was meeting any of The Beatles and they all treated me so brilliantly, but your dad had that edge that none of the other Beatles had kind of because he wasn't afraid to say what he thought." During a conversation with Sean Lennon in celebration of John Lennon's 80th birthday, Elton revealed: "I was a little bit, obviously I was in awe."

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The reason why John Lennon called a Neil Young song “garbage” (Far Out Magazine)

Since his death, John Lennon has been hero-worshipped the world over, seemingly reaching quasi demigod status like no other. However, it is this notion that ...

Although Young admired Lennon greatly, he felt compelled to come out and defend the meaning of his creation which he felt had been misconstrued by the bespectacled Beatle. The Canadian explained: “The essence of the rock ‘n’ roll spirit to me, is that it’s better to burn out really bright than to sort of decay off into infinity. While Young’s song does undoubtedly celebrate tragedy, in his view, it was more about the immediacy of rock ‘n’ roll than anything else. You know, I’m sorry that he died and all that — I’m sorry for his family — but he didn’t whip cancer. Because he sure as hell faded away and came back many times, like all of us. Lennon continued: “They’re saying John Wayne conquered cancer — he whipped it like a man. Heartbreakingly, the track Cobain quoted in his final act celebrates fallen rockstars who lived in the fast lane and, as a result, tragically die prematurely.

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