The Beatles are my heroes. All 4 of them. I believe all of them to be genuine heroes.
They are heroic because they never sold out or compromised their feelings. They were free. They were not frightened of anyone. They were not frightened to say how they felt. They said encouraging things. They were admirable people you could identify with. They said things I wished I had said. They were talented and could create excitement. They were achieving great things. They had lives I wished I had. Plus they were all nice people. I can listen to all their music over and over again without getting bored. There is no Beatle song that I don't like. The Beatles song I most admire is Across The Universe. When I first heard this song I thought it was a fairly clever little song. Clever lyrics about nothing in particular. John Lennon could write this stuff all day. Referring to love and the world. Referring to the cosmos and the infinite universe. The chorus was obviously made on a tape that was being played backwards. The words were impossible to understand. Were they even words? It was obviously John Lennon playing tricks on his fans by playing a tape backwards and letting them surmise what the deeper meaning was. It was only later when I saw a lyric sheet that it suddenly became plain. What a genius song. Jai Guru Diva Ohm. Nothings gonna change my world. Nothings gonna change my world. The first 4 are buzzwords. Some of these words in themselves developed into quite large and influential counter culture movements of the impressionistic late 60's. And then continued well into the 70's. The Buzzwords are followed by Lennons summing up. John Lennon was an interested skeptic. He was always looking for what the counter culture offered but he was always skeptical. And he wasn't afraid to make fun. He could always include the killer punch. As he had in this song. He was clever in the extreme.
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