John Lennon - Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon
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Music CD Cover Artist: John Lennon Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Limited Edition Published: 1997 CD Release Date: 1998-02-24 Music Label: Capitol Product features:
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Free Music Review: The Magnum Opus of a phony...just listen to the lyrics.
Hit: 1 Stars
"Talk is cheap!!!" Whoever said this was 100% correct. Take, for example, John Lennon's famous line "imagine no possessions...." This, coupled with his lavish life-style, accurately sums-up Mr. Lennon's legacy as the epitomy of 1960's excess and contradiction...the legacy of a man with a lot of advice, but, sadly, very little action. Consider this: in an age of first and third world poverty and inequity, a condition which he raged against, John Lennon managed to spend more money on opulence and "chemical gratification" than many of us make in a lifetime. This is documented. Yet, he was cognizant for long enough to preach his shallow musings to the rest of us..."do as I say, but not as I do." Go figure!
A sad legacy indeed, this album aptly depicts, through sound and word, what was wrong with the both Lennon and the utopian dream of the 60's and 70's: a lot of big ideas with no tangible actions to back them up. As a 1960's progressive icon, John Lennon did more by example to damage his cause than he probably ever realized, and one cannot honestly listen to his music without this context in mind. After all, it's one thing to "imagine no possessions"; it's another thing give teeth to an otherside hollow and shallow fantasy. Listener beware!!!