I wore a shirt the other day that had a picture of John Lennon on it and it said "Imagine There's No Yoko." A nice pun off of John's song Imagine. I got the shirt a couple years ago in London, and everytime I wear it I always get laughs. Sometimes people ask me "what exactly did Yoko do to make everyone hate her?" Awwww heck, she really didn't do anything. WHAT? I cant believe I said that, but its true. We Beatles fans just use her as an excape goat for the breakup for the Beatles, when it was really John, Paul, George and Ringo's fault.
They broke up for the same reason they were so successful; they were all individually successful musicians, each with their own style. You can listen to their later albums, such as the White Album and Abbey Road, and hear the distance that has grown between them. John wanted to make more 'political' and 'hidden meaning' music. Paul thought it would be a bad idea to be political. Paul wanted to make happy, love music. George had become very religious and wanted to make more religious/Indian music. And Ringo was just fed up with it all, he was tired of being on the back burner and no one listening to his comments, opinions and songs.
Yes Yoko had a little to do with it, but everyone and anyone at that time did. The only difference was Yoko was always around, attending nearly every recording at the studio. The Beatles had always said that no one but them would attend the recordings, making much easier to create their music. Yoko was always there, sitting right by John, and would sometimes make comments on what they were doing. Yes this frustrated the rest of the Beatles, but is not why they broke up. She was just there at the wrong time.
Awww heck, simply put, Yoko and John were as in love as your could possibly be. When they relationship was new was the same time the band were going separate ways. And its just easier to point at the new, strange person and yell rape.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Justice League....now?
Aww heck! What happened to our nation's pride and patriotism? Within the past several years it has dwindled so much that our culture tries to keep it our of reach of our children. YA! I know!
Think about it, most schools no longer do the Pledge of Allegiance because some people refuse to do it. Well, let those kids just sit there, or walk out of the room if need be. But as for the rest, stand up and do the damn Pledge. Most people don't even know it anymore. I remember being in Elementary School (barely) and doing the pledge every morning, as we had our hands over our hearts and faced the flag of our nation. I also remember having music class. Yes, we mainly did silly kid songs, but sometimes we did patriotic songs.
As a kid my favorite FAVORITE cartoon was GI-JOE the real AMERICAN hero. Boy, have they given up on the American part. There is a Gi-Joe live action movie coming out this year. I was so excited when I first heard this. Not so much anymore. They are no longer American, its now an international force fighting terrorism. WTF?! Roadblock is now an African soldier, and (I think Radar) is a FRENCH soldier!!!!??? French?? Are you f****ng kidding me? Gi-Joe with a French frog fighting along side Duke? So in the movie, when they are fighting Cobra, is Radar gonna throw his gun down and surrender? Ugh!
And remember the Justice League of America. Well, of course they took of the last word. Now its just Justice League. However, what bothers me the most about Justic League is how its formed. They all supposed to be equals. Are you kidding me. Think about it. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman. Equal? Are you telling me that a man that can fly, stop bullets with his BODY, and bend steel is equal to a man with a utility belt, a woman with a whip and magical braclets, and a man who can control the creatures of the sea? I think not.
Batman is simply a prop comedian, like Carrot Top. Thats all he has. Batman needs to get to the top of a building, he either takes the elevator or shoots a hook and climbs up a rope. Superman......flies. And yes, Aquaman can be a bit helpful if there are all kinds of wrong going on in the Ocean, but aww heck!
Think about it, most schools no longer do the Pledge of Allegiance because some people refuse to do it. Well, let those kids just sit there, or walk out of the room if need be. But as for the rest, stand up and do the damn Pledge. Most people don't even know it anymore. I remember being in Elementary School (barely) and doing the pledge every morning, as we had our hands over our hearts and faced the flag of our nation. I also remember having music class. Yes, we mainly did silly kid songs, but sometimes we did patriotic songs.
As a kid my favorite FAVORITE cartoon was GI-JOE the real AMERICAN hero. Boy, have they given up on the American part. There is a Gi-Joe live action movie coming out this year. I was so excited when I first heard this. Not so much anymore. They are no longer American, its now an international force fighting terrorism. WTF?! Roadblock is now an African soldier, and (I think Radar) is a FRENCH soldier!!!!??? French?? Are you f****ng kidding me? Gi-Joe with a French frog fighting along side Duke? So in the movie, when they are fighting Cobra, is Radar gonna throw his gun down and surrender? Ugh!
And remember the Justice League of America. Well, of course they took of the last word. Now its just Justice League. However, what bothers me the most about Justic League is how its formed. They all supposed to be equals. Are you kidding me. Think about it. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman. Equal? Are you telling me that a man that can fly, stop bullets with his BODY, and bend steel is equal to a man with a utility belt, a woman with a whip and magical braclets, and a man who can control the creatures of the sea? I think not.
Batman is simply a prop comedian, like Carrot Top. Thats all he has. Batman needs to get to the top of a building, he either takes the elevator or shoots a hook and climbs up a rope. Superman......flies. And yes, Aquaman can be a bit helpful if there are all kinds of wrong going on in the Ocean, but aww heck!
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