On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 00:13:17 -0500 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
writes:
> James Farmelant wrote:
>
> >So what is the big deal concerning these revelations? Anybody
> >who knows anything about John Lennon knows that he was
> >oppenly supportive of Irish republicanism and of leftist politics.
> >Ali Tariq was a friend of his who published a famous interview
> >with Lennon in the early 1970s on political matters. I guess the
> >only revelation here is the British government's reluctance to
> >release classified information concerning Lennon most of which
> >is probably stuff well known to his fans.
>
> Ok, so what's the story with the "you're still fucking peasants as
> far as I can see" conclusion to "Working Class Hero"?
As I recall that line follows these rather Marcusean lines: "Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and classless and free."
Jim F.
>
> Doug
>
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