John Lennon ~ Murdered at 40 on December 8, 1980 / 11.21.08 Update: Vatican Officially "Forgives" John Lennon For Jesus Joke

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A Vatican newspaper has forgiven the late English singer John Lennon for saying four decades ago that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus.
In an article praising The Beatles, L'Osservatore Romano said Lennon had just been showing off.
Read the whole story here      The_beatles_pictures135
If Lennon were alive now he'd be 68! I think he'd have a pithy comment about this pardon.BBC NEWS Charles Wheeler on the reaction to John Lennon's claim in 1966 (old-timey videotape)

I have a blog with a name that was in inspired by the Beatles song The End from the last line--though  to my dismay it seems that it was a McCartney song with little input from Lennon though as usual, credit went to both: "Lennon-McCartney." I’d chosen it for my first WordPress blog after about 8 years with it for my email addy. The blog, which is about a year old is The Love You Make.

John Lennon was killed about a week after my 21st birthday–which sort of took the wind of that

milestone. It was years before I could listen to a song of his without thinking of how he died.

I wonder if his loved ones will ever be able to?

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    The line “And, in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make” is essentially the Beatles closing statement. It is the last lyric on the last album they recorded. Let It Be was the last album they released, but it was recorded earlier. This contains the only drum solo Ringo ever performed. He hates solos and had to be persuaded to do it. Lennon, McCartney and Harrison took turns doing guitar solos. Each had a distinctive style which McCartney felt reflected their personalities. “Love You” is repeated 24 times. This starts over the end of “Carry That Weight.” It is the last song in a suite at the end of Abbey Road. This ends with a 30-piece orchestra.

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