jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (02/19/85)
> > A question I must ask here: Huh? If Jimi Hendrix's image wasn't of at least > > equal importance to his music, then I'm the late Paul McCartney. His clothing, > Just who, outside of sixties heads approaching senility (like me?), remembers > or even cares about that stuff? Setting fire to one's guitar kinda pales > next to Sid Vicious stubbing out cigarettes on his arm, or next to Ozzy > Osbourne biting the head off live birds, does it not? Does that make Vicious > or Osbourne the equal or superior to Hendrix? On the contrary, it just serves to underline the importance, at least historically, of Hendrix's image and style. I'm not saying they were copying or stealing ideas from Hendrix, but maybe Vicious and Osborne wouldn't have done those things if Hendrix hadn't set a new precedent by setting fire to his guitar. > What's this about "the late Paul McCartney"? Did he die and no one told me? Sure, don't you remember? He died sometime around 1966. All you have to do is put a mirror across the drum on the cover of the "Sgt. Pepper" album and you'll see. It says, "HE DIE," with an arrow pointing at Paul. There are several other clues on Beatles albums and in their music, but for the best clue, all you have to do is listen to some of the music he's been doing in the last 10 years or so. There's no way it's the same Paul McCartney that did "Eleanor Rigby", "Yesterday" and "I Saw Her Standing There". When the best songs you've done in 10 years are duets with Michael Jackson, it's time to give it up. Of course, everybody knows by now that it was all just a rumour. But now there's this crazy story that John Lennon is dead! Surely they don't expect us to fall for another dead Beatle rumour. -- Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073 {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd}!utcsrgv!dciem!jeff {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeff
marno@ihuxm.UUCP (Marilyn Ashley) (02/20/85)
> Of course, everybody knows by now that it was all just a rumour. But now > there's this crazy story that John Lennon is dead! Surely they don't > expect us to fall for another dead Beatle rumour. Didn't you know? Yoko thought it would be a good career move.