Shocking Footage Of John Lennon Mocking The Disabled

josephryan1989

I've decided I will never listen to the Beatles EVER again after seeing this video.

The footage shows Lennon contorting his hands and legs and slurring like a disabled person.

John Lennon was clearly a sick evil scumbag and I am glad he is dead.

I hope millions of people never listen to his music again.

kev1.3s

Overreact much?we didn't all grow up in the politically correct 90's

jimgoose

custard gannet

Lennon was a bit of a wanker in general, in fairness. A bit of a 70's Russell Brand, typical leftist with all of the complaints but not one viable alternative way of solving the issues he pontificated on.

Sunnyisland

Imagine that

amdublin

That was shown on a TV show at the weekend called "it was alright in the 60's"

It showed a load of sexist, racist and un-pc stuff shown on tv and done in the 60's which is not acceptable now. They had some commentators watching it from a 2015 perspective and cringing at what they did and the words they used back then.

Boom_Bap

This has been common knowledge for a long long time now.
OP, I think you should Let It Be.

custard gannet

amdublin wrote: »

That was shown on a TV show at the weekend called "it was alright in the 60's"

It showed a load of sexist, racist and un-pc stuff shown on tv and done in the 60's which is not acceptable now. They had some commentators watching it from a 2015 perspective and cringing at what they did and the words they used back then.

I saw the 80's one last week. There was little more cringeworthy than watching some leftards sitting there pretending to be appalled as Bernard Manning cracked a few of his standard jokes.

Actually, there was something worse. The lot of them feigning their disgust at some female impressionist who gatecrashed a morning cookery programme presented by a Jamaican presenter when she proceeded to do some over the top impressions of her in wig and blackface.

The fact that said Jamaican presenter appeared on the retrospective show saying that the invasion was the highlight of her career and all the rent a mob feeling disgusted should get a life would no doubt be lost on them.

Hindsight and the lens of cultural relativity are uneasy bedfellows. There was nothing shocking about that kind of thing, in the time it was done in. Lennon was a product of his time, if he was around now I'm sure he'd behave in a way that is acceptable now.

The past is another country, and the inhabitants are very foreign.

Muahahaha

I'm with the OP on this one. In fact I am so outraged that tomorrow I'm going to fly over to Liverpool, dig up his body and rattle the sh1t out of his bones.

That'll learn him.

Pink Lemons

Reminded me of this scene from Eastbound & Down, now I know where he got the impression from :pac:

Sheep Lover

I do the same sure and I'm a nice gal deep down

Sunnyisland

Muahahaha wrote: »

I'm with the OP on this one. In fact I am so outraged that tomorrow I'm going to fly over to Liverpool, dig up his body and rattle the sh1t out of his bones.

That'll learn him.

You have a problem with that there digging




Lennon was cremated at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, and his ashes were kept by Yoko Ono. Some believe his ashes were scattered in Strawberry Fields, a place dedicated to him in New York City.

Source: http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/GravesOutofLA/johnlennon.htm

Menas

There is controversy Here, There And Everywhere. It does not require a Magical Mystery Tour of interpretation to know The Word means leave it alone. I trust we can all Come Together on that.

Once he met Yoko he experienced Something New as they said Hello Goodbye and he became a Nowhere Man.

Later he may have said I'll Cry Instead. Now he should be saying Let It Be instead of I'm A Loser.

As a result of this Hard Day's Night he is looking at a Ticket To Ride that Long And Winding Road to shame.

Welsh Megaman

A bit mean of him to mock Ringo like that, he's right behind him.

The King of Moo

I want to tell you, there's not much to see here, adored pop star behaving in an inappropriate way (by modern standards). Very few pop stars act naturally

It's common knowledge across the universe that John Lennon was an extremely nasty person who abused his family and was extremely jealous of his bandmates.

Do you want to know a secret?
It doesn't mean that one can't enjoy his music and acknowledge that he was involved in writing some amazing songs. Talent doesn't have to come together with being a nice person. Personally, I feel fine listening to songs he wrote (but mostly with the Beatles. Mother! is some of his solo work not as good).
Crucially, he's also dead, so he won't get any instant karma.

keano_afc

Different era. Heck, watch Bullseye from the 80's and you'll see sexism and misogyny that nobody would get away with today.

Sunnyisland

Delighted Dublin are all Ireland football winners again.










Oops wrong thread

Tropheus

josephryan1989 wrote: »

I hope millions of people never listen to his music again.

I'll only listen to his back catalogue. Won't buy any of his new stuff because of this.

FloatingVoter

Yeah...glad to hear about Dublin. And the rugby is starting off well.

And everybody who ever read so much as a magazine article about Beatle John knows he was mocking and scathing to the point of cruelty. You want nice and PC, Paul will hum you a few bars of Ebony and Ivory.

Kenny Bania

Menas wrote: »

There is controversy Here, There And Everywhere. It does not require a Magical Mystery Tour of interpretation to know The Word means leave it alone. I trust we can all Come Together on that.

Once he met Yoko he experienced Something New as they said Hello Goodbye and he became a Nowhere Man.

Later he may have said I'll Cry Instead. Now he should be saying Let It Be instead of I'm A Loser.

As a result of this Hard Day's Night he is looking at a Ticket To Ride that Long And Winding Road to shame.

That was really crap.

MadDog76

josephryan1989 wrote: »

I've decided I will never listen to the Beatles EVER again after seeing this video.


The footage shows Lennon contorting his hands and legs and slurring like a disabled person.

John Lennon was clearly a sick evil scumbag and I am glad he is dead.

I hope millions of people never listen to his music again.

I haven't listened to The Beatles in ages, I must dig out one of their CD's for the drive to work tomorrow .......... thanks Joey!!

LordSutch

kev1.3s wrote: »

Overreact much?we didn't all grow up in the politically correct 90's

Well said^

John Lennon sang about "Cleanup time" on his last album Double Fantasy in 1980, and indeed that's what has happened in the intervening years since his death. Pre 1980 white people blacked up as the Black & White minstrels, people called disabled people 'cripples', hearing aids were called 'deaf aids, then there was the spastic association where the spastics lived! and there were homes for regards too.Television and society at large was packed full of politically incorrect material back then, from Gay bashing, to people openly talking about wogs & coons on daytime Television!

That's how some people talked back then pre "Cleanup time".

Lennon's behaviour on stage was very mild for the time, and indeed as another poster already said " The past is another country".

From Frankie Howard to Dudley Moore, Bernard Manning, Sean Connery, Oliver Reed to everybody in between who said & did stuff that we would consider to be totally unacceptable (by today's modern standards). Lennon was no exception.

Cienciano

josephryan1989 wrote: »

I've decided I will never listen to the Beatles EVER again after seeing this video.


The footage shows Lennon contorting his hands and legs and slurring like a disabled person.

John Lennon was clearly a sick evil scumbag and I am glad he is dead.

I hope millions of people never listen to his music again.

LOL!

jamesbere

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No posts below us
Above us only mods
Imagine all the boardsie
Living for today...

Imagine there's no after hours
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to moan or complain for
And no water charges too
Imagine all the people
Living life so gay.

Ash.J.Williams

josephryan1989 wrote: »

I've decided I will never listen to the Beatles EVER again after seeing this video.

The footage shows Lennon contorting his hands and legs and slurring like a disabled person.

John Lennon was clearly a sick evil scumbag and I am glad he is dead.

I hope millions of people never listen to his music again.

do you wanna throw down brah?????

Turtyturd

What have the other Beatles done to deserve your scorn OP?

pmasterson95

And here we observe a wild pc oversensitive flower confronted by a glimpse into something not pc. Que hysterics and palpitations.

lertsnim

John Lennon was a wanker. Breaking News

The_Valeyard

jamesbere wrote: »

Imagine there's no boards
It's easy if you try
No posts below us
Above us only mods
Imagine all the boardsie
Living for today...

Imagine there's no after hours
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to moan or complain for
And no water charges too
Imagine all the people
Living life so gay.

That's it, I'm off to read 'Catcher in the rye'. What's your address?

Robbo

He wasn't even the best drummer in the Plastic Ono Band.

seenitall

Candie wrote: »

Hindsight and the lens of cultural relativity are uneasy bedfellows. There was nothing shocking about that kind of thing, in the time it was done in. Lennon was a product of his time, if he was around now I'm sure he'd behave in a way that is acceptable now.

The past is another country, and the inhabitants are very foreign.

You watched a certain period drama on BBC last night, didn't you?

(Please say you did, otherwise I'll look like a nerdy weirdo! )

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." LP Hartley, The Go-Between

What a beautiful quote.

R P McMurphy

seenitall wrote: »

You watched a certain period drama on BBC last night, didn't you?

(Please say you did, otherwise I'll look like a nerdy weirdo! )

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." LP Hartley, The Go-Between

What a beautiful quote.

Brother of J R Hartley who wrote a book about fly fishing

seenitall

seenitall wrote: »

You watched a certain period drama on BBC last night, didn't you?

(Please say you did, otherwise I'll look like a nerdy weirdo! )

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." LP Hartley, The Go-Between

What a beautiful quote.

It's a beautiful quote, but I didn't watch any period dramas last night. It's just one of my favourite truisms.

We're both nerdy wierdos so that's okay.

RWCNT

There's a lot of **** out there on Lennon, this isnt exactly the darkest thing he ever got up to. Disgraceful carry-on but the man beat his wives like.

Im still going to listen to The Beatles, why wouldn't I? If youre not then I'm sure you were never a fan anyway.

Menas

Kenny Bania wrote: »

That was really crap.

Happy to oblige.

Buona Fortuna

I'm shocked and outraged.




But tbf Lennon was a bit of a cnut, and I don't think any of the other beetles would have been on anyone's top 10 to go for pint with - or top 10,000 come to that.





/unsubscribes

Sir Osis of Liver.

Disgraceful.
Someone should shoot some sense into him.

Junkyard Tom

I will stamp on every beetle that crosses my path henceforth.

jamesbere

The_Valeyard wrote: »

That's it, I'm off to read 'Catcher in the rye'. What's your address?

I'll only give it to you if you promise to bring biscuits

ctrl-alt-delete

You'd be lying if you said you have never done an impression of Christy Brown . . .

seenitall

Candie wrote: »

It's a beautiful quote, but I didn't watch any period dramas last night. It's just one of my favourite truisms.

We're both nerdy wierdos so that's okay.

Good. Thanks to you and R P McMurphy there with a fly-fishing reference, I deffo feel I'm in good company at least!

The stuff you can learn in a John Lennon thread, eh?

EDIT: d'oh... feeling more like a Homer Simpson now! Thanks, Google!

toptom

The Beatles wEre a bunch of cornerboys behind it all. Gurriers.

glynf

He did a better impression for Chapman in 1980. Karma's a bitch.

LordSutch

Mark Chapman?

Arytonblue

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

You'd be lying if you said you have never done an impression of Christy Brown . . .

We all wanted to let him take it!

I think people who idolize and set up celebrities and famous folk on completely meaningless and baseless pedestals are the cause over such 'outrage' when the unthinkable emerges, celebrities, musicians and actors have the same propensity to be twats and assholes as us ordinary peasants!:eek: If we always got angry and furious over the assholes throughout the world we'd be pretty occupied on a daily basis OP.

Lennon's stuff was always overrated anyway:p.

The Backwards Man

Cilla and Lennon have tarnished the squeaky clean image of Merseybeat no doubt.

But if this song is about voodoo worship I'm never listening to a Scouse band again.:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29fwB4UtJNE

LordSutch

Arytonblue wrote: »

Lennon's stuff was always overrated anyway:p.

Much of his solo stuff probably? But when Lennon & McCartney sparked off each other, the results were often magic. Lennon with the lyrics, McCartney with the melody (or combinations there of) was how many of the best Beatles tracks were created. Songs that will last forever.

DEFTLEFTHAND

What's shocking about it? I've witnessed countless examples of people doing a mentally handicaped impression. It's distasteful sure and not something I'd find humorous, but there's no point in having an irrational over the top reaction about something John Lennon did on a stage 50 years ago.

FloatingVoter

I feel sorry for the OP when he discovers that

Elvis - was no friend of the vegetarian. He may even have eaten one or two in a burger.
Frank Sinatra - was friends with people who did a line in concrete boots.
Phil Spector - it would be easier to list the sins he didn't commit.
Jerry Lee Lewis - took kissin' cousins to a whole new level.

wendell borton

Well I'm off to listen to some dead Kennedy's while reading Charlie hebdo and watching Monty python, most likely I'll explode due to excessive moral outrage. Goobye cruel world.