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LucilleBluth · 28/11/2021 18:52

I have been watching the Beatles documentary and got to thinking about her.

She was in the papers constantly in the 2000s, I remember her being painted as an absolute con artist witch. I googled a few articles about her from the time of the divorce. They are brutal in the misogynistic tone, she’s labelled as a slag, a goer, ex prostitute, you name it.

I don’t think papers write about women in such hash terms anymore. Maybe she was a bit of a twat, whoever married Saint Paul would have suffered at that time I think.

I suppose by AIBU is are the press less misogynistic.

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EYProvider · 17/12/2021 15:35

Which bit didn’t you understand about the Church of Satan being a front for organised crime?

No one is saying that Chapman wasn’t fucking crazy. As are most people who are brainwashed by cults. He was the perfect stooge.

LoveMySituation · 17/12/2021 15:32

Oh right, Kenneth's the one who really did it, and Chapman just thought he'd have a trip all the way from Hawaii, watch it happen, then quite happily sit down on the pavement reading The Catcher in the rye, waiting for the police to arrest him for something he didn't do? So Kenneth, being a film director, knew enough about guns to make sure he got hollow points to make sure the job would be done? Right..

EYProvider · 17/12/2021 15:24

Why? Did Paul meet with Kenneth Anger and give him six bullets for John Lennon as well?

LoveMySituation · 17/12/2021 15:22

Or maybe Paul did it. Y'know cos he found out about John being in love with him, and he didn't want a love triangle situation. Or he wanted to make John the biggest Rockstar ever. Or maybe Olivia, taking revenge for John hitting George that time. Makes about as much sense as some posts on here

EYProvider · 17/12/2021 15:11

And who’s to say that Sam Green’s intentions weren’t absolutely pure, or that Kenneth Anger didn’t just happen to be in the wrong place at the right time on those two occasions (that we know of)?

EYProvider · 17/12/2021 15:07

Who knows, @LoveMySituation? You could be right and it might just be a complete coincidence that Chapman was a westward travelling occultist art collector with a Japanese travel agent, psychiatric hospital visiting satantist wife.

Could be!

LookslovelyinSpringtime · 17/12/2021 15:06

@EYProvider

By the way, John actually thought he was Jesus Christ. He came back from the trip to New York with Paul, went on a 48 hour bender, called a meeting to announce he was Jesus and then shacked up with his stalker (who just happened to be with Roman Polanski on the first day they met). He was never the same from that day forward.
He was taking a shed load of drugs. These things happen!!
LoveMySituation · 17/12/2021 14:52

I really don't think he was 'begging to be shot' More that he was aware of what often happens to figureheads, and possibly a feeling that he'd been violent in the past, so that violence would be coming back to him. Sort of like Instant Karma!

LoveMySituation · 17/12/2021 14:47

John did call a meeting at Apple to announce that he was Jesus. Ringo said 'glad we've got that sorted. Let's go to lunch' Grin

EYProvider · 17/12/2021 14:28

And no, I don’t believe that Sam Green’s inclusion in John Lennon’s will was innocent. Sam Green was a known hustler who had form for shacking up with women like Ono (rich, gullible, bored). John Lennon was a billionaire in today’s money.

You can believe what you want. I was not born yesterday.

EYProvider · 17/12/2021 14:25

You do that. You obviously know nothing about John Lennon.

One comment? He modelled himself on Jesus throughout 1969. His obsession with assassination had started earlier than that, but even then he was begging to be shot. For God’s sake, the opening of Come Together is ‘Shoot me’.

All this is well documented, so I don’t know which bit of it is a conspiracy. Sorry if it shatters your fantasies about the Ballad.

ClaudiaJ1 · 17/12/2021 14:18

Anyway I should have known better than try to reason with a conspiracy theorist. I'm hiding this thread.

ClaudiaJ1 · 17/12/2021 14:13

@EYProvider

By the way, John actually thought he was Jesus Christ. He came back from the trip to New York with Paul, went on a 48 hour bender, called a meeting to announce he was Jesus and then shacked up with his stalker (who just happened to be with Roman Polanski on the first day they met). He was never the same from that day forward.
He made ONE comment when he was on a bender. It doesn't mean he TRULY thought he was Jesus Christ, @EYProvider . You are again taking a 2+2 statement and and getting 17.
ClaudiaJ1 · 17/12/2021 14:12

@EYProvider

You need to do a bit more research, *@ClaudiaJ1*. They most certainly did live in the same apartment.

Also, if you think Sam Green’s inclusion in John’s will was innocent, you are very naive.

I have. They most certainly did NOT live in the same apartment. That has been DEBUNKED many times. You need to do your research because you are misinformed.

I think if you truly believe Sam Green's inclusion in the will isn't because JL wanted him in there, you are naive and very susceptible to being brainwashed by conspiracist lies.

EYProvider · 17/12/2021 14:10

By the way, John actually thought he was Jesus Christ. He came back from the trip to New York with Paul, went on a 48 hour bender, called a meeting to announce he was Jesus and then shacked up with his stalker (who just happened to be with Roman Polanski on the first day they met). He was never the same from that day forward.

EYProvider · 17/12/2021 14:07

You need to do a bit more research, @ClaudiaJ1. They most certainly did live in the same apartment.

Also, if you think Sam Green’s inclusion in John’s will was innocent, you are very naive.

ClaudiaJ1 · 17/12/2021 13:57

@EYProvider

Meanwhile, John was obsessed with the idea that (1) he was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, and (2) he would be assassinated.
@EYProvider He made a throwaway comment about being bigger than Jesus, once. He wasn't serious.

ALL famous people are convinced they'll be assassinated. It means nothing.

Once again, you are adding 2+2 and getting 17, instead of 4.

Also John was very close to Sam so clearly wanted him in the will himself.

ClaudiaJ1 · 17/12/2021 13:54

@EYProvider

The Church of Satan was peripherally linked to the Manson murders through Kenneth Anger.

John and Yoko were living in the apartment where Rosemary’s Baby was filmed. Yoko was obsessed with the occult and her life revolved around voodoo, hypnotism, tarot, numerology, astrology and heroin.

@EYProvider They lived in the same apartment building where Rosemary's Baby was filmed. They didn't live in the actual apartment. The Dakota has famous, rich people and producers who live in the building. Are they all Satanists? You are making up lies. You're adding 2+2 and getting 17.
LoveMySituation · 15/12/2021 00:27

They all look like they're not sleeping much though. And that secretly recorded convo in the cafeteria between John and Paul was illuminating

LookslovelyinSpringtime · 14/12/2021 23:16

@LoveMySituation

I'm finally on episode two of Get Back. Seeing Paul tearing up as they talk about George leaving is very moving. And seeing them joking around, and playing all the old Hamburg songs is great, feels much better than Let it be. And seeing them actually recording the takes that ended up on the album, after 30 years of just hearing it is brilliant
Yes it’s just fabulous, isn’t it?
LoveMySituation · 14/12/2021 23:09

I'm finally on episode two of Get Back. Seeing Paul tearing up as they talk about George leaving is very moving. And seeing them joking around, and playing all the old Hamburg songs is great, feels much better than Let it be. And seeing them actually recording the takes that ended up on the album, after 30 years of just hearing it is brilliant

LoveMySituation · 08/12/2021 21:08

But no brocoli emoji!

LoveMySituation · 08/12/2021 21:06

Ringo's sent John peace and loveGrin

LookslovelyinSpringtime · 08/12/2021 19:24

No that’s not what I meant.

EYProvider · 08/12/2021 19:22

That’s what you took from the clip? That it’s sad because his voice has deteriorated?

He’s nearly 80. He was 67 in that video. He’s spent half life belting out Little Richard numbers. What do you expect?