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The Us Vs. John Lennon

16th May 07
Format: Cinema
Mood: Nostalgic

Is there a modern day equivalent to John Lennon? Musically, maybe, but John Lennon the muso/peace activist? We think not.

In the 1970s, after the Beatles split, Lennon went all left-wing, writing peace anthems staging brilliant PR stunts and generally rallying against The Man. Of course, this didn’t please Tricky Dicky, who, true to form, did everything in his presidential power to shut the meddling hippy down, including, it seems, bugging his phones and threatening him with deportation.

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