tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post5976043714582145991..comments2023-12-14T10:28:43.397+00:00Comments on Declan Burke: A Working Class Hero Is Something To BeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-28296559571686051032010-12-08T18:13:05.725+00:002010-12-08T18:13:05.725+00:00I always thought John's social commentary song...I always thought John's social commentary songs were better than the saccharine stuff. He was truly a unique, highly talented individual, and I remember the turning of my stomach when "I heard the news." These are really terribly times for the ordinary guy, particularly as we watch the perpetrators enjoy themselves. Whenever I read about the Celtic Tiger in the news, I think of you. Here in the states, I think we are still in a desperate kind of denial-strange days.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-54335354699535894482010-12-08T17:27:54.752+00:002010-12-08T17:27:54.752+00:00I also was watching Monday Night Football when How...I also was watching Monday Night Football when Howie (RIP) broke the news. Dandy Donjust passed away too. They made a great pairSean Patrick Reardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051252366031997054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-81928580587266759422010-12-08T17:12:34.190+00:002010-12-08T17:12:34.190+00:00Over here a lot of places are playing the announce...Over here a lot of places are playing the announcement made by Howard Cosell during Monday Night Football (which, I admit, is what I was watching at the time).<br /><br />In some ways John Lennon was one of the first celebrities to really mature and change in full public view. He always had that edge, even with early songs like, <i>Run For Your Life</i> ("I'd rather see you dead little girl, than to be with another man,") mixed with some pretty sappy idealism.John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-58516919225386388552010-12-08T13:49:46.885+00:002010-12-08T13:49:46.885+00:00Not too familiar with most of Lennon's post-Be...Not too familiar with most of Lennon's post-Beatles catalog. Thanks for posting this. It is just as you described, and I love it.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-45701912258774876642010-12-08T12:23:25.358+00:002010-12-08T12:23:25.358+00:00The Beatles were the first group I can remember be...The Beatles were the first group I can remember being exposed to from my uncles copy of Meet the Beatles that my Gandmother had at her house. I worshipped them for a long time and John was always my favorite. I agree WCH is a tremendous song and the lyrics really are good. Green Day did a worthy cover not to long ago.Sean Patrick Reardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051252366031997054noreply@blogger.com