MIND GAMES: John Lennon & The Manchurian Candidate

Was about to enter into politics right before he was killed. – You can kill the Messenger but you can never kill the Message.  ‘Imagine’; ‘You can say I’m a Dreamer, but I’m not the only one’.

In Ray Coleman’s biography of John Lennon, he quotes the artist circa 1969, “I’d like to be like Christ, [he described himself as a Christian communist] in a pure sense, not in the way Russia or Italy think of Christianity or communism…Every body’s uptight [fearful] and they’re always building these walls around themselves. All you can do is try to break down the walls and show them that there’s nothing there but people… I only know that peace can exist, and the first thing is for the world to disarm…I think I’ll win because I believe in what Jesus said.“-LENNON , McGraw-Hill, 1984. pgs -374-381.

The CIA, MK ultra, and the killing of another messenger of Peace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBO77hS010k

Not so strange Lennon was not so popular in ‘high places’. His opposition to totalitarian forces killed him….. like Jesus Christ, and all peacelovers after him.

As soon as you’re born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all

A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you’re clever and they despise a fool
Till you’re so fucking crazy you can’t follow their rules

A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

When they’ve tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can’t really function you’re so full of fear

A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you’re so clever and class less and free
But you’re still fucking peasants as far as I can see

A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

There’s room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill

A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

If you want to be a hero well just follow me
If you want to be a hero well just follow me

Norwegian:

I Ray Coleman’s biografi om John Lennon, siterer han artisten fra ca. 1969, ‘Jeg liker å være som Kristus, [han beskrev seg selv som en kristen kommunist] i den beste mening av begrepet, ikke på den måten Russland og Italia tror om kommunismen eller kristendommen‘ Alle mennesker er overanspente og fryktfulle og de bygger alltid disse murene rundt seg selv. Alt du kan gjøre er å bryte ned disse murene og vise dem at det er ikke noen annet der enn mennesker’ Jeg vet bare at fred kan bli en realitet, og det første ting verden må gjøre er å ruste ned’ Jeg tror jeg vinner fordi jeg tror på hva Jesus sa.’-LENNON, McGraw-Hill, 1984. pgs -374-381.

Under ungdomsopprøret på 60-tallet forstod de veldig godt at om en ikke er en del av løsningen, så er en en del av problemet.