that's very interesting and i sort of agree in that i think growing away from your formative influences is a natural enough process.
Lennon pretty much kept me alive during my school days and his music and life still act as a touchstone for me... but not in the same way anymore, not with the same intensity.
i'm glad about that, not only does it mean i have my own life (ha ha!) it also means i see the reality and humanity of Lennon's life, warts and all.
And if some uniqueness and freshness are lost, i still appreciate the wonderful things generated by a bunch of boys from an average suburb in an average town in an average country at a profoundly average point in time - if anything they seem all the more extraordinary in that way.
Lennon in fiction? well there are Beatle fan-fics of every kind on the web though i've hardly read any, but there's an interesting couple of stories by Poppy Z. Brite that turn up in anthologies now and again. :)
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Date: 2010-02-07 12:29 am (UTC)Lennon pretty much kept me alive during my school days and his music and life still act as a touchstone for me... but not in the same way anymore, not with the same intensity.
i'm glad about that, not only does it mean i have my own life (ha ha!) it also means i see the reality and humanity of Lennon's life, warts and all.
And if some uniqueness and freshness are lost, i still appreciate the wonderful things generated by a bunch of boys from an average suburb in an average town in an average country at a profoundly average point in time - if anything they seem all the more extraordinary in that way.
Lennon in fiction? well there are Beatle fan-fics of every kind on the web though i've hardly read any, but there's an interesting couple of stories by Poppy Z. Brite that turn up in anthologies now and again. :)