tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post2583752876330319685..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: LennonMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-10939453267312160252010-12-13T09:12:56.684-05:002010-12-13T09:12:56.684-05:00The "regain a waistline" poppycock is st...<i>The "regain a waistline" poppycock is still being foisted on folks.</i><br /><br />December 12th was the 71st anniversary of Douglas Fairbanks' passing, in case you were wondering. Although as we here at the Monkey well know, Doug never really left us.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-55378075715869548882010-12-13T09:11:08.709-05:002010-12-13T09:11:08.709-05:00I want to wish you LOVE, HEALTH,
and HAPPINESS for...<i>I want to wish you LOVE, HEALTH,<br />and HAPPINESS for the Holiday Season.<br /></i><br /><br />Thanks, yvonne, and the same to you!Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-73162496998169342062010-12-13T08:20:22.336-05:002010-12-13T08:20:22.336-05:00The "regain a waistline" poppycock is st...The "regain a waistline" poppycock is still being <a href="http://lamorguefiles.blogspot.com/2010/12/celebrity-grave-silent-screen-actor.html" rel="nofollow">foisted on folks.</a>Douglas Fairbankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618933609577319699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-39479183667551506872010-12-13T08:19:17.754-05:002010-12-13T08:19:17.754-05:00I am so misunderstood.
I wasn't trying to &qu...I am <i><b>so</b></i> misunderstood.<br /><br />I wasn't trying to "regain a waistline" -- I just wanted to prove to that mouthy Lon Chaney, Jr. [talentless sonuvabitch, if you must know] that I was neither inferior to his dead Pops, nor out of shape.<br /><br />And if it hadn't been for an <i>inadvertent</i> heart attack, he would've eaten crow and never been heard from again.<br /><br />He used my death to spring to success<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />oaky -- truth be told, he was an ass and bet me that his upcoming release <i>Of Mice and men</i> would outsell all of my pictures combined. While I knew he was full o' malarkey, I also knew that I had to re-enter the fray and make some more pictures.Douglas Fairbankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618933609577319699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-36854656633740864802010-12-11T09:04:15.878-05:002010-12-11T09:04:15.878-05:00Just came home from NYC wedding, That was the subj...Just came home from NYC wedding, That was the subject lots of people were talking about, He is not forgotten.<br />I want to wish you LOVE, HEALTH,<br />and HAPPINESS for the Holiday Season.<br /><br />yvonneLa Petite Galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553902574516930172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-68450255083648013262010-12-09T17:02:58.971-05:002010-12-09T17:02:58.971-05:00a lazy, clever, artistic, overly-loved-whilst-stil...<i>a lazy, clever, artistic, overly-loved-whilst-still-abandoned teenage rebel<br /><b><br />Hey, no wonder we like Lennon so much ... </b></i><br /><br /><br />I see you tracked closely<br /><br /><br />of <b>course</b> we love Lennon.<br /><br />He also explained in <i>Lennon Remembers</i> that he was a genius, and that he could play any instrument you gave him.<br /><br />I ebelieve that of me, despite all evidence to the contrary. And I could immediately perform surgery or fly the Space Shuttle if I just set my mind to it.<br /><br /><br />Jesus, Lennon and the Mule = <i>cracked</i><br /><br /><br /><br />a crappy magazine, btw. . . .mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-41619561498730624662010-12-09T13:35:50.157-05:002010-12-09T13:35:50.157-05:00a lazy, clever, artistic, overly-loved-whilst-stil...<i>a lazy, clever, artistic, overly-loved-whilst-still-abandoned teenage rebel</i><br /><br />Hey, no wonder we like Lennon so much ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-80295260913708795442010-12-09T10:15:33.495-05:002010-12-09T10:15:33.495-05:00You won't see meYou won't see meJohn Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878558907871378637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-30302236959266056062010-12-09T10:00:30.258-05:002010-12-09T10:00:30.258-05:00As you know, I have played this song in every band...As you know, I have played this song in every band I've ever been in, including even pickup bands, and it is deep in my DNA. I have sung the fucking thing thousands of times, never once without feeling it. While not my fave, it's in my top ten.<br /><br />Maybe top five.<br /><br /><br /><i>Revolver</i> is the greatest album OF ALL TIMES.<br /><br />You can quote me [on this very original thought]mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-10883798233864414802010-12-09T09:57:54.113-05:002010-12-09T09:57:54.113-05:00Because Lennon's childhood was famously awful....<i>Because Lennon's childhood was famously awful.</i><br /><br />I think that the song reveals more than John Lennon might have wanted it to.<br /><br />I think he had a particularly dreamy, wonderfully-[overly]-loved childhood for post-war England -- right up until he hit the full bridle of English schools/society/system, and the rigidity and expectations of conformity that didn't match what a lazy, clever, artistic, overly-loved-whilst-still-abandoned teenage rebel sought.<br /><br /><br /><b>Then</b> it became famously awful.<br /><br /><br />Oh, yeah -- and you can add in the dead mother thing.<br /><br /><br />I think that when he was a boy, everything was right.mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-89597701333836138792010-12-09T09:08:10.227-05:002010-12-09T09:08:10.227-05:00He got a great song out of it, though.
I suspect ...<i>He got a great song out of it, though.</i><br /><br />I suspect the gap between the mundane moment that inspired it and the greatness of the final product is a measure of Lennon's genius. Sort of like how the Strawberry Field orphanage, in and of itself, was a fairly ordinary place, but he was able to convey what it meant to him in terms that are now classic.<br /><br />You know, Bev, the part of the song I find most curious (while also thinking it's very inspired) is the line "When I was a boy everything was right." Because Lennon's childhood was famously awful. Maybe he was thinking of those moments when he climbed over the wall at Strawberry Field to crash their garden parties. Or maybe it was just wishful thinking. But it's a great bit.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-90569430988138416462010-12-09T08:54:22.239-05:002010-12-09T08:54:22.239-05:00"I know what it is to be sad." And John ...<i>"I know what it is to be sad." And John said it's OK for you & Mr. Mule & Me & thingy to say so.</i><br /><br />That's it <i>exactly</i>.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-72639475412435378602010-12-09T01:28:09.182-05:002010-12-09T01:28:09.182-05:00"I know what it is to be sad." And John ..."I know what it is to be sad." And John said it's OK for you & Mr. Mule & Me & thingy to say so.Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-9281469157427958272010-12-08T22:19:20.535-05:002010-12-08T22:19:20.535-05:00Inspiration for that song is kind of funny - the B...Inspiration for that song is kind of funny - the Beatles were tripping at a Laurel Canyon party and Peter Fonda kept bugging John with an anecdote about how he had died and been resuscitated as a child. Needless to say, this did not improve John's trip. He got a great song out of it, though.Beveridge D. Spenserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236771609113409521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-17979516012637874242010-12-08T17:17:46.572-05:002010-12-08T17:17:46.572-05:00I forgot to mention... I was very young.
Yeah, I ...<i>I forgot to mention... I was very young.</i><br /><br />Yeah, I just assumed you must have been in elementary school, maybe sharing a juice box with the kid who ate paste.<br /><br />Actually, I remember a Saturday Night Live skit about a show called "Where Were You When You Heard Kennedy Had Been Shot" and one of the participants says, "What?! John Kennedy was shot!?"Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-61812713492070013122010-12-08T16:28:47.465-05:002010-12-08T16:28:47.465-05:00I forgot to mention... I was very young.I forgot to mention... I was very young.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903678715925613725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-59112416863766098842010-12-08T16:14:52.312-05:002010-12-08T16:14:52.312-05:00I usually play this sort of thing close to the ves...<i>I usually play this sort of thing close to the vest</i><br /><br />I did that too, for about six years o' blog, but today I thought I'd have to write something.<br /><br />The stuff I'd been reading suddenly didn't smack of "here's what I <b>should</b> write" but was instead "here's what I <b>have</b> to write " and I was struck by the same need.<br /><br />And, in my inimitable style, I just threw it up and watched it drip. . .mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-48948018643026513832010-12-08T16:11:04.441-05:002010-12-08T16:11:04.441-05:00Yeah, I usually play this sort of thing close to t...Yeah, I usually play this sort of thing close to the vest, but in the end I couldn't not say anything ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-16416096278006161102010-12-08T14:31:06.491-05:002010-12-08T14:31:06.491-05:00It is so unlike you, when I clicked on this blog, ...It is so unlike you, when I clicked on this blog, I thought I was going to Mister Muleboy's place.<br /><br />My memory is... I was dating some guy and we heard the news and my eyes filled with tears and my date did a shrug.<br /><br />That was the last date and my eyes still fill with tears for John.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903678715925613725noreply@blogger.com