
Remember the infamous Albert Goldman book ‘The Lives of John Lennon’?
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Goldman portrayed Lennon and his wife, Yoko Fucking Ono, as what they really were. High maintenance freaks, hypocrites and basically cunts of the highest order.
The outrage and indignation from Beatles fans, Lennon apologists and professional Scousers was like a tidal wave. And Lennon (and Fucking Ono) were painted like they were two heroes.
Now, this shit is happening all over again. Biographer Philip Norman has just put out a book about George Harrison.
Now, Norman (great name) upset and offended Beatle geeks years ago. He wrote an obituary for Harrison when he died in 2001. Which basically said George was a miserable cunt who always complained about his ‘lot’ as a Beatle. Norman also wrote about Harrison being a serial shagger, including his mate – Ringo Starr’s – first wife.
All true, but the fans went divvy, Calling Norman’s obit ‘drivel’ and ‘outrageous’. I read it and personally saw nothing wrong with it. But Norman is getting this stick again because his book tells us about how Harrison was a cunt to his first wife Pattie Boyd (Boyd confirms this), and how he also cheated on his second wife with hookers (McCartney all but confirmed this in Scorcese’s Harrison film). Harrison is also portrayed as misanthropic and paranoid. Even when McCartney and (mostly) Lennon tried to give him a leg up or compliment him (like the 1969 ‘Something’ as an A Side), he always saw wrong in it or it was too little too late. Norman also states that Harrison was not a great guitarist, singer, or writer. And Geoff Emerick (Beatles engineer and assistant to George Martin) said the same thing a while back. And, of course loony fans rounded on Emerick, just like they are doing now with Norman.
Nothing outrageous or new has been said in Norman’s book. But like the Goldman tome about Lennon, Beatles apologists are up in arms and ranting about how Harrison was as good as Clapton and Page as a guitarist (he wasn’t) and making out he was like Gandhii in a rock band.
And Gandhi was a cunt anyway.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/134696221
And here is the obituary that ‘offended’ so many Beatle fancunts.
Harrison Obituary Link.
Nominated by : Norman