http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=lennon The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:06:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=27699#post-76404 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:36:52 +0000 Mrblacker 76404@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>John Lennon, the former Beatles and hero of the post-hippy movement was nothing more than a bloodthirsty fan of armed conflict, according to the author of a new book about the Liverpudlian.</p> <p>Arthur Whiggam claims that previously undiscovered writings show that far from his peace-loving image, Lennon was in fact secretly calling for a Third World War, just to satisfy his blood lust.</p> <p>"I found the papers stuffed into a cavity in Lennon's white Rolls Royce, and they make devastating reading." Whiggam told reporters.</p> <p>"The clincher was his scribbled lyrics to <em>Give Peace a Chance</em>. In the margins of the original lyric sheet which I found in a door sill, he wrote a few paragraphs which outlined the real meaning of the song."</p> <p>Mr Whiggam says the content is explosive and likely to tarnish the star's lustre.</p> <p>"Giving peace a chance means that there has to be a period of conflict in the first place. And we've not had one yet. Vietnam's too small to be considered a war, so what we need is a mass conflagration that'll wipe out huge numbers of people. The real meaning of the lyric is 'Give peace a chance, but only after you've given it to a bloody good war.'.</p> <p>"I was stunned when I read Lennon's own words. Personally, I always thought he was a bit of a nutter. But I never realised that behind the cannabis, long hair and seemingly insane relationship with Yoko Ono, he was in fact an ardent right-winger who wished for nothing more than the deaths of millions."</p> <p>Mr Whiggam's book <em>Lennon: Give Peace No Fucking Chance</em> is due for publication next month. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=4084#post-11533 Sat, 08 May 2010 17:13:28 +0000 Gary Stanton 11533@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Freelance writer, Keith Pardue, of Yeovil, yesterday confessed to a monumental balls-up after mixing up facts regarding the dead former Beatle with those relating to dog-loving Blue Peter presenter Noakes in his recently-published biographies of the two stars. </p> <p>Friends say Noakes,76, was never consulted by the author of ‘Just Say Noakes’ and was shocked to learn that he had experimented heavily with LSD and hashish whilst touring India in the sixties in a bid for spiritual enlightenment. He also angrily refuted Pardue’s assertion that he was hospitalised later that decade after overdosing on Valerie Singleton, an addiction from which he never recovered. </p> <p>Noakes, who wants it making clear he has never visited Hamburg, also revealed he had been contacted by concerned friends after they read he had been assassinated at the age of 40 in New York by lone gunman Mark Chapman after Chapman had been refused a Blue Peter badge. </p> <p>Meanwhile, Beatles fans who bought a copy of Pardue’s ‘Beatle About The Bush’ – an in-depth chronicle of Lennon’s sexual encounters, ranging from an early ‘misunderstanding’ at a Liverpool kindergarten to the point where he lost interest in Yoko Ono, were surprised to discover the singer had done a stint as a children’s TV presenter and once spent an entire afternoon clearing elephant shit off the floor of the Blue Peter studios. The overweight beast left the calling card out of spite after coming second in a knob-comparison contest to Peter Purves.</p> <p>And music lovers found themselves doubting their own memories after reading the chapter entitled ‘Dogs Against Napalm’, Pardue’s account of the futile Bed-in protest at the Vietnam War, in which he recalls how the couple were joined on the bed by Noakes’ dog ‘Shep’, who made a half-hearted attempt to copulate with Lennon’s outstretched leg in a bid to bring about world peace.</p> <p>Ono last night reacted furiously to the insinuation that she or Lennon had willingly entered into sexual relations with a mature border collie, insisting that, when all is said and done, free love had its limits.</p> <p>‘In Japanese culture dog is filthy animal. Mr Pardue’s suggestion that John or I would allow one into our bed is outrageous ‘, she said.</p> <p>‘Mind you.... have you spoken to Paul McCartney recently? ‘ </p>