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Paul McCartney's instantly notorious first public comment on John Lennon's murder in December 1980 - "It's a drag" - was at the time held up as an example of gross insensitivity by an estranged friend. In reality it was the understatement of devastation. There's a telling line in...
And in the song's stunning coda, Lennon set to music a repeated plea that was primal and universal. "Mama don't go... Daddy come home." His howls of anguish - unheard-of in popular music - were truth at 33 revolutions per minute.
Lennon's admirers accept those faults, just as Martin Luther King's personal failings are put in perspective by the greatness of his achievements. We know that heroes are flawed. And we are sad for those they hurt. However, those weaknesses don't diminish the overall achievements. They are simply...
Once more, to be with you dear Just for tonight, to hold you tight Once more, I'd give a fortune If I could see you, once more Forget the past This hurt can't last Oh, I don't want it to keep us apart Your love I crave...
"Attendance numbers have gone down, and there seems to be less loyalty to the IOP, but that's not because we don't reach out to students," he says.