Search Details

Word: lennons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

What's funniest is Lennon's irreverence for England's society, morals, and language. He's at his best in a small piece called "You Might Well Arsk...

Author: By Peter Grantley, | Title: Yeah, Yeah? | 10/22/1964 | See Source »

...seen A Hard Day's Night, John Lennon's little book is disappointing. It contains the same irreverence and humor as the film, without the film's speed and spontaneity...

Author: By Peter Grantley, | Title: Yeah, Yeah? | 10/22/1964 | See Source »

...Lennon constantly assails the hypocrisy of polite society and conventional behavior. Sometimes he attacks them with a sick joke, as in "Randolf's Party," in which all of Randolf's pals and buddies give him a Christmas party by bashing his brains...

Author: By Peter Grantley, | Title: Yeah, Yeah? | 10/22/1964 | See Source »

Using these devices, Lennon mocks pompous politicians, eager brides, mawkish dog-lovers, anything. His sick humor is oten biting and percep- tive, and his rampant word juggling is clever...

Author: By Peter Grantley, | Title: Yeah, Yeah? | 10/22/1964 | See Source »

...sick humor soon become tiresome. Mutilation of words and syntax, here admittedly meaningless, can be amusing. In this book it seems too contrived and heavy handed. Beatle meaninglessness was hilarious in A Hard Day's Night--that title itself means nothing. But the concentrated dose of it in Lennon's volume is too much. He goes on and on, throwing around words growing less imaginative...

Author: By Peter Grantley, | Title: Yeah, Yeah? | 10/22/1964 | See Source »

Previous | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | Next