Posts Tagged ‘John Lennon’

‘The Prisoner,’ is a cult classic from ‘back in the day.’ The Prisoner is a secret agent for the UK who resigns but ends up in a place called ‘The Village.’ He can’t escape from The Village, in fact every time he is about to, a large white blob known as ‘Rover’ comes and captures him;

Just like when, anytime we are about to escape ( our everyday existence) our memes show up and capture us back.

The later songs of John Lennon also come to mind when he writes of doing nothing but watching the wheels go ’round and people ask him what’s the matter he no longer plays the game.(He’s resigned.)

 ’Strange days‘ as well; everyone’s got something cooking but there’s nothing in the pot.

On Magical Mystery Tour, new music artist George Harrison has a song about a place called Blue Jay Way and he entreats his friends (who have lost their way) not to be long. The words are framed so it definitely sounds like a plea not to be long (in getting to Blue Jay Way, presumably ) but the real meaning of the song is don't belong.

The Beatles were always confounded by the movements such as 'hippies' and 'free love,' that sprang up, supposedly at the suggestion of something they had said in a song, very much like the movie 'The Life of Brian,' when he tells his followers to 'think for themselves,' and they all start chanting 'think for our selves,' 'think for our selves.' Finally, in desperation he runs away and throws his shoe at his followers telling them to leave him alone but they, of course, don't get the message and someone picks up the shoe, saying it's a sign and a movement begins of those who follow 'the shoe.'

Ultimately movements are just another way that we by-pass the issue which is, by the way, think for yourself, be self determined and free. However well intentioned a movement is, we are just giving away our power by saying we endorse a particular group to make our decisions and think for us. Even though we might be led to believe that there is more power in numbers, we are really subscribing to and defining our own limitations.

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