Remember that guy who appeared on X Factor claimed to have funnelled the ghost of John Lennon into a special magic tape-recorder?
Remember how he proceeded to dance about and sing along to the ghostly Lennon’s voice? Remember how you laughed and laughed – and then felt a bit guilty about laughing because you suspected that the poor old gentleman was going to go home straight afterwards and take his own life in a flood of suicidal tears?
Well. He has nothing on this.
Plans are underway on a US pay-per-view channel to screen a show entitled The Spirit Of John Lennon which will show a bunch of crazy psychics travelling around a bunch of Lennon-centric locations and trying to contact the deceased pop star. And hopefully give Lennon (CDs) a good telling-off for writing such a big load of bollocks as Imagine.
The whole shebang is being organised by one Mr. Paul Sharratt, head of the glitzily-titled Starcast Productions. He waffles thus:
"Lennon was very interested in the spiritual world … We are writing to Yoko and contacting friends this week
to see if any people associated with Lennon would take part."
But it isn’t just over-rated dead Beatles that Sharratt and his buddies are trying to get in touch with. The last pay-per-view seance special was one which purported to contact Official Daily Mail Bestest Most Special Lady Who Ever Lived Princess Diana.
Bizarrely – and rather cleverly deflecting the criticism that all this psychic malarkey is a big load of silly toss – Sharratt himself claims that he is something of a sceptic when it comes to these issues.
Speaking of the Diana programme, he said:
"I have to say that I’m a sceptic. I went into it very sceptically and
I didn’t come out a total believer, but it was good for a lot of people
as a tribute to Diana.’
God knows what the assorted psychics intended to ask the dead Princess. Although hecklerspray will never forget
the horror of that fateful day when the Queen Of Hearts left us
forever. It still brings a tear to our eye.
Come on – a dead royal and
no tax rebate? That’s a tragedy and no mistake.
Read More:
Psychics To Try Contacting Lennon In TV Seance – Yahoo!
[story by C J Davies]
Carolyn says
John Lennon is NOT overrated he is rightly recognized as the extremely talented man he was! Read Mark Lewisohn’s great music diary The Beatles recording sessions and see how truly innovative,creative and brilliant John AND Paul were as singer song writers! Many of their recording engineers and tape operators are interviewed in this book too,including Norman Smith who went on to produce Pink Floyd,Geoff Emerick,Ken Scott who went on to work with David Bowie,and Alan Parsons a highly impressed Beatles fan who was one of the engineers on their last two great albums,Let it Be and Abbey Road.
Brilliant classical composer and conducter Leonard Bernstein called John Lennon and Paul McCartney the two greatest composers of the 20th century,Brian Wilsin also said this about them on a 1995 ABC Nightline Beatles tribute show. Elton John was also interviewed on a CBS Morning news show in 1991 and was asked,who he musically admires and he said you can talk about your Rogers and Hammerstein,but for the quanity of quality songs Lennon and McCartney wrote in that short period (just 8 years!) of time,they were the two most brilliant musical composors of the 20th century.
Even heavy metal frontman Ozzy Osbourne said in a 2001 online Bender Magazine article that The Beatles are the Greatest Band To Ever Walk The Earth! He’s been a huge fan since he was a teenager! At least six music professors good universities are teaching courses on The Beatles. One is award winning music professor and classical composer Dr.Glen Gass at Indiana and he’s been teaching a course on rock music and The Beatles since 1982. On his we site for this course it says,that he teaches about this extrodinary group and song writing partnership and that one of the main purposes of this course is to get students to have a better appreciation for The Beatles remarkable recordings.
Dr.Gary Kendall’s Beatles course is the most requested at North Western University.
Ranjan Ebenezer Thomas says
It’s damn heartening to read someone who openly testifies to the genius of “Lennon&McCartney”. John Lennon can never ever be over-rated. The two Liverpool lads still bring music to over half a billion hearts every other day. Thanks for publishing that fabulous piece.
Stefan Wever says
Guys, the name of this website is “Heckler Spray”! I’m as big a Beatle fan as anyone, if not more, but you just have to chuckle at it! Don’t take life so seriously! Anyone that feels they have to trot out a littany of the Beatles’ accomplishments, or a plethora of praise for the boys has not been paying attention! :)
ELLIE TURNBULL says
THANKS STEFAN, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO GO INTO A COMPLETE TIRADE AND THEN I READ YOUR MESSAGE. THANKS AGAIN I CAN START BREATHING NOW BECAUSE MY ANGER HAS SUBSIDED.AND I AM ONCE AGAIN SANE AND AT PEACE WITH THE WORLD ALTHOUGH I AM STILL GRITTING MY TEETH, I AM GETTING THERE.
Stefan Wever says
Glad to be of service…now go listen to Let It Be!!! :)
Amanda J says
Yes, it is a “heckler” website, but I believe that it was pointless to go as far as calling John overrated. There are many people (including myself) who look up to him very much as a person and as a songwriter… and that was pushing it.
Stefan Wever says
Nobody looks up to him more than I do and I just chuckled at the ridiculousness of it all. Of course it was pointless, because there is really no point to this website other than to heckle. For them to compliment John would be pointless and insulting to John’s memory. :)
Eddie Tyrell says
I pitty people who write articles bad mouthing the Beatles, simply to get a reaction.
It works, but is it worth it?
John Lennon Overratted, almost as much a joke as this program sounds!
Get real!!
Peace and love