Local Matters The Philosophers Cafe 225-7th Ave. (downtown ) Kamloops BC third Tuesday 6:30pm. to 9 pm. The Beatles, “The Word” This is John Lennon’s initiatory declaration, from 1965’s Rubber Soul, of the philosophy that would come to characterize some of his greatest songs in the following years, from “All You Need is Love” and “Come Together” to “Imagine” and “Mind Games”: that “the word is ‘love.’” But more than this simple assertion, Lennon singing “Now that I know what I feel must be right, I’m here to show everybody the light” indicates that “love,” by which he seems to mean compassion, empathy, and care for others, is the result of a deeply felt epiphany, a kind of conversion experience. That he exhorts the listener to “say the word and you’ll be free” suggests that love for others is the way to free oneself from the limiting confinement of one’s self-centered fears and insecurities. The answer, he seems to assert, is to give one’s life to something greater than one’s individual needs and neuroses. youtu.be/VGopUELFC-I
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:11:04 +0000
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015