I try NOT to judge her too harshly....she DID influence John to write some very memorable songs of course....
However...
John always seemed FAR more Besotted with her...and "Pushing her"...like a product....than she ever seemed to acclaim him..
I found her rather menacing "too quiet"...saying nothing yet noticing everything & "always Whispering" to John...in "Let it Be" to be rather disturbing...as no doubt did Paul, George & Ringo....!
But then....What if Ringo had said: "Maureen must ALWAYS be present" - Lennon would probably have Totally FLIPPED !
I BET John would NOT have agreed to that....indeed Not all Women...only Yoko... were that "Liberated" it appears...?
Others have said some very uncomplimentary things about her...maybe true maybe not...
Yet....
I find it very hard to equate the Radical Revolutionary "Free spirited" Anti Materialistic non conformist : "Don't Worry , Don't Worry, Don't Worry...." lady screaming....writhing about in a bag at Lennon's feet ...telling the world to:
"Destroy all the clocks in the world & paint your Bottom blue"...etc
...with the HARD NOSED PIN STRIPE SUITED TIDY HAIRED FEMALE "BUSINESSMAN" of post 8 December 1980.....who made a fortune in REAL ESTATE ....
.....and later then ensured her highly unique own performance....every scream, every groan etc...was CAREFULLY EDITED OUT of "John Lennon Live in New York" album...in order to to ensure it SOLD Better....and who we are told always drives a VERY Hard bargain re the Lennon image etc...
A curious About turn of character eh....?
I'm rather dubious about her as a result....
Also...I ask myself :
Would John Lennon have later put a Blood stained item of HERS on one of HIS Albums covers ...had the targets been reversed ...?
these points always Nag away in the back of my mind whenever I think of her....