I see her more as an Aunt Mimi stand in. Older, cold, domineering - just what John wanted in a woman. Someone from whom he could constantly seek to gain approval, someone to tell him what to do and when to do it.
Agree. And thats something you'd expect from a person with a childhood like John's. And I suppose that's why he was sort of growing colder towards Cyn as years went by.
i dont know about the yoko thing but john did become very introverted and basically went from cheeky lad to quite the opposite what could have caused that ? drugs, depression, growing older ?
I wonder if he actually knew what he was doing, or where he was going at that time.
Probably he didnt. I suppose the drugs, depression, growing old, playing in the same old band it was all getting to him and when he sees the japanese artist and she becomes all mysterious to him and stuff, it turns him on... he found something new and from then on he is blinded by love (until a certain point in time). So she leads the way, rather than he does.
I'd say he was subservient to women in general.
Yes, and being subservient (if i think that what i think it is right) will make one scared not to perform or please the "master" to the fullest. So i suppse John could have been thinking: "if I don't do what she wants, she'll leave me and then what...?" But come to think of that, i dont see John much caring what will happen to him. If he follows the advice he gave Sean "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans", then if he doesn't plan what happens next, then that's life, no? John was like Cassanova, going ahead with life and finding love on the way. He was more than that, though, wasn't he?
In the song " Scared " he sings " No bell book or candle can get you out of this oh no! (ONO ?) was he referring to been bewitched by his wife ?
Interesting. Could be right, but then again anytime John sing
oh no! in his songs we may think its an ONO refrence... But if it is true, it sort of emphasizes the idea that he
was scared of her. Perhaps not all the time but at some times, certainly.
So I'd say that he was scared of her in the begining and he didn't want to show it, so thats why they were inseparatable... Or maybe he was scared of himself, you know, if he saw that he is capabale of leaving and accusing his wife and child maybe he could do it again and he wouldn't want to be a man with such a reputation. So he let Yoko control him, so that he wouldnt do anything, he'll regret... that's just a thought
Do you reckon, with time passing by, he would have left Yoko?
*By the way, you have an excellent choice of words BlueMeanie
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