Not to say John Lennon wasn't one of the top tier songwriters of recent history, but I hate the general trend of "publicly known musician dies- let's glorify them to excess." Half the tributes to people like Johnny Cash and Dimebag are worthless. Oh, an influence! Let's decide to dub an unused solo into one of our songs where it has no business being! Way to go, Nickelback. Then, of course, there are the fellows like Kurt Cobain who get shot down in the peak of the popularity, and are thus idolized the rest of their lives as some sort of messiah for eternity. Even this recently revived example of Lennon proves the point that people will gloss over your spotty career and wife choice come death. Blegh.
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