
It's inconceivable that the same album (Rubber Soul) that shows off John Lennon's most thoughtful and romantic notions (In My Life and Wait) closes with yet another nasty piece of Lennon misogyny. "I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man" sounds more like the anthem of a generation of stalkers than the work of a master songwriter. One can almost picture the terrified woman running from the crazed singer--which might have been part of the point but wears a little less well in these times.
(C) 2008, It's All Too Much.