Madness and Women
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john lennon
one addiction treatment center held a talent show celebrating the life and music of john lennon.
the therapist in charge of the production thought this was a good idea since he was such a positive role model.
they needed a piano player for lennon’s song called imagine.
he had taken some piano lessons when he was younger and they asked him to play in the band.
at first he didn’t want to do it.
but he changed his mind when his case manager pointed out “it would look good on his file if he volunteered for something.”
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in the first practice session he made countless mistakes and no one noticed.
the choir and other instruments must have been drowning him out.
he conducted an experiment at the next practice.
he sang words that didn’t make any sense and no one said anything.
on show night he shouted curse words and “la la la la” whenever he felt like it.
after the song was over he saw a man coming towards him.
it was john lennon and he was upset.
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he pulled him off the piano bench and dragged him up on the stage.
“my name is john lennon and i wrote that song to save someone from killing herself.”
the audience was silent.31
“and if any of you think this person standing next to me was funny or entertaining then you need to take a good look at yourselves.”
most of the audience stared at the floor or looked to the side.
lennon walked off the stage and sat at the piano and turned the microphone on.
“i’m going to play a song i wrote called imagine the right way.”
during his performance there wasn’t a dry eye in the place.