You better free your mind instead
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world.
You tell me that it’s evolution,
Well, you know
We all want to change the world.
But when you talk about destruction,
Don’t you know that you can count me out.
Don’t you know it’s going to be alright,
Alright, alright.
Revolution 1 - White Album - The Beatles (1968)
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During what was known as the Spring of Revolution in March 1968, thousands of people marched in protest on the American Embassy in London's Grosvenor Square, and Lennon watched the event from his Weybridge home. This song, like "Back In The USSR," was another where the title was deceptive. Lennon was not advocating violent revolution, but rather was saying the song was about a person who was pressured from revolutionaries to declare his allegiance. Because it was misinterpreted, Lennon was approached by many Leninist, Trotskist, and Maoist groups for financial and moral support. Lennon's position was that he believed that the only worthwhile revolution had to come about from spiritual change and not violence. On this slow album version, Lennon was still somewhat undecided on his exact position, so after the line, "count me out," you hear the word "in." So was he in or out? When the fast version of "Revolution" was released as the B side of the "Hey Jude" single, the word "in" was omitted, whereby stating clearly that he was "out." In a later response about this, Lennon said, "Count me out if it's for violence. Don't expect me on the barricades unless it's with flowers."
Besos.
1:48 p. m.
Justo lo que comentó Belle era lo que yo iba a señalar.
De todas maneras quiero decir que me parece interesantísimo, y prueba de la honestidad artística de JL, el hecho de que expusiera su duda, algo así como "tengo dos sensaciones fuertes simultáneas y enfrentadas: te muestro las dos".
Más adelante, JL desarrolló más su pensamiento y pudo quedarse con una de ellas, como bien cita Belle. Igualmente la conclusión que él saca al final de sus días me parece en este caso menos interesante que el cómo se llegó a esa conclusión.
La noción de "idea en progreso", y más viniendo de una personalidad tan interesante, es un campo riquísimo que él supo usar muy elegantemente en su obra.
3:43 p. m.
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