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  • The Woman in "Norwegian Wood"

    From nyarlathotep1@nyarlathotep1@hotmail.com (Norbert) to rec.music.beatles on Wed May 21 12:28:23 2025
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    John Lennon admitted that his great song "Norwegian Wood" was about a
    real affair, and that he deliberately added ambiguities (my word, not
    his) to the lyrics to disguise the real events -- to add "gobbledygook."

    He eventually admitted that the woman was journalist Maureen Cleave, who undoubtedly spent time with Lennon. She wrote the piece
    "How A Beatle Lives" -- a depiction of a bored, lazy, lethargic man who
    admits the only physical activity he has any interest in is sex.

    Cleave denied that they had had an affair.
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  • From savoybg@savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) to rec.music.beatles on Wed May 21 17:03:06 2025
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    https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1966/03/john-lennon-is-quoted-saying-were-more-popular-than-jesus-now/

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  • From nyarlathotep1@nyarlathotep1@hotmail.com (Norbert) to rec.music.beatles on Wed May 21 18:02:42 2025
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    Yeah, it was Cleave to whom Lennon made that statement.

    I didn't know she had written similarly-themed articles on the other
    three guys. I'll try to track them down.
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