Sean Lennon has been getting his knickers in a Twitter over criticism of the use of his father's image in those Citroen car ads - the ones with the badly synched actor's voice purporting to be John. Sean's mum Yoko authorised the use of the clip of John, even though the only advertising campaign he ever endorsed in life was the one for world peace in 1969.
Sean reacted to being told that he and his mum were 'a talentless pair of leeches' who had 'sold out John's name' by approving the ads with a ferocious series of ripostes via Twitter:
'Lennon fans don't ATTACK his widowed family. His widow and her son. How offensive is it to REAL fans, to publicly attack his wife and child?'
'You are speaking to his flesh and blood. You're a "peasant as far as I can see".'
'When dad died, it was Lennon fans who saved me with their love and support. You are not them, you are just another asshole.'
The best response, I thought, was from the fan who posted the message to Yoko: 'Imagine, three years with 0% interest, isn’t that how the song goes?'
Saturday, 27 February 2010
All we are saying ... is give us some cash
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How ironic that Sean uses that line from Working Class Hero:
"But you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see"
From the same song a couple of lines earlier
"Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV"
As far as I can tell, Yoko always was a mixture of ambition and a lack of self-awareness so the ads aren't much of a surprise.
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