Yes, that was a different time, and they weren't really doing much in the way of songs that were intended to be taken seriously. Lennon later himself disowned those lyrics for the same reasons as you have, GUEST.

Amos - Quite right. Shatner is simply in a league of his own. His transcendent accomplishments in music and other major art forms cannot be held up to the same kind of scrutiny as the works of common artists. Most people don't get this, because he's so far beyond the normal perceptions of "good" and "bad". He's like a force of Nature. Majestic, incomparable, unstoppable, irresistible.

Joan Baez did a rather lame version of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" for some reason. I like most of her material quite well, but that's one is disappointing.

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