"You're saying that John Lennon was a folk singer and 'we' need him back?"

Yup! :-) Got it in one!

"Where is the evidence that he was a folk singer?"

On the Youtube video there

"The 'YouTube' clip that you cite seems to have nothing to do with folk music."

Bet you wouldn't say that if Dick Gaughan were singing it. ;-)

"Who, exactly, "needs him back" -"

We do.

"Who is 'we'?"

You and me, them, us, we. This apathetic world that has ceased to care, ceased to take to the streets, ceased to have 'a voice'


So tell me, as I'm pondering at present, if you'll pardon the expression.

What's the difference between Bob Dylan and John Lennon?

If this thread had had Bob's name on it, I doubt you'd have twitched a muscle....

Here's another great folk song of his, that inspired and motivated 'the people'

Another of John's Folk Songs