Why John Lennon Didn't Want to Relive the 1960s

John Lennon wanted people to know the 1960s were over. In addition, he wanted people to know that World War II was over. During interviews, the former Beatle criticized nostalgia.

The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features a 1980 interview. In it, John wanted people to stop caring so much about World War II and the 1960s. “The war is over and the ’60s is over and The Beatles is over and it’s all the same,” he said. “I’m not against the war or The Beatles or Paul, George, and Ringo. John made similar remarks about the 1960s in his song “God” from the album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

“I’ve no ax to grind either way, but I don’t want to go to the reunion with Japanese fighter planes,” he added. “I don’t want to be one of those people meeting around the Messerschmitts and the Spitfires reliving World War II. I’m not interested in it, OK? It’s just irrelevant, absolutely irrelevant.” For context, Messerschmitts and Spitfires were both aircraft used in World War II. The former were used by the Nazis and the latter were used by the Allies.

Source: Matthew Trzcinski/cheatsheet.com

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