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lemonade kid
Old Love
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 Posted - 06/11/2011 : 19:56:35
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During the recording of "Hard Promises", John Lennon was scheduled to be in the same studio at the same time. Tom Petty was looking forward to meeting him when he came in. The meeting never occurred; unfortunately, John Lennon was murdered before he could ever make it into the studio. In order to pay tribute to one of their influences the band decided to etch "WE LOVE YOU JL" on the master copy of the album. To this day "WE LOVE YOU JL" is seen on every Hard Promises vinyl copy pressed. The album's title comes from a line in the chorus of "Insider."
I never noticed it, but I will now when I play my vinyl!!
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So, for my Birthday, Friday, I just got...
John Lennon
The Man, The Myth, The Music. The Definitive Life
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
After hundreds of books on the former Beatle, is there anything left to say? Surprisingly, yes, and music journalist Riley (Fever: How Rock 'n' Roll Transformed Gender in America, 2004, etc.) delivers intriguing news and commentary in this incisive biography.
The news comes mostly in the form of fresh insights, some closely argued, some merely observed in passing. On the latter score, the author briefly considers Lennon's role in what might be thought of as a virtual British Empire. The Windsors may have lost the real one, but thanks to the Beatles and kindred acts, Britain "lay claim to a new cultural empire, with significance far beyond its borders." Despite recent boneheaded claims that Lennon was a closet Reaganite, Riley shows that Lennon was no deliberate imperialist—Paul McCartney, maybe, who has had to live under the long heroic shadow cast on Lennon after his murder, and who now has to "endorse his sainthood, lest he be disrespectful of the dead." The author finds true significance in the partnership of Lennon and McCartney, which, for all their protestations, was a true two-way street. Moreover, he is quick to observe the little accidents out of which history is made—for instance, the Mellotron keyboard, the toy-loving Lennon's "latest gadget," too big to fit inside his apartment, on which McCartney casually tinkled notes that would shape one of Lennon's best-known songs, "Strawberry Fields Forever." Riley is much more respectful of Yoko Ono than have been many previous biographers, more forgiving of McCartney, more sympathetic even to Lennon, who can't have been easy to live or work with. He is also attentive to others of great but sometimes unsung influence in Lennon's life—not just Mimi and Julia, but also George Harrison, who helped shape the Beatles' sound more profoundly than he's often given credit for. Lennon had what Riley characterizes as "another kind of mind," and his book is a careful exploration of the man's musical genius, as well as his many shortcomings in the realm of personal relations.
Essential for Lennon fans, and one of the most thorough yet accessible rock biographies to appear in recent years.
-standbooks
http://www.amazon.com/Lennon-Myth-Music-Definitive-Life/dp/1401324525
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 06/11/2011 20:05:34 |
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 06/11/2011 : 19:59:19
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I like the Riley book too, though the most recent book on the band I've really enjoyed is You Never Give Me Your Money, covering their financial affairs of all things!
any sign of the 1st (of a trilogy) Lewisohn book on the band |
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markk
Old Love
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Posted - 06/11/2011 : 20:23:15
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 06/11/2011 : 20:55:48
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Originally posted by markk
You know, it still, after more than 30 years, makes me sad and angry too.
That was such a sad, sad day...I remember hearing it on morning radio and it just floored me. The rest of the day I drove around aimlessly in the Arizona foothills listening to tributes. I still tear up.
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 06/11/2011 : 23:11:47
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Don't be denied lk
I was listening to a WFMU release (Radio Archival Oddities) and it had a few minutes of someone turning the radio channel after Lennon was shot that Monday night, and there just being Beatles music on the airwaves, in addition to the odd news report on him being shot and taken to Roosevelt
What I do like about John is that he really seemed to be turning it around; I do think he would've gotten a divorce from Yoko (it seems she wanted a divorce earlier in the year)
Maybe he would've changed. It certainly seemed he was off the drugs, though he was addicted to those awful Brisbanes! (ciggies) |
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WE LOVE YOU JL (John Lennon)......Hard Promises
