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John Lennon: Strawberry Fields Forever (1966, demo)

The working drawings of famous songs can often be as interesting as the finished product, although in this instance the final version of Lennon's psychedelic classic Strawberry Fields Forever of '67 t

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John Lennon: Real Love (1979 demo)

...got together to work on the demo of the late John Lennon's Free As A Bird they at least had the bare...

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JOHN LENNON, REMASTERED AND RECONSIDERED (2010):

...the release of Double Fantasy in late 1980, John Lennon said – as a married, settled man at 40...

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John Lennon: I'm Losing You (1980)

The remastered Lennon catalogue (released on the anniversary of what would have been his 70th birthday in 2010) naturally allowed a reconsideration of some of his material. (See essay here.) This song

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JOHN LENNON, PLASTIC ONO BAND, REMIXED AND EXPANDED (2021): The dream may be over, but it begins again

...single with the Beatles? A. No”), it was John Lennon who, that December on the release of his... ...That spontaneity took 31 takes. Similarly John Lennon's agonisingly personal song Mother in which he... ...alternate mixes and so on: If you thought John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album was a classic (it...

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JOHN LENNON INTERVIEWED (1995): I hear you knocking

...mop-topped pop singer and dead megastar John Lennon has given a “thumbs up” to the...

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John Lennon: Gimme Some Truth, take 4, raw mix (1971)

One of the outtakes on the expansive Imagine box set, this may have a couple of bum notes from the period (“son of Tricky Dicky”, a reference to Nixon) but there are plenty of people aroun

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JOHN LENNON, IMAGINE EXPANDED (2018): Just gimme some truth . . . and more

...Lennon's exceptional and essential Plastic Ono Band... ...emotionally raw, soul-scouring and demanding John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band of the previous year -- where... ...Imagine reissue see here. There is more about John Lennon at Elsewhere starting...

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John Lennon, Child of Nature (1968)

Give them credit, the Beatles were always incredibly productive and even on their holidays -- like the six weeks that Lennon and Harrison spent in Rishikesh with the Maharishi -- they were frequently

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GUEST DIRECTOR DAVID TRUEBA from Spain discusses his new film which isn't about John Lennon

...In this context, the arrival of John Lennon for the filming of Richard Lester’s How...

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JOHN LENNON, IMAGINE RECONSIDERED (2000): Peace in our time?

...at on-line auction for the piano on which John Lennon wrote Imagine? Imagine no possessions, huh? Of... ...at all. The emotionally raw and soul-scouring John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band of the previous year, where...

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JOHN LENNON, THE LIFE by PHILIP NORMAN (2008): Just gimme some truth

...Lennon -- who would have been 68, had he lived, at... ...in 1980, one the scurrilous The Lives of John Lennon by Albert Goldman which was the size of a... ...I don’t want to meet those who worship John Lennon,“ he says, “why I don’t want... ...go to the Lennon tribute concerts or visit the John Lennon Museum. “It just hurts too much.... ...to tell the truth about the many facets of John Lennon. And you feel he has. Lennon‘s voice,...

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BOB GRUEN PHOTOGRAPHER, INTERVIEWED (1998): The man who shot John Lennon, many times

...man who enjoyed access to the inner sanctum at John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Dakota apartments.... ...anyone not inquire, “How did you meet John Lennon?“ (He was asked to photograph them to... ...always say, how did you get to be friend with John Lennon. But how does anyone get to be friends? You...

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GUEST WRITERS GAVIN AND ODETTE consider the romantic young John Lennon

A Hard Day’s Night by the Beatles is a mono vision. When you put it on – while reading this article of course – make sure you put it on loud. The first thing you will realize is that

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JOHN LENNON'S MIND GAMES, REISSUED (2024): Remixed and Revisionist

...ways his former partner's was even more so. John Lennon had already released some inconsequential... ...So the album which was once”produced by John Lennon” has now been re-produced by Sean. It's...

Music at Elsewhere: music/11204/john-lennons-mind-games-reissued-2024-remixed-and-revisionist/

John Lennon: Cold Turkey demo (1969)

...Depp has shown us -- in open court. But when John Lennon's Cold Turkey – about heroin withdrawal...

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JOHN LENNON AT 80 (2020): Lennon's on sale . . . again!

...well of John Lennon's solo music is drained dry. In the 40 years... ...the privilege. Again. Those of us who admired John Lennon as an artist are not unaware of the commercial... ...are. . There is a considerable amount about John Lennon at Elsewhere including interviews with Yoko...

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JOHN LENNON REISSUED ON RECORD (2015): Going solo in the Seventies

...he lived, John Lennon would turn 75 on October 9. Which means... ...the studio albums from his still astonishing John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band through Imagine, the wobbly... .... FOUR OF THE BEST FROM A FORMER FAB FOUR MAN John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970): His first major... ...obviously enjoying himself. For much more on John Lennon (Beatle and solo) plus interviews with Yoko...

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JOHN LEE HOOKER REMEMBERED: Face to face with the blues

...Lennon once said the blues was a chair. Not a fancy...

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LENNON AND HARRISON; GUITARS GENTLY WEEP (DV1/Southbound DVD)

...very interesting) and, according to the cover, John Lennon and Mark Chapman who pulled the trigger on him...

Film at Elsewhere: film/3253/lennon-and-harrison-guitars-gently-weep-dv1-southbound-dvd/

LENNON AND McCARTNEY 1967-72; COMPOSING OUTSIDE THE BEATLES (Triton DVD)

While you might think there is little left to be said about the Beatles after the break-up and their subsequent solo careers, the narrow and deep focus of this two hour doco is surprisingly interestin

Film at Elsewhere: film/2705/lennon-and-mccartney-1967-72-composing-outside-the-beatles-triton-dvd/

WE ALL SHINE ON; JOHN, YOKO & ME by ELLIOT MINTZ

...hundreds of hours talking with Yoko Ono and John Lennon – on the phone, in person in LA, New...

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CHASING TRANE; THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY a doco by JOHN SCHEINFELD (Rhino DVD/BluRay)

...This very straight-ahead doco by the maker of John Lennon Vs the US doesn't resile from mentioning his...

Film at Elsewhere: film/8274/chasing-trane-the-john-coltrane-documentary-a-doco-by-john-scheinfeld-rhino-dvd-bluray/

Elton John: The Captain and the Kid (Mercury)

...attrition of Aids and the death of his friend John Lennon (Blues Never Fade Away). Then it’s on to...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2768/elton-john-the-captain-and-the-kid-mercury/

YOKO ONO INTERVIEWED, THE TOURING LENNON ART EXHIBITION (1997) In his own draw

...somehow seduced her famous husband, the late John Lennon, away from the Beatles and into years of... ...of . . . the Western hero, so to speak, John Lennon, and he decided to get together with an... ...Start here. . For articles and reviews about John Lennon which includes demos of Beatle and solo...

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Various Artists: The Lennon and McCartney Songbook (EMI)

While there have been quite a number of such compilations in the past interest alights on this one in particular because it has been pulled together by EMI New Zealands in-house memoryman Bruce Ward w

Music at Elsewhere: music/2755/various-artists-the-lennon-and-mccartney-songbook-emi/

LENNON REMEMBERED, AND REMIXED (2020): Does he still shine on?

...calendar: December 8 is the 40thanniversary of John Lennon's murder. McCartney III however isn't... ...was gunned down on the steps outside his home. John Lennon's solo career lasted about a decade –... ...more about the music, art, life and death of John Lennon at Elsewhere starting here....

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LENNON, THE MOBSTER AND THE LAWYER: THE UNTOLD STORY by JAY BERGEN

...account of the courtroom showdown between John Lennon and the old-school, Mob-connected record...

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THE LENNON LEGEND BOOK, REVIEWED (2003): More or less Lennon

...John Lennon lived, he would have turned 63 last month.... ...Albert Goldman's muck-scraping The Lives of John Lennon (which may have been more true than Lennonites...

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Sean Lennon: Friendly Fire (Capitol)

You have to sympathise with the Lennon kids: Julian was skewered for sounding too much like his Dad (and people like Karl Wallinger of World Party weren't taken to task on the same charge?), and Sean

Music at Elsewhere: music/1069/sean-lennon-friendly-fire-capitol/

COMPOSER JOHN TAVENER INTERVIEWED (1993): Lifting the Veil

...association with the Beatles – notably John Lennon and Ringo Starr, who were ardent supporters...

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Jagger, Lennon, Nilsson and others: Too Many Cooks (1973)

...knocked together). In December 1973 when John Lennon was on his famous Lost Weekend with May Pang...

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Little Willie John: Leave My Kitten Alone (1959)

...repetoire in Hamburg and Liverpool. Perhaps John Lennon -- who sang it -- could get behind the tough...

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YOKO ONO INTERVIEWED, THE LENNON ANTHOLOGY BOX SET (2003): And Lennon's on sale again. . .

...albums and artwork; and her exploitation of John Lennon’s memory, art and music -- for which she... ...McCartney. The collection’s title, The John Lennon Anthology, virtually ensures it will take its...

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Who Slapped John: She Had Picasso's Child (UrbanHeadMusic)

...of names of necktie wearers (James Bond, John Lennon, clowns, Twiggy, Top Cat, my brother, Robert...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4024/who-slapped-john-she-had-picassos-child-urbanheadmusic/

THE BEATLES IN NEW ZEALAND 1964: Screaming and cynicism

...Mathews of Hamilton who were second cousins to John Lennon), Hutchins recreates those heady days and the...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/460/the-beatles-in-new-zealand-1964-screaming-and-cynicism/

The MC5: The Big Bang! The Best of the MC5 (2000 compilation)

...punk, and sounded like an outtake from a John Lennon/Elephant's Memory Band session. (If you get...

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Atlas Sounds: Let the Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannot Feel (Rhythmethod)

...your ears as Miracle Mile can do, some distant John Lennon ballad like #9 Dream . . . Extraordinary...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1789/atlas-sounds-let-the-blind-lead-those-who-see-but-cannot-feel-rhythmethod/

George Harrison: Bye Bye Love (1974)

...autobiography I Me Mine (then again nor do John Lennon or Eric), and Clapton doesn't play Wonderful...

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THE ROLLING STONES, a photo book from TASCHEN (2014): Rolling out the Stones again

...pinch their cheeks. Even my mum -- who thought John Lennon the best looking of the bunch -- knew that he...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/6686/the-rolling-stones-a-photo-book-from-taschen-2014-rolling-out-the-stones-again/

Helen Henderson: London (Ranui/Aeroplane)

...Records label in LA (early signings were John Lennon, Donna Summer and Elton John). Summoned to LA...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7564/helen-henderson-london-ranui-aeroplane/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . MAL EVANS: In the court of the kings

...they went missing. Evans' longtime friend John Lennon apparently quipped, “The should look in...

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GEORGE MARTIN: OFF THE BEATLE TRACK, CONSIDERED (1964): From him to you

...$15 in a secondhand records store. Here are John Lennon's original liner...

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THE BEATLES' GET BACK DOCUMENTARY (2021): The truth, the whole truth and nothing but another truth

...undramatic: “I'm leaving . . .” John Lennon stops playing guitar: “What?”...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10111/the-beatles-get-back-documentary-2021-the-truth-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-another-truth/

WAR ON DRUGS, REVIEWED (2023): Thunder but no hurricane

...their set and delivering a searing version of John Lennon's Isolation then five other songs before War...

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Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains in New York (Yep Rock/Southbound DVD)

...In concert Hitch can sound like a folksy John Lennon, Chris Knox (on the rocking This Could be the...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/2712/robyn-hitchcock-i-often-dream-of-trains-in-new-york-yep-rock-southbound-dvd/

SIR GEORGE MARTIN INTERVIEWED (1998): The retiring knight of the round vinyl

...with Because. Entitled In My Life after one of John Lennon’s more reflective songs -- here narrated...

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Johnny Cash: Cash, American VI; Ain't No Grave (American)

...for the last few years; that peace loving John Lennon wrote one of the most vicious and nasty songs...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2921/johnny-cash-cash-american-vi-aint-no-grave-american/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Matt Langley

...of monetary value. I have a first edition of John Lennon’s A Spaniard in the Works which would...

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Felius Andromeda: Meditations (1967)

...are a number of stories about John Lennon being so smitten by Procol Harum's Whiter...

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SYLVIE SIMMONS INTERVIEWED (2014): Leonard Cohen, music journalism, a debut album at 60 and the ukulele

...in my case or there was that dreadful one on John Lennon which was done with weird spite. My attitude...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6718/sylvie-simmons-interviewed-2014-leonard-cohen-music-journalism-a-debut-album-at-60-and-the-ukulele/

THE BARGAIN BUY: The B-52's; Original Album Series

...but it was really together." When John Lennon heard the album he said, "They're doing...

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Yoko Ono: Nobody Sees Me like You Do (1981)

...album, her first solo album after her husband John Lennon's murder in late '80. It was one of her many...

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE: Kate Owen

...Even Barbra Streisand. I remember the day John Lennon died and how sad my Mum was. My mother that...

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE BLUES QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Tom Rodwell

...figured too, and across 1980/81 of course John Lennon and Bob Marley were inescapable. I was aware...

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BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE, edited by MARK DAVIDSON and PARKER FISHEL

...and fully formed as, say, the teenage John Lennon singing with the Quarrymen on the back of a...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10982/bob-dylan-mixing-up-the-medicine-edited-by-mark-davidson-and-parker-fishel/

AN ESSAY ON THE INEVITABLE (2002): The Art of Dying

...you want to go. But for a more mundane image: John Lennon, the Beatle who wasn't given the opportunity...

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Herbie Hancock: The Imagine Project (Sony)

...of what you think of John Lennon's song Imagine -- and opinion ranges from...

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PAUL McCARTNEY'S OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY REVIEWED (1997): Still can't buy the love?

...the knighthood which his old colleague John Lennon would doubtless have declined …. But...

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The Beatles: Rubber Soul (1965)

...of ‘66 was in the ascendant (as was John Lennon’s searingly personal Plastic Ono Band...

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AFRIKA BAMBAATAA INTERVIEWED (1988): The shape of things hip-hop and political to come?

...like Bob Marley, Sly and the Family Stone and John Lennon who tried to wake people up to what's...

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The Jayhawks: Mockingbird Time (Universal)

...to speculate on. What if John Lennon had quit the Beatles around the time of...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/4415/the-jayhawks-mockingbird-time-universal/

EDDIE COCHRAN (1956-1960): Live fast, die right

...and 15-year old Paul McCartney singing it to John Lennon later that year got him into the Quarrymen....

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THE POINT by HARRY NILSSON (MVDvisual DVD through Southbound)

...written by Fred Neil) and was hailed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the late Sixties. Here...

Film at Elsewhere: film/5973/the-point-by-harry-nilsson-mvdvisual-dvd-through-southbound/

VERNON REID OF LIVING COLOUR INTERVIEWED (2017): Matters of colour and Colour

...all these different people. The idea that John Lennon and Dimebag Darryl died because of gun...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7863/vernon-reid-of-living-colour-interviewed-2017-matters-of-colour-and-colour/

THE BEATLES' YELLOW SUBMARINE RECONSIDERED (2018): Fantasia for the pot generation

...said it began with a 3am phone call from John Lennon: Wouldn't it be great if Ringo was followed...

Film at Elsewhere: film/442/the-beatles-yellow-submarine-reconsidered-2018-fantasia-for-the-pot-generation/

Howard Devoto of Magazine: The floorboards creak . . .

...(!!) but he had some good stories. He also had John Lennon's home phone number -- so I guess this was...

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RODRIGO Y GABRIELA: Acoustic guitars turned up to 11

...stories he had to tell about everybody from John Lennon to Korn. It was amazing.” But that is...

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JIMI HENDRIX: THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE BOX SET (2000): Get experienced, but differently

...It's like hearing the Beatles' Help but with John Lennon's primal screaming at the end. From there this...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2448/jimi-hendrix-the-jimi-hendrix-experience-box-set-2000-get-experienced-but-differently/

MIKE McGEAR'S VANISHED MASTERPIECE: Brother can you spare me the time?

Perhaps "masterpiece" is too strong a word, but the singer-songwriter Mike McGear -- a member of Liverpool's poetry/music group the Scaffold who scored the '68 hit single Lily the Pink -- di

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MUSIC IS MY MADNESS: Ego, drugs and minor chords, musicians who lost the plot

...and in ‘66 had controversially supported John Lennon when he said the Beatles were more popular...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/1880/music-is-my-madness-ego-drugs-and-minor-chords-musicians-who-lost-the-plot/

Marc Cohn: Listening Booth; 1970 (Sony)

The way singer-songwriter Cohn remembers it, 1970 was when the Beatles, and Simon and Garfunkel, broke up. It was classic singles, the dawn of the singer-songwriter era (James Taylor, Neil Young and o

Music at Elsewhere: music/3591/marc-cohn-listening-booth-1970-sony/

Sun Kil Moon: Among the Leaves (Caldo Verde)

...only a few exceptions – John Lennon's emotionally excoriating Plastic Ono Band...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5155/sun-kil-moon-among-the-leaves-caldo-verde/

Paul McCartney: NEW (Universal)

...with emotion as it references his youth with John Lennon (“two guitars across our backs/hair...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5962/paul-mccartney-new-universal/

LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED, a film by DAVID TRUEBA (Madman DVD)

...at the end of 1966, John Lennon was going spare after a US tour where he was...

Film at Elsewhere: film/6982/living-is-easy-with-eyes-closed-a-film-by-david-trueba-madman-dvd/

THE BEATLES AS COMIC AND CARTOON CHARACTERS (2020): The greatest story ever sold, and sold again . . .

.... And from the same comic, here is the teenage John Lennon, Superhero. . . From the moody Baby's In Black...

Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/9583/the-beatles-as-comic-and-cartoon-characters-2020-the-greatest-story-ever-sold-and-sold-again/

RECOMMENDED RECORD: PAUL McCARTNEY'S ONE HAND CLAPPING (2024): Back in the Abbey

...Recommended Record picks . . . . No less than John Lennon, Paul McCartney's immediate post-Beatles...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/11201/recommended-record-paul-mccartneys-one-hand-clapping-2024-back-in-the-abbey/

THE BEATLES AND APPLE RECORDS: Western communism and rotten at the core

...mood of the late 60s. Apple was launched by John Lennon and McCartney at a press conference in New...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/441/the-beatles-and-apple-records-western-communism-and-rotten-at-the-core/

Kurt Cobain: Gun, head and Smithereens.

...a pattern emerging). Of course I also remember John Lennon's murder (came in with the kids from soccer...

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YOKO ONO INTERVIEWED (2008): Art for art'$ $ake

...as things as [a genius], I am one” -- John Lennon, 1970 In the late Sixties when controversy... ...around them like a cyclone, John Lennon said of his wife Yoko Ono, “everyone... ...advance of the exhibition Imagine the Art of John Lennon in Auckland she went from her home in New York...

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TICKET TO RIDE by LARRY KANE: Along for the ride

...womanising (Jayne Mansfield was married-man John Lennon's best conquest), but by being...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2767/ticket-to-ride-by-larry-kane-along-for-the-ride/

PAUL McCARTNEY SOLO CAREER PART 3, 1990-2000: Classical, pop and what else ya got?

...and clues on the artwork), and here he lifted John Lennon’s fanciful story about how the Beatles...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2546/paul-mccartney-solo-career-part-3-1990-2000-classical-pop-and-what-else-ya-got/

Larry Williams: Bad Boy (1959)

...mortals) what most already suspected: that John Lennon was a natural born rock'n'roll singer and more...

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From the Vaults: fromthevaults/7312/larry-williams-bad-boy-1959/

BACK TO BLACK (2014): 12 inch vinyl, a Sign o' The Times

...lyrics, the man was also a child of John Lennon and the boundary-ignoring Tim Buckley. So...

Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/6532/back-to-black-2014-12-inch-vinyl-a-sign-o-the-times/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE REGGAE QUESTIONNAIRE: Junior Marvin

.... One Love – Bob Marley Imagine – John Lennon Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7333/the-famous-elsewhere-reggae-questionnaire-junior-marvin/

YOKO ONO: FEELING THE SPACE, CONSIDERED (1973): Singing on the feminist frontline

...albums (“French for bullshit,” John Lennon had said just a few years previous) with... ...and the counterpart to his equally cathartic John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band) and the double album Fly....

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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9004/yoko-ono-feeling-the-space-considered-1973-singing-on-the-feminist-frontline/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . HELEN SHAPIRO: And the next stop from pop?

...her role model the singer Alma Cogan (one of John Lennon's early lovers, but who died young in '66 and...

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/8873/we-need-to-talk-about-helen-shapiro-and-the-next-stop-from-pop/

MID-YEAR REPORT: THE TOP 21 OF (2021): It's just an opinion. And that's a fact, Jack!

...here RECOMMENDED REISSUES and NEW ISSUES: . John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band The full remixed and...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9887/mid-year-report-the-top-21-of-2021-its-just-an-opinion-and-thats-a-fact-jack/

BOB DYLAN: FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS 1996-1997; THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL 17 (2023): Darkness but a beckoning light ahead

...1980s – which began with the murder of John Lennon – was a cruel decade for those who'd...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10582/bob-dylan-fragments-time-out-of-mind-sessions-1996-1997-the-bootleg-series-vol-17-2023-darkness-but-a-beckoning-light-ahead/

THE BEATLES IN AMERICA 1964: Songs of innocence -- and experience (DVD reviewed, 2004)

...whatever minor role they might have played. John Lennon's half sister weighed in with her story of...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/461/the-beatles-in-america-1964-songs-of-innocence-and-experience-dvd-reviewed-2004/

BRYAN FERRY INTERVIEWED (2004): Something he just threw on?

...the occasional solo hit (notably a cover of John Lennon's Jealous Guy after the former Beatle's...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3721/bryan-ferry-interviewed-2004-something-he-just-threw-on/

The Fireman: Electric Arguments (Shock)

...knows that being that soft-rocker who wasn't John Lennon would actually hinder him in the more hip...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/2080/the-fireman-electric-arguments-shock/

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