Lynne Truss admits that as a girl she wanted to be the Joni Mitchell of Surrey As a 15-year-old, I was entirely devoted to my guitar and I wrote songs the whole time, so secretly I wanted to be a singer-songwriter – like Joni Mitchell, only without the Californian lifestyle and with no experience of big yellow taxis. I remember one plaintive song I wrote (using four chords) about a boy in John...
The Posse welcomed a new member today. The Shredder had a tadge of apprehension in joining the Posse on the Saturday morning outing. He was joined by the usual bandits, The Ironman, The Fit One, Santiago and The Bigman as they headed out on a frosty morning with ice clad cars at 08.30 in the morning as the sun climbed in the sky. These are the kind of days where the views can be crystal clear yet the...
Images courtesy of Hopenhagen/Ogilvy & Mather. This guest post was written by Tham Khai Meng, Worldwide Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather , as part of the Voices from Hopenhagen series. In explaining the genesis of the name " The Beatles ," John Lennon famously wrote, "A Man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them 'From this day on, you are Beatles with an A.'" With...
It had to be done. It was so obvious. There we were in Singapore, Asia and staying in a hostel just 25 minutes walk from the world famous Raffles Hotel. The Raffles Hotel is possibly the most famous hotel in Asia. It began life in 1887 and was founded by the Armenian Sarkies brothers. Monarchs and celebrities have stayed there over the years, including Charlie Chaplin and John Lennon. It was hardly...
ABOVE: John Lennon & Paul McCartney on The Tonight Show, 1968. Things look a bit tense. The Beatles, "The Night Before"- 1. LAURA JANE ON... ALTERNATIVES TO MAKING LEMONADE: A smart one I thought of once is: "When life...
Even before she married John Lennon, even before she embarked on a career as an avant-garde and conceptual artist, Yoko Ono was under scrutiny, first by her teachers and peers, later by people of a different region as her family fled the fire-bombings of Tokyo. When asked if it was discouraging to have her character questioned and her work strongly criticized after she became the wife of the beloved...
John Lennon's Watching the Wheels seems like an especially appropriate Song for the Day in the light of yesterday's post . The song was written by Lennon to answer those who were mystified by his withdrawal from his musical career from 1975-1980 in order to enjoy family life with his wife Yoko Ono and their son Sean. It's not widely known that John fulfilled a lifelong ambition by learning how to sail...
For the soundtrack to an ebullient, modishly Technicolor pop musical, Help! opens with a sequence of songs that are remarkably ambivalent, if not downright moody. The title song is famous for the way it juxtaposes its bright guitars and Wall of Sound harmonies with John Lennon's autobiographical, claustrophobic lyrics: "When I was younger, so much younger than today...." But really, the whole...
Between 1962 and 1969, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote 180 songs that would score the emotional life of generations. "Just Imagine," Tim Piper's uneven but fervent tribute to Lennon at the NoHo Arts Center, takes us through the creative...
The Beatles' "Hey Jude" is one of those songs like "Stairway to Heaven," "Satisfaction" or "Like a Rolling Stone" that is so ingrained in the public consciousness that it's impossible to hear it objectively. But a couple weeks ago I picked up the freshly remastered version of the Fab compilation Past Masters , which features "Hey Jude" and heard the...
I think this is one of the coolest Beatles songs. Did you know? "In a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine, John Lennon said: "The thing was created in the studio. It's gobbledygook. 'Come... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
HER engagement to the 19-year-old lead actor in her new film about late Beatle John Lennon has caused quite a stir but artist Sam Taylor-Wood is hoping her work will be seen as a symbol of her own "love story".
Around 7pm, the widow of John Lennon, Yoko Ono herself made her way outside of Rockefeller Center to get into her car. People hauled their way towards the Japanese native for a signature and all, but she didn't send anybody home happy. Ah, now I can believe she was the reason why the Beatles [...]
A few more images of Liverpool from the weekend. The top three showing the old and the new view of the shoreline from the ferry. One of the Anthony Gormly sculptures on Crosby Beach. http://www.chesterwalls.info/gallery/anotherplace/anotherplace.html A very emotive set at "The Beatles Story" of John Lennon's Imagine. Those round rimmed glasses really got me and I had to fight back the tears....
Chicago based Alternative Rock band Wilco, has once again come up with some truly creative music which this time draws inspiration from British pop / rock bands of the mid sixties and early seventies, as they channel groups like The Zombies and lead vocalist / lyricist Jeff Tweedy channels John Lennon on other tunes. At the same time, the band has maintained a unique sound all of their own and use...
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