John Lennon

JOHN & YOKO Giving Peace A Change In Previously Unseen Bed Footage

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14 April 2021

Anti-war song GIVE PEACE A CHANGE was written by JOHN LENNON
(but credited to Lennon–McCartney) and recorded with his PLASTIC ONO
BAND, including his wife Yoko Ono and a bunch of famous friends in
Montreal, Canada back in 1969.

Previously unseen footage has now come to the surface with John & Yoko
in the Sheraton Oceanus Hotel in the Bahamas a week before Montreal, while
on their bed-in tour, with Lennon playing a rough, at times crazy, version of
Give Peace A Chance.

Here we go…

Studio version…

JOHN LENNON Topped The UK Charts 40 Years Ago Today With ‘WOMAN’

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7 February 2021

Artist: JOHN LENNON
9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980

Single: WOMAN
Released: 18 January 1981

Score: Topped the UK Singles Chart 40 years ago today,
on 7 February 1981, two months after he was killed.

Album: Double Fantasy

John Lennon: “‘Woman’ came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda,
it suddenly hit me what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although
I was thinking in those personal terms… but any truth is universal. What dawned on me
was everything I was taking for granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as
I whisper at the beginning of the song. It’s a ‘we’ or it ain’t anything.”

R.I.P. John…

JOHN LENNON: Facebook

YOKO ONO – Her Tribute Single ‘WALKING ON THIN ICE’ Came Out 40 Years Ago

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6 February 2021

Artist: YOKO ONO (88)

Single: WALKING ON THIN ICE
Written: by John and Yoko
Released: 6 February 1981 – 40 years ago today

Note: the song was covered by Elvis Costello in 1984
Score: #35 in the UK, #1 on the US Dance Charts

John Lennon was clutching a tape of a final mix when he was shot.

Whatever you may think of Yoko,
this is a 24 Karat dance classic…

YOKO ONO: Facebook

Biggest ROXY MUSIC Hit ‘JEALOUS GUY’ Was A JOHN LENNON Cover – Released 40 Years Ago

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Top singles from the past…

5 February 2021

Band: ROXY MUSIC
Active: 1970–1976, 1978–1983, 2001–2011, 2019

Single: JEALOUS GUY – a John Lennon song
Released: 5 February 1981 – 40 years ago

Score: (Their only) No 1 hit in the UK

Bryan Ferry about playing the song live for the first time:
“All the cigarette lighters came out. It was a very emotional evening.”

R.I.P. John Lennon…

The original…

ROXY MUSIC: Facebook