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"Mind Games" is the title track from an album of the same name by John Lennon. It was also released as a single, reaching 26 in the UK Single Charts and #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the B-Side was "Meat City". Originally titled "Make Love Not War," the song evoked lingering hippie sentiments mixed with the evolving mysticism of the early 1970s.[citation needed] Although Phil Spector was not involved in this album, Lennon's production is similar to the Spector "Wall of Sound."
This song, which was begun in 1969 and can be heard in the Beatles' Let It Be sessions, was inspired by the book of the same name by Robert Masters and Jean Houston (1972), which emphasized the power of the human brain to induce various states of consciousness without the aid of external substances. The book presented a series of exercises intended to maximize one's potential for problem solving, conflict resolution, visionary thinking, creativity, focused listening and super-communication. Each application would start with a brief meditation cycle followed by the guided instructions of a director. During the exercise, only the director would speak, but each person would share their experience afterwards. Mind alteration had long since been a point of interest to Lennon, however he was aware of the risks involved with chemical consumption. A recommendation by Lennon himself is included with the book.
In the posthumously created music video, a bright light fades in and we see John Lennon walking around New York City, dressed in black. He's seen signing autographs, at the Central Park Zoo (and tries to feed an elephant), poses with an eagle statue, dances around the Central Park Bandshell, etc.
Lennon then purchases a hot dog. After that, he is seen at the Beacon Theatre where the Broadway play Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band On The Road is playing. He then makes a brief cameo onstage and plays the piano. Outside again, he rides in a horse-drawn carriage through the streets of Manhattan.
Afterwards, the shots of Lennon is seen walking around again, like in the beginning, and it ends with a bright light fading out as Lennon's chest is seen towards the camera. The film contains elements from the original 1974 "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" promotional film. The film was shot by a college student for his final project. The 19 hours of raw film footage, shot in November 1974, was eventually put up for auction and bought by Yoko Ono, who utilized only four minutes of it to create the "Mind Games" video.
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"Mother" is a song by British musician John Lennon, taken from his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. An edited version of the song was released as a single, in the US only, in 1970. This version later appeared on Lennon's 1975 compilation Shaved Fish, as well as on the 1997 compilation Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon. The single edit of this song is significantly shorter (about 3:38) than the album version. This version cuts out the beginning tolling bells as well as some of Lennon's more guttural screams that intensify at the ending of the song. The B-side features "Why" by Yoko Ono.
Though the song is called "Mother", it is actually a cry to both of his parents, who "abandoned" him in his childhood - father Alf Lennon left the family when John was an infant, and mother Julia was hit by a car and killed on the street by an allegedly drunk-driving off-duty policeman, when her son was 17. Lennon bemoans the loss of his parents singing lyrics such as "Mother, you had me/but I never had you"; "Father, you left me/but I never left you"; "I needed you/you didn't need me"; and "Mama, don't go/Daddy come home". It is one of three songs which Lennon wrote for his mother, along with "Julia" and "My Mummy's Dead". The song begins with the sound of a church bell ringing ominously, signifying death.
Although Lennon said that "Mother" was the song that "seemed to catch in my head," he had doubts about its commercial appeal and he considered issuing "Love" as a single instead. "Love" was eventually released as a single in 1982.
Lennon was inspired to write the song by a period of using primal therapy, which works on the assumption that the patient has several defences which must be stripped down to reveal the "real person". Lennon's wife Yoko Ono worked on this with Dr. Arthur Janov, originally at their home at Tittenhurst Park for a period of three weeks and then at the Primal Institute, California where they remained for four months. Lennon described the therapy as "something more important to me than The Beatles.
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"Instant Karma!" is John Lennon's third solo single on Apple Records. The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with "Imagine" and "Give Peace a Chance", in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It ranks as one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history, recorded (at London's Abbey Road Studios) the same day it was written, and coming out only ten days later. Lennon remarked to the press, he "wrote it for breakfast, recorded it for lunch, and we're putting it out for dinner." The record was produced by Phil Spector, the first of many solo recordings by the Beatles that Spector worked on through 1970.
The track features a version of the ever-changing Plastic Ono Band — Lennon on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and electric piano, Billy Preston on grand piano, Klaus Voorman on bass guitar and backing vocals, Alan White on drums, George Harrison on electric guitar and backing vocals, Yoko Ono on backing vocals, Beatles assistant Mal Evans on chimes and handclaps, Beatles then-manager Allen Klein and a dozen or so late-night pub revellers from Hatchetts Pub on overdubbed backing vocals — it was released on 6 February 1970. Backed by Ono's "Who Has Seen the Wind?" (which Lennon produced), it peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and number five on the UK Singles Chart. The pair appeared on Top of the Pops to perform the song live.
Harrison would later remark that he was enticed and interested by Lennon's idea of an instant single release, and this partially contributed to Harrison's willingness to participate. Harrison felt that it related in some way to his devotion to the Hindu religion (karma) and he therefore felt Lennon could use the single to promote it.
The single was released with a standard green Apple label (UK number: APPLES 1003; US number: 1818), with the words "Play Loud" printed above and beneath the spindle. (The B-side label, by contrast, carried the words "Play Soft.")
The song appeared later in the singles compilation record Shaved Fish, in 1975.
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The newly remastered music video and song from Milk and Honey in 1984.
"Borrowed Time" is the title of a song from John Lennon and Yoko Ono's last album, Milk and Honey. It charted at #32 in the UK Singles Chart.
The song was written in Bermuda during Lennon's 1980 sailing holiday. On the trip down from Newport Rhode Island to Bermuda, Lennon's yacht encountered a prolonged severe storm, due to the fatigue and severe seasickness of the crew, Lennon was eventually forced to take the yacht's wheel alone for many hours. Lennon found this terrifying but invigorating, renewing his confidence and making him contemplate the fragility of life (Lennon claimed his recovery from heroin addiction some years earlier had rendered him immune to seasickness). Once he arrived in Bermuda he heard the line 'living on borrowed time' from Bob Marley's "Hallelujah Time" and was inspired by his recent experience to write the lyrics around that theme, Marley was also the inspiration for the reggae feel of the music. Lennon commented that living on borrowed time was exactly what he was doing but then said "come to think of it, what we all are doing, even though most of us don't like to face it"
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This is an interview that was filmed on December 2nd, 1969, at John's then home, Tittenhurst Park, in Ascot for a piece by ATV regarding the Man of...
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This is an interview that was filmed on December 2nd, 1969, at John's then home, Tittenhurst Park, in Ascot for a piece by ATV regarding the Man of the Decade. John was one of just three celebrities who were in the running for the title Man of the Decade. John was eventually selected as the Man of the Decade (1960s). The footage was aired on December 30th, 1969. This clip is one of my favorites because John is making a ton of sense and he shows off the famous Lennon temper. Happy birthday, John.
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When you listen, I'm happy.
Peace & Love,
Matthew