Word: lennon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...essays and particularly some of the interviews, Lennon's devotion to his spouse rings true. And in the passages devoted exclusively to One, we gain insights into the genius and creativity that attracted Lennon to her in the first place...
MOST OF THE WORK, though, centers rightly around Lennon. The reader follows his progress from the beginning of the end of the Beatles to the release of Double Fantasy in 1980 and his death shortly thereafter. In between are fascinating accounts of Lennon as peace activist, of his light to remain in the U.S. and of his five-year hiatus as a "househusband...
...WHEN LENNON was shot two years ago in December, a significant chunk of the world, briefly united, mourned. The dream, as Lennon himself had sung all the way back in 1970, was irretrievably over. There would be no more Beatles, no more '60s and no more youth for a generation that shook Western society, and then, unsure what to do next, drifted slowly into complacency. And there would be no joy or provocation from a man who had finally come out of seclusion to face a new decade...
...Lennon's death brought the predictable slew of tributes. In American, tragedy usually also means profit, and manuscript after manuscripts chronicling the Beatle legend found its way into print. Most, hastily written, were garbage. Thankfully, the editors of the authorities rock magazine Rolling Stone took their time and only recently released a collection of interviews with and essays on the most controversial Beatles. The Ballad of John and Yoko is a captivating work, at once passionate and thought out, loving and objective. And it features some of the best writing on rock to be found anywhere...
...their credit, the editors recognize and emphasize the influence on Lennon of his second wife, Yoko Ono. Most Beatles fans, convinced Ono spurred the group's split, resented and even hated her. And they found her music--often comprised of screams, bizarre sounds and unconventional rhythms--impossible to digest. But all Ono did was make Lennon realize he couldn't be a Beatles forever and gradually save him from an environment of drugs and depravation...