Word: lennon
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...from them that we derive so many of our romantic assumptions about love - that love involves suffering and anguish, that there is love at first sight, that absence makes the heart grow fonder, that a grand passion is life's great ambition and that finally, as John Lennon said, All you need is love...
...loud I didn't really look up to see whether they were actually playing "Also Spach Zarathustra" or whether it was prerecorded. I was doubled up in surprise. When the sound subsided, Milton Nascimento, one of the heroes of Brazilian music, came out and sang a duet of John Lennon's "Imagine" with Gilberto Gil, another hero of Brazilian music. This was a high point - the Beatles have always been big in Brazil, and the Tropicalia movement was in part inspired by the Fab Four's creativity. The music that immediately followed was not so inspiring. Gil and Nascimento left...
...from his native country. His first song popped and burbled with township jive, and the emotional high point was reached when Lo Borges (a peer of Nascimento's who hails from his home region of Minas Gerais) joined him on stage for a rendition of Nascimento's song "Para Lennon e McCartney," yet another tribute to the guiding spirit of the Beatles. One can only guess what impact the release of the Beatles greatest hits album "1" will have on future generations of Brazilian songwriters. Ringo may get his own tribute song...
...entered American mainstream music. The third gallery, a paean to the electric guitar, is dark except for the fluorescent lights over the instruments. It has a large screen repeating a 13-minute sequence of great rock moments, videos on the making of the instruments and collectors' items like John Lennon's first guitar, a guitar with six sets of strings and even an inflatable electric guitar. For die-hard rock-and-roll fans and history buffs, this room is a treasure trove, but the viewer without that background who comes to see an art show might walk away disappointed...
Last mention of the Beatles in this column for this year, I promise: today is the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's murder. Pity that means Yoko will probably say something that will come across as more self-serving than heartfelt. And pity the movie-of-the-week about Lennon last Sunday was so terrible. Talk about going down to Liverpool to do nothing. December 8 is also Jim Morrison's birthday, although the annoying inconvenience of death puts a damper on things. Light a fire in memory...