Word: lennons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Throughout, one theme keeps coming back--the idea that Lennon was constantly risking something by staunchly sticking with even the most unpopular and outlandish convictions. As Jann Wenner writes...
...John finally became John Lennon was crucible whose...
...first, this assertion is a little hard to swallow Lennon had the world at his fingertips, he was rich, could go any where, do anything But Lennon, like Elvis before him was averitable prisoner of fame. His was a constant struggle to find reality in the distorted, take environment in which he lived. On the one hand were the insatiable expectations of fans who thought they owned him, on the other all the trappings of the elite--the women, the booze, the drugs, Lennon, being only human, succumbed to the latter as often as not. And when he finally rebelled...
...peace activist who held sleep-ins with his wife in hotel bedrooms, Lennon repeatedly risked the scorn of the press and fans. As a househusband who stayed at home for five years to take care of his son, he invited the ridicule and contempt of those who wanted him to continue recording. And as a comeback artist who let his unpopular wife Yoko contribute half the songs to a new album, he braved the possibility of rejection...
Through first-hand testimony and accounts of those who knew him well, The Ballad of John and Yoko admirably describes Lennon's battle. All the bitterness of the Beatles break-up pours from the "Lennon Remembers" interview. Cheat Flippo provides voyeurs with a delightful inside look at Lennon in "retirement." And Robert Christian enthralls with his inimitable analysis of Lennon's songs...