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...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...
...COURSE, the work, like any of its genre, offers bits of information and anecdotes throughout--like the key role Storm Thurmond played in trying to deny Lennon a green card. Or the organizational chaos that plagued the ill-fated Toronto Peace Festival, and what went on behind the scenes during Beatles recording sessions...
...ultimately, what makes The Battle of John and Yoko so appealing is the detailed portrait it paints of one of the most celebrated--and complicated--characters of our time. Because so many writers sketch Lennon from so many angles, you get a feeling of completeness and accuracy rare in most biographies of popular artists. Rolling Stone writers saw Lennon the musician, the radical and the husband/father. Lennon the film maker, the thinker and the Beatles. Their visions add up to present a man who created without compromise, without abandoning his convictions. The portrait shows how tragic it is that Lennon...