Lennon Legend was released in the fall of 1997 in England to replace the deleted John Lennon Collection, and the 20-track collection is remarkably similar to its predecessor, replicating a full 16 tracks and deleting the relatively nonessential "I'm Losing You," "Dear Yoko," and "Move Over Ms. L" in favor of "Borrowed Time," "Mother," "Nobody Told Me," and "Working Class Hero." Even if the disc isn't sequenced in strict chronological order, the end result is the strongest single-disc Lennon collection yet. It might not offer everything of worth that Lennon recorded -- the Plastic Ono Band and Imagine albums remain essentials, and there are great-to-good songs scattered among his later solo records -- but it does function as an excellent sampler and introduction to his solo career.
I watched ??Imagine?? again a couple months ago, and I came away with a couple insights that I wouldn't have had when I watched it as a teenager. 1. John Lennon was the first "Reality Star" of any merit.* 2. John had worked his thinking pattern into his own frenzied logic that wasn't really as deep as we often believe him to be. He often uses a "it means everything, it means nothing" argu...
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This is true in all our daily live we should persue happiness and peace in life
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Jacksonville Jaguars Cheerleader Missy.Once again I am pressed for time this week due to my 'Montage Mountain' excursion with my family to my home town of Scranton, PA. for Christmas. However, I still have enough time to dedicate this newsletter to the late great Beatle, (John Lennon). If you can ‘Imagine’ that? ‘I wonder if you can’.Hear ‘Imagine’ at http://sportsblogbybubb.podomatic
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Cut a rug, peoples.
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I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish a happy birthday to one John Winston Ono Lennon, who on this day would have been sixty six years old. And who certainly would have still been making music today had it not been for the obsession of a deeply disturbed killer and so called fan. Thank you John. You showed me beauty and peace through music, you changed my life and helped make me the...
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Cold Turkey stands out in The RocknRoll canon as a hair-raising testament to the agony of heroin addiction. In my mind this song, more than any other, finally shatters the illusion of the Mop Tops. For three plus minutes John Lennon is in your face and under your skin with a sharp, jagged & nervous cry of pain, need & determination. His sweat is palpable, you can almost smell the junkie ...
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Christie's are auctioning off John Lennon's hand-written lyrics for "Give Peace A Chance." Reportedly they were given to a 16-year old Gail Renard by the singer himself during a protest for peace in Montreal in 1969. John and Yoko were holding the "bed-in" at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel when he gave Renard a few mementos, including the lyrics. This is the same event where the now-legendary son...
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One of the marvels of this mogiverse of ours is the ability to connect with kindred spirits who are worlds away, on so many levels. Really! Where else does a deadmandeadman get to talk to a greek goddess? Who knew there were so many sagacious folks in Philly? This place brings me great pleasure, even when (especially when?) I'm pissin' people off. I joke.But tonight I want to wish a Happy Anni...
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A happy ending for the idiot documentary filmmakers behind Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. (Oh, the irony!) The film, which takes a look at the teachers and scientists who believe intelligent design is an alternative to Darwin's theory of evolution, used a 15 second clip of John Lennon's "Imagine" without the "OK" from neither the Lennon camp (i.e. Yoko Ono) or label (EMI.) Ono and EMI didn'...
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like i even frickin want it thoughWTFi got some gum if you think it might help hold things together over heresay i say youi don't really have a goddamned thing to say so i will let those in the know speak.oh BTW*EAT ME*"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it".John Lennon"There was never a time when I did not exist, nor youNor will there be any future ...
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...what a telling picture the one above is...John Lennon and Yoko Ono were one of those rock 'n roll couples that I found I could relate to but at the same time were an enigmatic union...at times they seemed to drive each other nuts but all of that crazy-making brought them closer together...there was a bond that they found and latched onto that nobody could sever, not even the Beatles...some o...
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Setting aside whether the film "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" is good or bad, we have this (from 21 May):Yoko Ono tries to block use of `Imagine' in film By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - Yoko Ono wants a judge to imagine a movie challenging the theory of evolution — but without John Lennon's song "Imagine" in it.The film's distributors are fighting to keep it in — a
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T’was the night before Christmas (a short while ago), and I was pulling together a special holiday CD for my 14-year-old niece who, like quite a few of her peers, has discovered the magic of vintage Beatles and Stones, decades after the fact.So I’m thinking, what better treat for her than digital rips of the six classic Beatles Christmas singles that were sent exclusively to the band’s fan c
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I caught about a minute of that Larry King interview yesterday with Paul,Ringo,Yoko, and George's wife(sorry...the name escapes me)...it made me miss John Lennon. Even though I was too young to remember his death, I can kinda relate...Kurt Cobain may have been our generations Lennon. I know they left this world on different terms, but I also know that they had so many amazing songs left to writ...
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My beloved Moggers. The Strike might have made more sense if it had been conducted the way the Japanese do it: Put the equivalent of a black armband on you - and keep working. (Try an avatar that says "MOG is BUSTED" whenever you feel like telling the management that you're not happy... but keep blogging. It's like your car breaks down and you so you stop calling your friends - you can stil...
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Jacksonville Jaguars Cheerleader Missy.Once again I am pressed for time this week due to my 'Montage Mountain' excursion with my family to my home town of Scranton, PA. for Christmas. However, I still have enough time to dedicate this newsletter to the late great Beatle, (John Lennon). If you can ‘Imagine’ that? ‘I wonder if you can’.Hear ‘Imagine’ at http://sportsblogbybubb.podomatic
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I think the chorus from this posthumous John Lennon single describes the kind of day I've had. I remember when Nobody Told Me first came out. I have happy memories of watching this video on M-TV. This song always inspires a smile on my face. Good song = good times.We just finished watching the Cubs win 7-1. I feel more relaxed. Michelle made us this awesome dinner. Life is good. I feel blessed.
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I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish a happy birthday to one John Winston Ono Lennon, who on this day would have been sixty six years old. And who certainly would have still been making music today had it not been for the obsession of a deeply disturbed killer and so called fan. Thank you John. You showed me beauty and peace through music, you changed my life and helped make me the...
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my mother used to have this box of 45's she kept tucked underneath our dinosaur-size stereo system. she rarely played them, always claimed to prefer her albums, complained about having to set that little clip into the middle circle, that it took too much time. i know the real reason was because that box of 45's were a wedding present to her and my dad, and she did not like to remember a time wh...
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| 1 Imagine |
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| 2 Instant Karma! |
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| 3 Mother [Single Edit] |
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| 4 Jealous Guy |
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| 5 Power to the People |
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| 6 Cold Turkey |
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| 7 Love |
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| 8 Mind Games |
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| 9 Whatever Gets You Thru the Night |
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| 10 #9 Dream |
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| 11 Stand by Me |
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| 12 (Just Like) Starting Over |
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| 13 Woman |
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| 14 Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) |
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| 15 Watching the Wheels |
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| 16 Nobody Told Me |
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| 17 Borrowed Time |
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| 18 Working Class Hero |
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| 19 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) |
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| 20 Give Peace a Chance |
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