![]() The “Live Jam” cd has the heaviest version of “Cold Turkey” you will ever hear plus the excellent ” Well Baby Please Dont Go”, with the opener “something I used to play at the Cavern !” So, what about the rest? Too much Yoko for popular opinion (although some of the songs are better than given credit for) too many slogans, sure. “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, is not remembered in the same way as the U2 track, the lyrics are hard, but it does bite as a track. “The Luck of the Irish” was superb, lyrically biased, but after the shootings in Derry, someone (brave) had to say something. “Woman is the N-r of the World” incredibly brave, lyrics and singing superb! John Sinclair great slide guitar and singing. New York City blasted as one of JL’s finest rock moments, a diary of their time in NYC. This album was delayed in the UK, the reviews were awful, yet there was for me defining moments. He embraced the counterculture movement in New York, aligning himself with the politics of the New Left and their various causes and campaigns.įollowing Imagine, John and Yoko had gone to live in New York City, any interviews/ comments in the uk music papers were exciting, as at the time, it felt as they were along way from home. ‘Working Class Hero’ and ‘Power To The People’ were key songs of his in the early 1970s, and he and Yoko Ono had spoken out in support of British Black Power leader Michael X, convicted A6 murderer James Hanratty, and the editors of Oz magazine.Īlthough he encountered resistance from Nixon’s administration, Lennon found a New York ally in political activists Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. ![]() At first unsure of whether to speak out against the Vietnam War, and discouraged from doing so, it wasn’t until 1968’s ‘Revolution’ that social commentary began to take centre stage in his music.Īs a solo artist Lennon used his songwriting increasingly as a way to chart what was occurring in his life, whether personal or political. ![]() ![]() Lennon had become interested in political issues while touring with The Beatles in the mid 1960s. John Lennon, 1970 Lennon Remembers, Jann S Wenner ![]()
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