"We are all relatively young. The game is not
over yet. And if you take the exams, it seems I will turn 40 and life starts at
40 - so they promise. I believe it too. I feel great and I do not see the time.
"It's like saying '21, 'Wow, what' s going to happen next? " John
Lennon told journalist David Sheff a few months before his tragic murder on
December 8, 1980. Lennon's untimely death still evokes deep sadness
around the globe today, as he continues to be admired by new generations of
fans.
R.I.P. John Lennon
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Menlove Ave. [1986]
Roundly pilloried at the time of its 1986
release as a posthumous barrel-scraping, Menlove Avenue is actually a much more
complicated proposition. While it's true that the album's 10 tracks are merely
outtakes from Lennon's troubled 1974-1975 studio sessions, the music here is
fairly enlightening and occasionally even excellent.
The five songs originally recorded for Rock 'N' Roll are admittedly pretty awful;
it's no wonder that
these soggy versions of "Angel Baby" and "To Know Her Is to Love
Her" didn't make it onto the album, or that John fobbed "Rock and
Roll People" off on Johnny Winter instead of releasing it himself. But the
second half rescues five great Walls and Bridges cuts from the over-produced
murk of their "official" versions, and the results are nothing less
than sublime. Recommended to hardcore Lennonists with a soft spot for Walls and
Bridges; everyone else should probably avoid it. [Dan Epstein – Amazon.com]
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