Fellow blogger Nancy at The Elephant’s Trunk posted today’s featured track by the Beatles – Free As A Bird – a reworked version released in 1995 from a home demo John Lennon recorded in 1977. I was so impressed with…
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The Ballad of John and Yoko (1969) – the Beatles
The Beatles last No. 1 song in the UK – The Ballad of John and Yoko isn’t typical of their music and that’s what drew me to it. It sounds less polished, more blues and American country than their usual.…
Happy XMAS (War is Over) John Lennon – Christmas Countdown No. 2
Happy XMAS (War is Over) is one of my family’s favourite secular Christmas songs. The song appears on John Lennon’s posthumous compilation The John Lennon Collection shown inset. I don’t know how many times I put the needle down on this record…
6/5 – 12/5/24 – May Pang, Son of Man & Starfish
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Meeting May PangBlog article at PowerPop Max at PowerPop has made it no secret his adoration and fascination with the Beatles over the years.…
Tagged with: Ali Ataie, blogging theology, john lennon, MayPang, powerpop, Sharon's Writers Tidbits, son of man, Starfish
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
[Just Like] Starting Over (1980) – John Lennon
[Just Like] Starting Over was released 45 days before John Lennon was murdered on the 8th of December 1980. It was Lennon’s final single released in his lifetime. As my blogger friend Max mentioned in a recent post: Lennon has…
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (1980) – John Lennon
Beautiful Boy was written for Lennon’s son, Sean, his only child with Yoko Ono. Paul McCartney has stated this is one of his favourite songs composed by Lennon. It was used as the B-side of Happy Xmas (War Is Over) to promote the…
Jealous Guy (1971) – John Lennon
I was fascinated by today’s song Jealous Guy growing up. I don’t know how many times I put the needle down on this record (see image left), but it was a lot. We had one of those old wooden turntables…
All Those Years Ago (1981) – George Harrison
It’s between John Lennon and George Harrison as to my favourite Beatle. What they did post – Beatles really impressed me and how they carried themselves. We have John Lennon writing in the latter years of his life ‘Watching the…
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Posted in Music
20/12 – 26/12/21 Happy XMAS (War is Over), The Mirror & Robin Williams.
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. John Lennon – Happy XMAS (War is Over)Music article at PowerPop Here is another article from a good friend in virtual world, Max at…
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Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reading
Meandering Thoughts about the Beatles Anthology
In Australia, my first recollection of hearing The Beatles was at the tender age of six. In primary school we danced incessantly to Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Yellow Submarine. It was a daily exercise ritual and I became increasingly disheartened and…
Tagged with: anthology, Bob Dylan, england, episodes, george harrison, help, john lennon, love me do, Ob-La-Da, Ob-La-Di, paul mccartney, the beatles, Yellow Submarine
Posted in Music, Reflections
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