John Lennon tried to tell me something today. I was buying a greeting card in a drug store, and as I made my decision the muzak switched over to a John Lennon song that captured perfectly the mood of the greeting card I wanted to purchase. I won’t say which song. Just that it wasContinue reading “On a Serendipitous Happening”
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On "Now and Then"
In 1994 and 1995 Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr got together at McCartney’s Sussex farmhouse studio and worked on three demo tapes given McCartney by Yoko Ono, to take demos done by John Lennon in the late 1970s and 1980 and turn them into finished Beatles songs. Two songs, “Free as a Bird”Continue reading “On "Now and Then"”
On Remembering John
John Lennon, murdered twenty-six years ago today. The world could use John Lennon today. The world could use his powerful voice against those in authority. The world could use his poetic soul. Peace, John.
On Describing My Life With Song Titles
Shamelessly stolen from Keith DeCandido: Choose a band/artist and answer only in titles of their songs:John Lennon, just the solo work, just to be challenging. 😉 Are you male or female:“Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy).” Describe yourself:“Give Me Some Truth.” How do some people feel about you:“Watching the Wheels.” How do you feel about yourself:“Crippled Inside.”Continue reading “On Describing My Life With Song Titles”
On Remembering John Lennon
Doubtless today radio stations around the world will play “Imagine” in rapid repeats throughout the day as we remember John Lennon who was killed in New York twenty-five years ago today. I’d like to remember John by listening to one of his lesser-known songs, “#9 Dream,” from his 1974 album Walls and Bridges— So longContinue reading “On Remembering John Lennon”
On John Lennon's Birthday
John Lennon, former Quarry Man and Beatle, would have been sixty-five years young today. We all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun.
On "Nobody Told Me"
I really, really like John Lennon’s “Nobody Told Me.” Years ago, six now, I bought the Lennon Anthology boxed set. I think I may have listened to this set once. Yes, yes, I know. Needing something to listen to while hammering away at an outline I decided to pull out the Lennon Anthology and giveContinue reading “On "Nobody Told Me"”
On Random Meanings
WordPress comes pre-installed with a plug-in to insert a random line from Louis Armstrong’s song “Hello, Dolly” into the header of the admin screens I see when working on the website. I never activated the plug-in until today because I never saw the point–the song has no intrinsic meaning to me, and why clutter upContinue reading “On Random Meanings”
December’s Greatest Hits
The top fifteen reasons people checked out allyngibson.com in the month of December. 15. “John Lennon atheist.” I wouldn’t call Lennon an atheist, per se, but he certainly had his issues with organized religion. Witness this quote–“Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I am right, and have been proven right. We’re bigger thanContinue reading “December’s Greatest Hits”
We All Shine On
Take a moment, people, and think of John Lennon. Put in a Beatles album or one of his solo albums. Watch A Hard Day’s Night. What would he think of these troubled times? We salute you, Private Gripweed. I can’t believe I almost forgot.