On Jul 7, 6:43 pm, F Parella <f_pare...@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's easy to forget that it was not Lennon's intention, upon returning
to Ono in 1975, to go creatively dry for the next five years. Indeed, right through approximately March of 1975, he gave every indication of intending to follow his successful Walls and Bridges album not just by getting the problematic "Rock'n'Roll" record behind him, but with
another album of new material. In fact, according to various sources
(I am about to provide three, although there are more), this album was
well underway; a number of songs for it had been written.
According to Albert Goldman: "Just six weeks earlier, when [John] left
May Pang, he had been arockin' and arollin' like a young man. Only a
week before he left Sutton Place [the apartment where JL and May lived together], he had composed two songs, "Popcorn" and "Tennessee," the
latter not about the American state but about the famous playwright Tennessee Williams, the titles of whose works were skillfully woven
through the lyric. No sooner was John back at the Dakota, however,
than he started having trouble with his writing."
May Pang, meanwhile, says in her book that she and John planned to
visit New Orleans, where they had been invited by Paul McCartney, who
was working on an album there. Then, John said, "We'll come back and
think about a new album." "I felt very happy," May mentions; "The
John I loved most was the productive John, a man deeply committed to
making good music..." May says that John actually started writing
before the New planned Orleans trip. He composed "a sad song that he called 'Tennessee.' It had been inspired by his rereading of
Tennessee Williams's 'A Streetcar Named Desire.'" Shortly thereafter, according to May, "he had another song, 'Popcorn,' a very funny,
catchy tune."
Finally, Lennon himself gave a fascinating interview to Robert Hilburn
of the LA Times in autumn of 1974. After discussion of Walls and
Bridges, Lennon mentioned that "I stopped joining in [the partying
with Nilsson and co.], and I thought, 'This is alright. I'd wake up
and I didn't feel awful anymore." Lennon discussed touring: "Being
in front of people on a stage turned out to be great, too, for a
while." But, he added, "Writing and recording are the best." Lennon admitted that, "If I'm not writing, I get depressed." Hilburn
concluded that: "With 'Walls and Bridges' finished, Lennon is now
looking forward to putting the 'oldies' album together, and then work
on his next solo album: "I'm writing now. I've already finished
three tunes. It's going well. I know I'll be ready just after
Christmas."
Something, sadly, derailed Lennon's plans.Tennessee by John; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2VdGMsuMNQ
It's easy to forget that it was not Lennon's intention, upon returning
to Ono in 1975, to go creatively dry for the next five years. Indeed,
right through approximately March of 1975, he gave every indication of intending to follow his successful Walls and Bridges album not just by getting the problematic "Rock'n'Roll" record behind him, but with
another album of new material. In fact, according to various sources
(I am about to provide three, although there are more), this album was
well underway; a number of songs for it had been written.
According to Albert Goldman: "Just six weeks earlier, when [John] left
May Pang, he had been arockin' and arollin' like a young man. Only a
week before he left Sutton Place [the apartment where JL and May lived together], he had composed two songs, "Popcorn" and "Tennessee," the
latter not about the American state but about the famous playwright
Tennessee Williams, the titles of whose works were skillfully woven
through the lyric. No sooner was John back at the Dakota, however,
than he started having trouble with his writing."
May Pang, meanwhile, says in her book that she and John planned to
visit New Orleans, where they had been invited by Paul McCartney, who
was working on an album there. Then, John said, "We'll come back and
think about a new album." "I felt very happy," May mentions; "The
John I loved most was the productive John, a man deeply committed to
making good music..." May says that John actually started writing
before the New planned Orleans trip. He composed "a sad song that he
called 'Tennessee.' It had been inspired by his rereading of
Tennessee Williams's 'A Streetcar Named Desire.'" Shortly thereafter, according to May, "he had another song, 'Popcorn,' a very funny,
catchy tune."
Finally, Lennon himself gave a fascinating interview to Robert Hilburn
of the LA Times in autumn of 1974. After discussion of Walls and
Bridges, Lennon mentioned that "I stopped joining in [the partying
with Nilsson and co.], and I thought, 'This is alright. I'd wake up
and I didn't feel awful anymore." Lennon discussed touring: "Being
in front of people on a stage turned out to be great, too, for a
while." But, he added, "Writing and recording are the best." Lennon
admitted that, "If I'm not writing, I get depressed." Hilburn
concluded that: "With 'Walls and Bridges' finished, Lennon is now
looking forward to putting the 'oldies' album together, and then work
on his next solo album: "I'm writing now. I've already finished
three tunes. It's going well. I know I'll be ready just after
Christmas."
Something, sadly, derailed Lennon's plans.
On Jul 7, 6:43 pm, F Parella <f_pare...@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's easy to forget that it was not Lennon's intention, upon returning
to Ono in 1975, to go creatively dry for the next five years. Indeed, right through approximately March of 1975, he gave every indication of intending to follow his successful Walls and Bridges album not just by getting the problematic "Rock'n'Roll" record behind him, but with
another album of new material. In fact, according to various sources
(I am about to provide three, although there are more), this album was
well underway; a number of songs for it had been written.
According to Albert Goldman: "Just six weeks earlier, when [John] left
May Pang, he had been arockin' and arollin' like a young man. Only a
week before he left Sutton Place [the apartment where JL and May lived together], he had composed two songs, "Popcorn" and "Tennessee," the
latter not about the American state but about the famous playwright Tennessee Williams, the titles of whose works were skillfully woven
through the lyric. No sooner was John back at the Dakota, however,
than he started having trouble with his writing."
May Pang, meanwhile, says in her book that she and John planned to
visit New Orleans, where they had been invited by Paul McCartney, who
was working on an album there. Then, John said, "We'll come back and
think about a new album." "I felt very happy," May mentions; "The
John I loved most was the productive John, a man deeply committed to
making good music..." May says that John actually started writing
before the New planned Orleans trip. He composed "a sad song that he called 'Tennessee.' It had been inspired by his rereading of
Tennessee Williams's 'A Streetcar Named Desire.'" Shortly thereafter, according to May, "he had another song, 'Popcorn,' a very funny,
catchy tune."
Finally, Lennon himself gave a fascinating interview to Robert Hilburn
of the LA Times in autumn of 1974. After discussion of Walls and
Bridges, Lennon mentioned that "I stopped joining in [the partying
with Nilsson and co.], and I thought, 'This is alright. I'd wake up
and I didn't feel awful anymore." Lennon discussed touring: "Being
in front of people on a stage turned out to be great, too, for a
while." But, he added, "Writing and recording are the best." Lennon admitted that, "If I'm not writing, I get depressed." Hilburn
concluded that: "With 'Walls and Bridges' finished, Lennon is now
looking forward to putting the 'oldies' album together, and then work
on his next solo album: "I'm writing now. I've already finished
three tunes. It's going well. I know I'll be ready just after
Christmas."
Something, sadly, derailed Lennon's plans.Tennessee by John; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2VdGMsuMNQ
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