John Lennon

[Jrnygrl]

I was just listening to Lennon's "Mind Games", and started thinking what would John think of todays music? Would he still be a working artist and touring?

The one thing that I always love about John is that he was honest with his feelings about what was going on around him. His music is so timely, that 50 years from now a song like "Woman" and "Mind Games" will still be something that fans can listen to and still love.

What do you think?:talk: :wave:

[Shine]

I don't think that John would be too happy with the music being made today. When John was making music with the Beatles rock music was still mosty uncharted territory. These days there is very little that is new in music, because pretty much everything has been done.

[Jrnygrl]

I have to agree with you. Lennon was about experimenting with music, so I would think that if he were still around he would put out music that was better than what we are hearing today. But I agree that he would be so disappointed with the way so many artist today are just not going beyond what they hear.

So sad we will never know.

[Hollow]

he would hate the noise pollution that is hip hop.

[AKA]

I think he'd still be putting out music today. I think he would still have been pretty big in the '80s, but would have slowed down a bit in the '90s.

[musicradio77]

I love all of these songs by John Lennon. "Imagine", "Cold Turkey", "Give Peace a Chance", "Woman", "Starting Over" and others.:)

[crystals]

I love John Lennon's song "Imagine". When September 11th happened and the the wars with Afghanistan and Iraq happened I wondered what he would have written. I saw a program about him on History tv awhile back and it showed that during sometime he took a break from music because he didn't have anything to say. I'm sure he would have a lot to say if he were alive today.

[Dean Winchester]

if Lennon was still alive, he'd be criticized for being a pacifist, I'm more than willing to bet that

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by AKA
I think he'd still be putting out music today. I think he would still have been pretty big in the '80s, but would have slowed down a bit in the '90s.

I agree:D

[Vegas Girl]

In the late 70's, John Lennon was asked: "If the Beatles were still together, what do you think they would sound like?"

John answered: "Probably a lot like Cheap Trick".

No wonder Cheap Trick reminds me of The Beatles!

[AKA]

Originally posted by Vegas Girl
In the late 70's, John Lennon was asked: "If the Beatles were still together, what do you think they would sound like?"

John answered: "Probably a lot like Cheap Trick".

No wonder Cheap Trick reminds me of The Beatles!

Incidentally, John recorded with Cheap Trick in 1980. An early version of the Double Fantasy track "I'm Losing You" was recorded with Cheap Trick as John's backing band.

But John decided he wanted the song to be a little softer, so he re-recorded it with his regular band.

The Cheap Trick version remained unreleased until 1998, when the four-disc box set The John Lennon Anthology was released.

The Double Fantasy version is good, but I actually prefer the version with Cheap Trick.

[Vegas Girl]

I actually prefer the "harder" version of I'm Losing You.

There's also a version where Robin Zander (of Cheap Trick) sings I'm Losing You. He sounds a lot like John in that song.

Then again, Robin Zander can sound like anyone he wants. No wonder he's called the "Man of a Thousand Voices". :D

[isiahthomas]

I saw in Parade weekly magazine that i get every Saturday that Paul McCartney & John Lennon had did a album together before John died. Paul took credit for all the songs & left John's name off the credits on his album cause Paul was jealous of John. Did ya'll hear about this? It's a damn shame Paul is jealous of him when they're supposed to be friends.

[AKA]

What? No. You're thinking of either Wings Over America (1976) or Back In The U.S. (2002), both live albums. On both albums, Paul switched the "Lennon/McCartney" credits of the Beatles songs he performed to "Written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon."

[isiahthomas]

Your right, my bad. Paul McCartney did switch the writing credits on the live albums they did together which was a b***h move cause he wants to take all the credit.

[AKA]

Originally posted by isiahthomas
Your right, my bad. Paul McCartney did switch the writing credits on the live albums they did together which was a b***h move cause he wants to take all the credit. I don't know. I can see it from both sides. On one hand, they did agree to credit every song they wrote for the Beatles "Lennon/McCartney," even if only one of them actually wrote it

BUT it was originally "McCartney/Lennon." If you look on the back cover of Please Please Me (the Beatles' first album), you'll see this yourself. Also, the songs McCartney switched credits for are only for songs that he wrote the majority of or that John had nothing to do with songwriting-wise. This is only for the two live albums and will not affect any future Beatles issues/reissues (the credits there will remain "Lennon/McCartney").

And people say that it's just wrong to do it after John's death. Well, if John would have had such a problem with it, why didn't he speak up in 1976?

I'll tell you why - he didn't care.

[AKA]

For further reading on the subject:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57711
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64918

[crystals]

Originally posted by AKA




And people say that it's just wrong to do it after John's death. Well, if John would have had such a problem with it, why didn't he speak up in 1976?

I'll tell you why - he didn't care.

Yeah, he probably didn't care. If he had written some of the songs he knew which ones he wrote and who cares if other people thought it was McCartney who wrote the songs. All the Beatles songs are good no matter who writes them. I noticed in the live albums that he did give George Harrison credit for "Something".

[Shine]

Out of respect for the late John Lennon, I feel that John's name should remain first. Paul is a brilliant songwriter, but he'll never be John Lennon.