Reddit reviews John Lennon: The Life
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They had several ideas for a one off concert to go along with the rehearsal documentary/album that at the time was called Get Back. They discussed performing on deck of an ocean liner in the middle of the Atlantic, they talked about performing at the Pyramids in Egypt, and a Roman amphitheatre in Tunisia at dawn. However, they couldn't all agree, and so they ended up on the roof.
If anyone is even remotely interested in The Bealtes I suggest reading John Lennon: The Life and Paul McCartney: The Life both by Philip Norman. They are incredible, I am about 500 pages into McCartney and it's just amazing.
Sorry if it made it seem I was apologizing for Lennon.
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I wasn't. He's my favorite Beatle. I've read the [bio] so you can spare me Reddit's take.
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But here, ever heard of the "John Sinclair Freedom Rally"? It was a protest and concert held in response to the imprisonment of John Sinclair for possession of Marijuana, both Lennon and Ono performed at this event and Lennon. In fact they performed a song called "Attica State" which is actually a protest song lamenting the loss of life in the Attica State prison riots as well as protesting poor living conditions and human rights violations of prisoners in the United States. Check out these lyrics for a bit of the "high and naked" you were mentioning: "Free the prisoners, jail the judges," "They all live in suffocation," and "Rockefeller pulled the trigger, that is what the people feel." The final verse calls on its audience to "Come together, join the movement / Take a stand for human rights / Fear and hatred clouds our judgment / Free us all from endless night." Song is off the album "Sometime in New York City."
What about "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)" ? This one's from the album "Mind Games" here's an [article] about it.
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"Happy Xmas (War is Over)", Give me Some Peace, Imagine, Working Class Hero, these are all politically-minded protest songs to some extent.
Amazing stuff!
https://www.amazon.com/John-Lennon-Life-Philip-Norman/dp/0060754028
I read about both in this book.
That's the only source you can find of the quote?
You can read the quote here, click on the cover and type "steak" into the search bar, it should come up.
http://www.amazon.com/John-Lennon-Life-Philip-Norman/dp/0060754028/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309499885&sr=1-1
Highly recommended. Explains a LOT (read: Everything) about the Beatles.
They were smart, hip, fashion conscious dudes. Nobody HAD to tell them that that's what people wanted to see, since that's what the cool kids were wearing.