Posts Tagged ‘John Lennon’

Classic Christmas hit originally released in 1971

It’s hard to imagine a world without ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band‘. The physicist C.P. Snow once said if Einstein hadn’t locked himself away, indulged in a spot of chin-stroking and eventually conceived the General Theory of Relativity, which revolutionised the way we think about science, we’d still be waiting for that idea to occur to someone else now. In the same vein, you have to wonder that if The Beatles hadn’t locked themselves away in Abbey Road during those few fruitful months over 40 years ago, following their self-imposed exile from live duties in 1966, whether we might equally still be waiting for a band to revolutionise the face of popular music today.

Miles Kane probably wishes he’d never mentioned the fact that Noel Gallagher appears on his debut solo album. Perhaps he underestimated the huge media storm it would trigger and the distraction it would cause in the build up to what is a very important album for him. Anyone that has heard ‘Colour Of The Trap‘ will know by now that Gallagher’s appearance is a treat but by no means overshadows the breadth of top drawer songwriting that is peppered all over this impressive debut.

A letter thought to have been written by John Lennon to Paul McCartney in 1971 concerning the break up of The Beatles is to be auctioned off in Beverly Hills next month.

Day three of the SXSW festival was kicked started by a special talk by Yoko Ono, who is due to perform tomorrow at the Elysium. Beginning with a near 20 minute condensed documentary of her life, Yoko talked through parts of her life with John Lennon, the inspiration for her art, and thoughts on the recent tragic events in Japan.

Singer and actress Taylor Momsen has revealed she would love to write a song with former Oasis leader and songwriter Noel Gallagher.

Another piece of iconic rock memorabilia has been sold recently as the white suit worn by John Lennon on the sleeve of The Beatles‘ classic 1969 album ‘Abbey Road‘ has been purchased for close to $46,000 (£29,700) at an auction in America.

Photographs of John Lennon taken during a radio interview in New York (above) just days before his death are expected to cost thousands of pounds when they go on sale next month.

A video entitled ‘I Met The Walrus‘, an impressive animation which tells the story of a young Beatles fan meeting John Lennon in a hotel room, was recently named amongst the top 25 ‘most creative YouTube videos ever’ by a jury of experts.

In honour of John Lennon’s 70th Birthday on Saturday October 9, 2010, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and BoxofVision LLC will today seal three authorized time capsules to carry his legacy to future generations. The time capsules will be preserved and stored until they are opened in a ceremonial presentation on October 9, 2040.