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Title: All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono by David Sheff ISBN: 0-312-25464-4 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 08 December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: As close as we'll ever get to a Lennon Autobiography
Comment: Actually I have the original version of this book, The Playboy Interviews, but since I'm an avid collector of "all things Lennon" I'll probably buy this newer version as well. But man! What a great read this book is! I learned so much about John here in his own words. Do people remember when he was shot, and the current issue of Playboy had just come out with the John & Yoko interview? Man, I clutched that thing like a bible in those sad sad days of December 1980. That interview turned out to be just a portion of the whole interview, and now that is published in this book. A cautionary note: reading this book can re-awaken your love and feelings for John and the Beatles, and this can lead to some pretty serious melancholia. Twenty-plus years later! I still ponder the what-ifs of it all, if John had been allowed to live - for instance, how would that Beatles Anthology thing on Tee Vee had been with a living John? And would there have ever been a Beatles reunion? ( I doubt it.) Not to mention how the politics of the Reagan-80s if John had been there to help out! Anyway, buy this book. It is still very valid and even timeless in its depth and scope.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very moving
Comment: Right before his death in 1980, John Lennon gave his most open and candid interviews. In 1980, Lennon was out of the public limelight for 5 years, was happily married, had a son, and his comeback album Double Fantasy was selling well. Previous interviews were usually marred by his overhwelming sense of anger, cynicusm anbd political activism that almost got him deported in the early 70s. With that behind him, Lennon was ready to move forward with life, and candidly talked about his troubled youth, his inspiration from rock and roll, his time with the Beatles, his solo career, Yoko, and his plans for the future. You read htis and think "oh how nice, he has finally found himself, and he's finally happy," but then unfortunately you feel sad at the same time, considering the events that happened right after these interviews. It's very sad and a letdown because he was so optimistic with quotes like "and I'll continue to do what I'm doing until I'm dead which hopefully won't be for a very long time."
Even though his bliss was tragically cut short, these interviews with John Lennon serve as a good epitaph of his life, and even serve him better than most of his uneven solo career.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must have for any Lennon fan
Comment: John Lennon gave only two lengthy, in-depth interviews in his life. The first was in 1970 to Rolling Stone magazine and his final interview was given in 1980 to Playboy, which is reproduced here. Both are instructive to read, especially when you contrast their tone and content. The Lennon in the 1970 Rolling Stone interview had just left the Beatles and was trying desperately to convince the interviewer and the public that it just didn't bloody matter. Though history has shown Lennon emerged from the Beatles break-up much more undamaged emotionally than McCartney, the dissolution of his band was bound to leave some scars. John puts up a bit of a front here and I fear he doth protest too much, especially when he says he can't remember much about the Beatles and didn't think they were that great of a band to begin with.
In 1980, John was coming out of his self-imposed "house husband" exile and had recorded his first record in five years. The most interesting chapters of the interview are undoubtedly his thoughts about the Beatles and his individual bandmates. Whereas in 1970, John claimed Lennon and McCartney rarely collaborated on a song post-1964, he corrects this in these '80 recollections. He tells some wonderful stories about Ringo and how he helped George with the lyrics to Taxman in 1966. He also talks about how hurt he was when George omitted reference to him in his memoirs.
These interviews should be an integral part of any Lennon collection and makes for some excellent reading. Whether you've grown up on Lennon or are new to him, this is an indispensable tool in trying to understand his mindset just before he was senselessly murdered by Mark David Chapman on the sidewalk in front of the Dakota. What a terribly dark day that was.
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Title: Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970 by John Lennon, Jann S. Wenner, Jann Wenner, Charles Reich ISBN: 1859846009 Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Skywriting by Word of Mouth : And Other Writings, Including ((IT))The Ballad of John and Yoko((RO)) by John Lennon ISBN: 0060914440 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 30 September, 1987 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: John Lennon in His Own Write by John Lennon, Yoko Ono ISBN: 0684868075 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Lennon : Definitive Biography, The by Ray Coleman ISBN: 0060986085 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 16 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title:Lennon Legend - The Very Best of John Lennon ASIN: B0000DJZ9M Publisher: Emi Distribution Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $21.49 |
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