The Words and Music of John LennonBloomsbury Academic, 2007 M06 30 - 187 pages Despite John Lennon's immense popularity, little attention has been paid to his work apart from the Beatles. Yet his solo artistry not only illuminates what he gave to the Beatles, but also constitutes a significant contribution to popular music in general. Lennon was able to fuse experiments in technology, instrumentation, lyrics, and musical form into recordings that were both artistically and commercially successful. Few singer-songwriters have been his equal. In this long overdue investigation, authors Ben Urish and Ken Bielen give Lennon's artistry the opportunity to speak for itself. After a brief biographical introduction, chronologically arranged chapters discuss his incredible body of work album-by-album and single-by-single. A discography and annotated bibliography conclude the book. |
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... produce and appear on an album for Peel called The Pope Smokes Dope — but the depth of their direct artistic input is ... produced by Len- non and Ono and may have Lennon playing or singing on it , although , if so , he is not readily ...
... produced what his output was as a Beatle , he would still be considered one of the major figures in all of popular music . In fact , if all Lennon had ever done were to produce popular music , he would still be considered a major figure ...
... Produced and directed by Alan Lysaght and Paul McGrath . 1 hr . 40 min . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . 2005. DVD . The story of Lennon's peace anthem and first non - Beatles song release is thoroughly documented by the same team ...
Contents
The Early Years | 1 |
Gimme Some Truth 19701973 | 17 |
What You Got 19731975 | 45 |
Copyright | |
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