26-05-2016, 05:56
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JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO "double fantasy - stripped down" cd, 1980.
solo career stats:
studio albums.......11
singles.................21
this album..................#1 UK...#1 AU...#1 CAN...#1 NZ...#1 US (and just about everywhere else!)
singles:
"(just like) starting over"................#1 UK....#1 AU...#1 CAN...#1 NZ....#1 US
"woman"......................................#1 UK....#4 AU...#3 CAN...#1 NZ....#2 US
"watching the wheels"..................#30 UK..#45 AU.#12 CAN..#15 NZ..#10 US
first up, lets get this straight...
this album is a double set containing the original "double fantasy" album and the 'stripped down'
version of the album ie: basically its a demo/acoustic version....
I don't do demo tracks or alternate versions as a rule so here is the original "double fantasy" one...
released just three or four weeks prior to his senseless murder in December 1980...
album and lead off single were already on the way down the charts in most countries, then 'bang bang!"
he dies and the album and single rocket up to number one on just about every chart in the world...
its Lennon's comeback album after a five year hiatus being a "house husband/stay at home dad"....
the problem I have with this album is that "it" (yoko) sings half the tracks (if you call it singing?!)...
so IMO its only half an album...
rumour has it that when McCartney heard John was making a comeback that he was crapping himself
that John would take the limelight off him and that John may be more popular that Paul (that is in several books
ive read about Macca over the years (and with his cocky 'look at me', 'im the greatest', 'I was the Beatles" attitude)
it wouldn't surprise me if those rumours were correct.
back to the album...
or the most part Johns songs on here are excellent IMO, none of the bullcrap political crap he got mixed up with
in the early 1970s, instead we get real love songs, as in his undying love for Yoko and son Sean....
as I said, its only half an album and at least with the evolution of the cd format all I have to do is press 'next'
to skip over the Yoko tracks, but in the old days it was a case of lifting the needle and putting it down in the correct
position so as to avoid her songs and hopefully not scratch the vinyl
I bought the single "starting over" the week it was released and the album on vinyl the following week when it was
released...it was the first thing by Lennon I purchased, hearing "starting over" still puts a lump in my throat and brings
a tear to my eye everytime I hear it...such a waste of a great talent who had years of music to offer the world in the future!
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: pick any one of seven of them(its your choice)
best track: (just like) starting over
[video=youtube;iAJ2AoEwDvY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAJ2AoEwDvY[/video]
tracks:
1...(just like) starting over ***
2...kiss kiss kiss *
3...clean up time **
4...give me something *
5...im losing you **
6...im moving on *
7...beautiful boy(darling sean) ***
8...watching the wheels ***
9...yes, im your angel *
10.woman ***
11.beautiful boys *
12.dear yoko ***
13.every man has a woman who loves him *
14.hard times are over *
3s=5
2s=2
1s=7 (im sure you can guess who's songs got a perfect score)!
rating: 1.8
rating for Yoko's songs: 1.0
rating for Johns songs: 2.7
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.