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JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO "double fantasy " vinyl/cd 1980.

his tenth album outside of the Beatles.
wasnt sure where to put this...
soft rock/easy listening fir his songs because Yoko's definately arent easy listening LOL
could have posted in Alternative because Yoko's songs would ft there and thats half the album.
anyway.
released less than a month before he died.
John said in an interview that he was in Bahamas in mid 1980 when he turned on the radio for the first time in five years,
he heard B-52s 'rock lobster' and Macca's 'coming up', both those songs encouraged him to go back in the studio in a good way, he loved both tracks apparently.
so enough of the history back to the songs.
Yoko's are just crap, no other word to describe them but at least theyre bareable crap LOL
John's songs are the work of a man finding himself, coming to terms with life as her approaches the cusp of 40, happiness and contentment in his life as a husband and father with the whole future ahead of him,
no negativity in his songs here, unlike a lot of his previous works, nothing 'out there' outlandish, avant-garde or secular, just a collection of perfectly crafted songs.
this is his masterpiece as far as his career goes IMO, 
shame Yoko's songs bring down the rating of this album
its just a downright shame we never got to hear even greater things from him as he returned from the wilderness only to be gunned down in totally senseless act of open brutality  RIP John Lennon.
i love all seven of his tracks on here, dislike all seven of Yoko's which means overall that...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

love this new video for "Starting over"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZCxyOcvp5A  video
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Lennon explaining his 'stay at home dad' years prior to making the album in htis song:

love the home video clip here:





People say I'm crazy
Doin' what I'm doin'
Well, they give me all kinds of warnings
To save me from ruin.
When I say that I'm okay
Well, they look at me kinda strange
Surely you're not happy now
You no longer play the game.

People say I'm lazy
Dreamin' my life away
Well, they give me all kinds of advice
Designed to enlighten me.
When I tell them that I'm doin' fine
Watchin' shadows on the wall
Don't you miss the big time, boy?
You're no longer on the ball.

I'm just sittin' here watchin' the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer ridin' on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go.

People askin' questions
Lost in confusion
Well, I tell them there's no problem
Only solutions.
Well, they shake their heads
And they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry
I'm just sittin' here doin' time.

I'm just sittin' here watchin' the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer ridin' on the merry-go-rounds
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go