04-03-2021, 00:21
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JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO "double fantasy" vinyl/cd 1980
seventh proper album...
after a five year hiatus Lennon picked up his pen and paper once again after supposedly feeling inspired by two songs he heard on the radio: "coming up" (paul mccartney) and "rock lobster" (b-52s)...
on the B-52s he is on record as saying 'the world has caught up with Yoko's music'...
anyway on with the album...
fourteen tracks, seven for John and seven for Yoko...
the main theme is love, rekindling their marriage, love for their child, fear of losing eachother again etc..
so it is very clever, John will sing a song from his point of view then Yoko sings (yes, sings!) a song with the same theme but from her female point of view and so on through the album. and its only over the last couple of years that ive really come to terms with her material on this record, her singing ranges from the B-52s thru Toyah/Bow Bow Wow and obviously Bjork...
ive always thought Johns tracks on here were the equal to anything he had recorded previously but understanding and getting the whole Yoko part i have a new found respect and love for this one
album ultimately sold around 12.5 million copies making it his biggest selling album.
album was released in mid November 1980 and we all know the sad and violent events that transpired just three weeks later.....
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
lets post this one:
Here in some stranger's room
Late in the afternoon
What am I doing here at all?
Ain't no doubt about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Somehow the wires have crossed
Communication's lost
Can't even get you on the telephone
Just got to shout about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Well, here in the valley of indecision
I don't know what to do
I feel you slipping away
I feel you slipping away
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Well, now, you say you're not getting enough
But I remind you of all that bad, bad, bad stuff
So what the hell am I supposed to do?
Just put a band-aid on it?
And stop the bleeding now
Stop the bleeding now
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Well, well, well, I know I hurt you then
But hell, that was way back when
Well, do you still have to carry that cross?
Don't want to hear about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
"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.