Sean Ono Lennon has opened up about his role in protecting the legacy of The Beatles. Lennon is the custodian of his parents’ work and has taken over from Yoko Ono, who is now 92, in protecting the material they made during their iconic careers. In a new interview with CBS’s Sunday Morning, Lennon did […]
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The ending of The Beatles was never going to be easy for anyone to deal with. Outside of the massive void that the Fab Four left in pop music with their split, every one of the members would end up having to put the pieces back together in their solo careers as well, each having […]
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From the moment they met at St Peter’s Church Hall fete in Liverpool in 1957, John Lennon and Paul McCartney formed a bond in music that would revolutionise popular culture over the 1960s as The Beatles took hold of the world. The pair had an almost telepathic understanding of each other, allowing them to bounce […]
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There’s hardly any popular artist on this Earth that hasn’t taken at least a little bit of inspiration from The Beatles. Even if someone wanted nothing to do with the mop tops or psychedelic outfits back in the day, there are normally artists from two walks of life in the modern age: those who followed […]
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In April 1970, The Beatles finally split up, leaving the music world to mourn the divorce of rock music’s most influential group. This news came as a shock for some fans, but for many, including the members and their close friends and family, it was an inevitability. In retrospect, we know tensions were reaching a […]
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As chequered and eclectically mosaic as their celebrated album whirlwind, The Beatles also boasted a lyrical body of work that explored many a howling confessional, surrealist transport, or novelty throwaway amid the Fab Four’s songbook. It’s easy enough to tell a Paul McCartney number from a John Lennon cut, amid the smattering of George Harrison […]
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The Beatles will probably always be known as the greatest rock band of the 20th century. Plenty of fans and even the Fab Four’s contemporaries have released tribute songs that pay homage to the group’s legacy. Not all are created equal, though. Let’s look at a few songs that pay homage to The Beatles that […]
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John Lennon didn’t always approve of Paul McCartney’s songwriting. As their tenure in the Beatles trekked on, their tastes diverged. Lennon labelled much of McCartney’s latter Beatles catalog “granny” music, making his aversion to his narrative, oft-cutesy style clear. But they were once very much on the same page when it came to songwriting. There […]
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Artists are often misunderstood during their lifetime, and regardless of whether John Lennon was truly understood during his time within the musical realm, his sudden and tragic passing back in 1980 certainly left a lot of unanswered questions scattered throughout the discography of the former Beatle. Even if you were to spend the rest of […]
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Most would agree that while John Lennon’s solo output impressive, neither he nor his former bandmates were able to live up to the output of The Beatles. That being said, there are a number of songs that come pretty close, including one that Lennon surprisingly felt was too “embarrassing” to be featured on his 1971 […]
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