Category Archives: JOHN LENNON

LOOK AT YOUR FACE,YOUR ABOUT TO EXPLODE…YOU TOOK TO MUCH MAN,YOU TOOK TOO MUCH,TOO MUCH!!!!.

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THIS IS A CAPTION FROM BOB DYLAN’S DOCUMENTARY EAT THE DOCUMENT.THE MEETING OF BOB AND JOHN IN LONDON IN 1966.
HAVING WATCHED THIS IT STRIKES ME THAT DYLAN IS WASTED IN THE BACK SEAT,WHILE A JOHN LENNON,WHO HIMSELF IS NO STRANGER TO THE WORLD OF DRUGS,REMAINS QUITE COOL AND COLLECTED AND TRIES HIS BEST TO GET BOB TO FOCUS,BUT DYLAN SEEMS JUST TO GONE.JOHN LENNON’S COMEDY COMES TO THE FOREFRONT IN A QUEST TO STRAIGHTEN DYLAN OUT FROM A WASTED STUPOR,BUT ALAS TO NO EFFECT,AND WHAT ENSUES IS A WASTED OPPORTUNITY OF TWO OF THIS CENTURIES GREATEST MUSICIANS TO CONSTRUCT A FLOWING CONVERSATION,BUT ON THE OTHER HAND I FEEL IT CAPTURES THE TIMES THAT THESE TWO LEGENDARY PERFORMERS WERE CAUGHT UP IN.
ITS AN ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING WATCH,I PERSONALLY LOVED IT,THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.A CANDID LOOK,NO SCRIPT,NO SENSORS,REAL LIFE,REAL LIFE,AS JOHN LENNON SHOUTS OUT,I AGREE.LENNON IS FANTASTIC,DYLAN IS BRILLIANT.THE PERFECT COMEDY DUO,JOHNS MORE CHARACTER BASED ,WHILE DYLAN IS THE GAG MAN…….NO DEADWOOD,GREAT COMBO.

ITS EARLY ON A FRIDAY-BOB AND JOHN.

PERMISSION TO LAND TOM-BOB AND JOHN PT 2.

WHAT’S THE ALTITUDE IN HERE?-BOB AND JOHN PT 3.

IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE,THEN PLAY ON.

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DON FARDON-IM ALIVE.

SPANKY WILSON-SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE.

JOHNNY RIVERS-THE SNAKE.

THE SUPREMES-WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO.

THE SMALL FACES-ALL OR NOTHING.

GLEN CAMPBELL-WICHITA LINEMAN.

FOR THIS NEXT NUMBER ID LIKE TO ASK YOUR HELP,WOULD THE PEOPLE IN THE CHEAPER SEATS JUST CLAP YOUR HANDS,AND THE REST OF YOU JUST RATTLE YOUR JEWELLERY.-JOHN LENNON.

THE BEATLES-TWIST AND SHOUT.

NOWHERE BOY.BIOPIC OF THE YOUNG JOHN LENNON.

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Nowhere Boy
Artists-turned-film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood’s biopic of the young John Lennon is warm, involving and very human.

Where other artists-turned-film-makers stamp their creative credentials over every tortured frame, with her feature debut Sam Taylor-Wood does something unexpectedly unfashionable. Not for her the experiments of Steve McQueen’s Hunger or the impressionistic photography of Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. She focuses on the basics: production design, screenplay and, crucially, performance. While Nowhere Boy, her biopic of the young John Lennon, is not the most daring or experimental piece of work you’ll see, it is warm, involving and very human.

Playing Lennon is 19-year-old Aaron Johnson.The movie-star good looks are not strictly authentic, but Johnson captures something of Lennon’s chippy, abrasive wit and his mercurial aggression. The story explores Lennon’s relationships with two very different women. Kristin Scott Thomas is terrific as Aunt Mimi, the model of brittle, British propriety and the young John’s guardian. John’s long-lost mother Julia (Anne-Marie Duff) is an unpredictable, alluring creature. She scatters kisses and compliments like confetti, and woos John with a flirtatious intimacy.

In this solidly middle-brow picture, evocative production design and eloquent use of colour — Mimi stern in beige and brown; Julia riotous in red and orange — hints at Taylor-Wood’s artistic background. But the impressive performances suggest that the most useful talent that she brings to field as a film-maker is a gift for working magic with actors.

the Times review of Nowhere Boy.

Trailer-Nowhere Boy.

A still from the film.

In Spite Of All The Danger taken from Nowhere Boy

a must for all lovers of John Lennon.

WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT.

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ELTON JOHN AND HIS MUSIC CAME TO HOVE IN 2006 AND I DIDN’T NEED PERSUADING TO GO AND SEE HIM.IT WAS HIS CONNECTION WITH JOHN LENNON THAT MADE MEGO AND SEE HIM,LENNONS LAST LIVE PERFORMANCE WAS WITH THIS MAN AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN 1974.ELTON HAD PLAYED SAXOPHONE ON LENNON’S WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT AND HAD SAID TO JOHN”WHEN THAT GETS TO NUMBER ONE COME TO NEW YORK A PLAY IT LIVE ON STAGE”JOHN AGREED,NOT REALISING THAT IT WOULD.IT WAS AT THIS CONCERT THAT HE REUNITED WITH YOKO ONO AFTER HIS “LOST WEEKEND”.
I WAS RE-INTRODUCED TO HIS MUSIC BY A FRIEND OF MINE,NICK,NOT REALISING HOW FUCKING GOOD ELTON JOHN REALLY WAS AND IS.SO WITH THIS I HAVE DECIDED TO DEDICATE THIS TO ALL ELTON JOHN HAS DONE FOR THIS COUNTRY THROUGH HIS MUSIC AND DECADENCE.

Elton John’s clothes on sale in Hove (From The Argus)
Savvy shoppers have snapped up designer outfits donated by Sir Elton John to a Hove charity shop.

Stylish clothes and shoes, including items by Alexander McQueen, Versace and Chanel went on sale at the new Sussex Beacon shop in George Street, Hove.

The world famous musician and his partner David Furnish donated their cast-offs to help to raise money for the HIV and Aids charity.

The items, range from £20 to £1,000,

Kat Williams of The Sussex Beacon, said: “We are incredibly grateful to EJAF [Elton John Aids Foundation] for this spectacular donation.

“We are keen to maximise its potential, and have decided to launch our own exclusive sale to coincide with the opening of our new shop in Hove.

“This is a one-off opportunity to buy some items from an exclusive collection of flamboyant and beautiful designer clothes, whilst benefitting a local charity.”

by Naomi Loomes

ELTON JOHN-ROCKET MAN.

ELTON JOHN-TINY DANCER.


ELTON JOHN-A SHORT BIOGRAPHY.ELTON JOHN.COM

A former student of the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, the man born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in 1947 left school and immediately began his path in the music industry. His first band, Bluesology, was formed in 1961. He would later take his stage name from the Bluesology saxophonist Elton Dean and their charismatic frontman, Long John Baldry. Elton John was introduced to Bernie Taupin in 1967 by Ray Williams at Liberty Records. Amazingly, their first compositions were conducted by mail. In 1968 they became staff songwriters for Dick James’ DJM label, farming out music to budding pop stars.

WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT-ELTON AND JOHN LIVE AT MSG 1974.

ELTON JOHN-PINBALL WIZARD-FROM THE WHO FILM TOMMY.

Co-written many international hit songs with Bernie Taupin (and others) including Your Song, Rocket Man, Crocodile Rock, Daniel, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Candle In The Wind, Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me, Philadelphia Freedom, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (duet with Kiki Dee), Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word, The Bitch IS Back, Song For Guy, I Guess That’s Why The Call the Blues, I’m Still Standing, Nikita, Blue Eyes, Sacrifice, Circle of Life, Are You Ready For Love, I Want Love, Electricity.