BRIDGE-END: John Lennon & WALLS and BRIDGES neilsambrook@btinternet.com August 20, 2025 0 Comments WALLS and BRIDGES (1974): The only ex-Beatle without a number one 45 that was rectified when Lennon topped the US charts with ‘Whatever Get’s You thru the Night’. RANTS & REFLECTIONS George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Walls and Bridges, Yoko Ono
MINDFUL OF THE FACT – John Lennon & MIND GAMES neilsambrook@btinternet.com November 25, 2024 After the highly politicised tone of ‘Sometime in New York City’, MIND GAMES (1973) was an altogether more accessible affair. RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Lennon, Mind Games, Paul McCartney, Plastic Ono Band, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
LIVING FOR TODAY: John Lennon – ‘IMAGINE’ (1971) neilsambrook@btinternet.com November 30, 2022 On his last solo album Lennon declared ‘The Dream is Over’ – but in longing for peace on ‘Imagine’ he can be judged as saying Long live the Dream. RANTS & REFLECTIONS George Harrison, Imagine, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Plastic Ono Band, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
LENNON – The New York Years (documentary review): neilsambrook@btinternet.com October 16, 2020 Yoko Ono asks the question nobody can answer: ‘John was an artist. Why would anybody want to kill an artist?’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Double Fantasy, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
FANTASTIC PLASTIC – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band… neilsambrook@btinternet.com September 10, 2020 ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ is without equal as a statement of personal expression, raw with intensity, unflinching in heartfelt emotion. RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Lennon, Klaus Voormann, Phil Spector, Plastic Ono Band, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
JOHN & YOKO do Peace, Pop & Politics in ‘ABOVE US ONLY SKY’ documentary neilsambrook@btinternet.com December 6, 2018 ‘Those in thrall to John may have appreciated more of the singer and composer and less the sometimes contradictory political activist.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Above Us Only Sky, George Harrison, Imagine, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Plastic Ono Band, The Beatles, Yoko Ono