Working Class Hero (The Definitive Lennon) - John Lennon

A good selection of Lennon's post-Beatle works all in one place

Advantages: A mostly great selection of John Lennon's post-Beatles work
Disadvantages: The tracks could have been put in a slightly different order

from the late Brian Epstein, predicting that he (John) would one day be assassinated. Creepy? John and Yoko just laughed and put the letter on the pile with all the others. "Borrowed Time" has to be a chilling, albeit accidental and fitting epitaph. = 5/10 18. WORKING CLASS HERO Raw, honest, hard-hitting, socially aware, down to earth, cleverly worded, and possibly uncomfortable for some people to listen to. Lennon at his very best! Chavs...please take note! = 10/10 19. HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) This is a very poignant Christmas song, with a simple message - so, why won't anyone take any notice? As a single, this song has reached no.4, no.2, no.28 and no.40 (3 re-releases) in the UK singles charts in the years 1972, 1980, 2003 and 2007 respectively. Though some may interpret the message as naive, is it really so? It's simple ...

CelticSoulSister 17.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Lennon Legend - John Lennon

The Life and Times of the Late Lennon?

Advantages: A fairly insightful look into John's life by someone who really knew him
Disadvantages: A little naff and bias in places

, to some people who are very up to date on their Beatles reading, many of the stories mentioned here may be very much 'old news'. Yet, I think that this is grossly unfair as Cynthia does at all times throughout try and provide her own unique retrospective on her opinions and tales that she shared with John. However, these could be easily seen as marred by her own hero like worship of the Late Lennon. Whilst I was not even thought about when the group first showed up on the music scene, from the sound of things here and from other accounts I had read, John did seem to be the first ringleader of the group, and in Cynthia's own works, the band member that the media were 'fascinated' with. Her awe for John was really apparent and almost naff in places. It was as if she was doing her upmost to prove his worth against that of his band ...

MizzMolko 17.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of John - Cynthia Lennon

"Imagine"... being married to John Lennon

Advantages: An honest account of life with John Lennon.
Disadvantages: Very little that hasn't been written already.

I did a search on Amazon to see how many titles came up for Beatles books. Result: 1182. For John Lennon: 445 results. So did we really need yet another book? Cynthia Lennon was born in 1939, the week the war began and lived in Hoylake ("over the water" from where John Lennon lived, in what was seen as a 'posh' area). She lost her father at 17 from cancer, which later would be one of the things that would bring her closer to John who had lost his mother at a similar age (It was also one of the few things he had in common with McCartney). Having won a scholarship to the Junior Art School in Liverpool at the age of 12, it now looked as if the death of her father would put a stop to her ambition to be an artist. Thankfully, her mother insisted that she continue her education. She started at the Liverpool College of Art in 1959 ...

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Review of John - Cynthia Lennon