Comments on: John Lennon – Working Class Hero (Musical Interlude) http://notwhatitused2be.com/john-lennon-working-class-hero-musical-interlude/ Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:31:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew Goulding http://notwhatitused2be.com/john-lennon-working-class-hero-musical-interlude/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Andrew Goulding Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:10:25 +0000 http://notwhatitused2be.com/?p=387#comment-896 Nah, Lennon was vampirized by Ono. Sucked dry! He was just scared to acknowledge it. Nah, Lennon was vampirized by Ono. Sucked dry! He was just scared to acknowledge it.

]]> By: Jeffman http://notwhatitused2be.com/john-lennon-working-class-hero-musical-interlude/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Jeffman Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:43:23 +0000 http://notwhatitused2be.com/?p=387#comment-826 <strong>Andrew Goulding:</strong> A sterling analysis indeed, sir, and one I agree with to a certain extent. Trouble is I find most of his solo stuff, apart from the occasional song, to be a bit rubbish. But then, it was always going to be difficult living up to what had come before. Andrew Goulding: A sterling analysis indeed, sir, and one I agree with to a certain extent. Trouble is I find most of his solo stuff, apart from the occasional song, to be a bit rubbish. But then, it was always going to be difficult living up to what had come before.

]]> By: Andrew Goulding http://notwhatitused2be.com/john-lennon-working-class-hero-musical-interlude/comment-page-1/#comment-816 Andrew Goulding Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:23:44 +0000 http://notwhatitused2be.com/?p=387#comment-816 Plastic Ono Band a lacklustre album? I beg to differ. In my opinion, it was his only solo album of any lasting merit, a must for any Beatle fan. The album is all crash and burn vitriol with Lennon trying to cope with: 1 No longer being in The Beatles, the greatest band in the world - and at the time, in a global-changing decade, in the unique position of straddling Culture & Counter-culture 2 No longer being with McCartney, his true love. (In my eyes, Ono was a kooky Oedipal figure, not an equal) 3 Suspecting that he would never write a great tune (not song) again - and he didn't Andrew Goulding Plastic Ono Band a lacklustre album? I beg to differ. In my opinion, it was his only solo album of any lasting merit, a must for any Beatle fan.

The album is all crash and burn vitriol with Lennon trying to cope with:

1 No longer being in The Beatles, the greatest band in the world – and at the time, in a global-changing decade, in the unique position of straddling Culture & Counter-culture
2 No longer being with McCartney, his true love. (In my eyes, Ono was a kooky Oedipal figure, not an equal)
3 Suspecting that he would never write a great tune (not song) again – and he didn’t

Andrew Goulding

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