Thursday, December 09, 2010

You're Still Fucking Peasants As Far As I Can See

John Ono Lennon (1940-1980).
There was nothing like him before.
Nothing like him since.

Lennon playing the best guitar of his life, in 1970:



Lennon playing the best rock'n'roll of his life, in 1969:



Lennon playing the best song of his life, in 1970:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for reminding me us how much ass Johnny kicked. It's easy to lose sight of that in the midst of all the Strawberry Fields bullshit.

Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo! said...

Agreed. Good selections.

spaceman said...

Yeah, I was thinking of the 'other' Lennon, the one that gets forgotten in recent orgy of the Lennon Nostalgia Industry [tm]. Sure, there were lots of other making really 'out there' music in the late 1960s and early 1970s (Zappa, Stooges, Can, Miles Davis, etc.) but it's hard to think of someone who was so beloved by a popular mass audience who wasn't afraid of playing some really avant garde music. It's been one of my pet interests: pop ('mainstream') musicians who push the boundaries of music. But thanks for the comments.