Showing posts with label Julian Lennon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julian Lennon. Show all posts

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Beatles Song: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

There are many myths and facts about the Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” Ever since the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, people analyzing the song claimed that the letters of the first words in the title formed the acronym LSD. This was denied by Lennon, who said that the title came from a drawing made by his four-year-old son Julian, who at school had rendered a sky full of exploding stars and named his artistic creation “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” Paul McCartney, George Martin, and Pete Shotton have all verified Lennon’s story, saying that they themselves saw the picture. The BBC nevertheless banned the records from its airwaves because of the alleged drug reference.

While this is undoubtedly the case, Lennon was using acid heavily at the time and there has been little doubt in the minds of most biographers that the song, to a certain extent, used some degree of psychedelic imagery. Lennon also said some of the images were from Alice in Wonderland, a work of extreme surrealism. McCartney has verified in interviews that the general approach to the song was to capture the dreamlike quality of Alice. Lennon also said that some lines, such as “a girl with kaleidoscope eyes” was a reference to meeting Yoko Ono and that the song might well have been called “Yoko in the Sky with Diamonds.”

A fossilized skeleton was named Lucy by the famous archeologists, the Leakeys, who had been playing the song in camp when the discovery had been made at their dig.

The song, recorded March 1, 1967 at Abbey Road, was primarily a Lennon composition, although McCartney is said to have helped with some of the lyrics.

Lennon sings lead, with Harrison and McCartney both lending backing vocals. Lennon played lead guitar, McCartney bass and Hammond organ, Harrison sitar, and Starr drums.

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Friday, January 30, 2009

Beatles News: Julian Lennon Denies Performance Rumor

On his MySpace blog, Julian Lennon denied Fox News' story that he and Sean Lennon would perform together for a charitable event at the UN General Assembly Hall on February 8, 2009. Julian said on his MySpace page that "The news came directly out of [reporter] Roger Friedman's ass!" and wondered if Fox ever got anything correct. He also cited that he hadn't done a live performance in over eight years. The rift between the Lennon family and the Ono family continues.

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Beatles News: Julian and Sean Lennon to Perform Together

Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon will perform together at a charitable event on February 26, 2009 at the United Nations General Assembly Hall. The event is the UN Millenium Goal Awards, sponsored by humanitarian Sacha Stone. Also appearing will be Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi.

The almost unbelievable Beatles fact here is that this joint performance marks a bridge between two distant households--the Ono family and the Lennons of London. As late as 2007, Julian was claiming that Yoko had still not treated him fairly from a monetary standpoint. Also, at the opening of Cirque du Soleil's Love in Las vegas, it was noted by many that Yoko kept her distance from Julian and his mother Cynthia. In her biography John, Cynthia had some very pointed things to say about Yoko and John and their life at the Dakota.

Perhaps the children of the musical legend can demonstrate a maturity that their father would have been proud of. The venue is also more than appropriate.

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