Comments for Lennon, John, Walls And Bridges

It is very good - except for Beef Jerky. Steel And Glass is about Allen Klein. He does sound despearte in most of these songs - "LOST WEEKEND"

It was this record that he made when John and Yoko had separated for a while and he was out drinking almost every night with Harry Nilsson, right ?

Thats right.

Did John write "Can't Live" for Harry or did he just inspire him ?? By the way, John.com ever been to www.bagism.com ??? If not try it !!!

The song is actually called "Without You" and was written by members of Badfinger (I'm not sure who - I don't have any Nillson albums of Badfinger's NO DICE). The Bagism site is great.

John, I have necer heard this album, only some of the tracks (Whatever gets you thru the night, and #9 dream) is it worth buying ??? What other songs are good?????????

Aside from the 2 hits, the best songs are "I'm Scared,""Going Down On Love," and "Nobody Loves You When You're Down & Out." It's definitly worth buying. The only thing that separates this one from "Plastic Ono" and "Imagine" is that some of the songs on here are only pretty good - while those 2 albums are at Beatles level status. Walls And Bridges does have alot to offer. It's his 3rd best solo album.

What about "Mind Games" ????What do you think of "Double Fantasy" , John.com ???????

Mind Games is OK - uneven, Walls & Bridges is much better. I never bought Double Fantasy because I'm not crazy about Yoko's stuff - just about all of John's stuff is on "JL Collection" - so I have it there. "Watching The Wheels" is one of my favorites. And I have some feeling for "Starting Over" because it was the 1st song I heard on the radio right after "it" happened on 12/8.

Did you ever listen to REO Speedwagon in the 80s? I bet you did!

Hard to avoid them - they were all over the radio.

What is REO Speedwagon ???

REO Speedwagon was a BLAND United States pop/rock group from the late 70's/80's

but we love them anyway, bland or no. and don't we love Bon Jovi too? "yeah, i'm a cowboy, on a steel horse i ride, and i'm wanted, dead or alive..." shoot me. i know this song! yucky!

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what about rod stewart? [ick, shudder]

His early 70's stuff is good - "Maggie" is a really good song, "Stay With Me" is cool, but it went downhill afterwards.

have i told you lately, that i hate rod...have i told you, there's that i hate more...he fills my head with headaches...takes away all my sanity...gives me pains in my ears...that's what he does...

Most of his stuff is awful.

sounds like a parrot, doesn't he? like someone decided to train a parrot to sing, and rod stewart's career is what came of it. science was so preoccupied with the question of if they could that they didn't take the time to think if they should. (that was from Jurassic Park. i love Jeff Goldblum.)

He does sound like a parrot, but there are singers who are much worse, like Curt Cobain and those other grunge guys - they just groan & sound like they're constipated.

yes, well, i can never agree with you, being that i am am american teenager. it would be against our code. i would be going against the "angst" clause.

Don't worry, you'll grow out of it.

oh...someday! anyhow, may i ask you a question? out of everything you have heard, what band do you absolutely despise the most?: ]

Too many to name. I don't like any modern music (Nirvana, other grunge & alternative), I'm not a big Elton John fan, I actually don't like alot of the generic classic rock either (Foreigner, Kansas etc.). no Rap - there are also too many groups to mention that I don't despise, but feel are drastically overrated.

All heavy metal too.

i really hate celine dion and rod stewart. i hate a lot of stuff, especially those idiot boys, Hanson. mm-bop is awful!

Her biggest hit, "All By Myself," was horrible when Eric Carmen wrote & recorded it 20 years ago. I never heard of Hanson or the idiot boys, unless you were referring to New Kids On The Block. I had a little cousin who used to love them 5 years ago.

oh, "the idiot boys" was referring to hanson. they're all brothers, and they're all under 12. they are annoying. i hate them. oh, and i also hate the spice girls with a passion. and now another question: is there anything modern that you even remotely like?

Yes. Bob Dylan is coming out with a new album by the end of the year.

hey, that doesn't count! i mean modern artists! are there any modern, strictly modern, artists that you enjoy???

Actually, there is one. A percussion oriented group called Rusted Root. I saw them live twice, once opening for the Grateful Dead and once for the Allman Brothers. I bought one of their CD's and enjoy it. But, I'm sure that they are the only really modern group I like.

man, i am surprised. well, congratulations. i've never heard them, but i've heard of them. what songs are good?

If you want to buy one of their records, the best one is "Cruel Sun." Their "hit" song is "Send Me On My Way."

uh-huh. i still don't know-i probably never will. so what do you think of blues traveller? they're good, i think.

I don't like them.

[you knew this was coming]....WHY?????

I just think they are too slick. They sound like anything else on MTV. They're not real blues - they are sanitized. At least they think they are trying to follow in the Grateful Dead's footsteps, but nobody could ever be the legends they were.

well, what the hell do you want from bands?

Deep clever mystical and or poetic lyrics, and great music.

That's real mature, whoever you are. I may be stupid, but I only listen to great music.

hey- now don't try to pin that one on me.

Oh, it was you? I had no idea.

hey now! you think i did it? why, i've never been so insulted in my life! how could you, John? how could you?

I seriously had no idea. But, when a person comes out of nowhere and denies something, it usually means that he/she did it. Wasn't one one of Bart Simpson's catch phrases, "I didn't do it." and he always did.

you still think i did it? well, you is wrong! i would never use that word in a million years. us alabama girls just isn't raised like that! we is taught to be sweet, demure, and oh-so-ladylike. why, calling you a stupid head would go against all that we is learned! mama would beat me with a switch off the old magnolia tree if she ever thought i was goin round calling folk stupid heads. you mistah, is wrong!

Alabama also teaches you about hatred & racism - and they tell you to say is instead of are.

sweet home alabama, i is comin home to youuuuu...

Phooey! I'll listen to Neil Young, thank you.

mah name's Fowrest. Fowrest Gump. peopo call me Fowrest Gump.

Well Fowrest, why did you call yourself Heather? Are you a transsexual, transvestite, or just a plain old stupid head?

hmm? i was asleep, i think. i hope i wasn't talking...

You have odd dreams.

i don't remember any of them. once i woke up in a, uh...zzzzzzzzzzzzz

What was the worst dream you ever had? My worst was one where I was outside a Grateful Dead New Years Eve concert without a ticket. The only people inside were everyone I knew (friends, family etc.) They played a 10 hour show of every song I wanted to hear & I missed it. Man, that was awful. I was so happy to wake up.

i was in charge of my best friends house. her car got stolen while i was on the phone with my ex-boyfriend. her mom tried to kill me with her 38.

you mean your friend's mother's car. Your friends mother wouldn't want to shoot you if her car was still there. Then again, it probably was the mothers car. You & your friend are too young to drive.

well, just how old should we be? i've been driving since i was fifteen. mon anniversaire est le mercredi prochaine. je vais avoir dix-sept ans.

I guess it's because you live out in the sticks. In New Jersey, you have to be 17 to get a license. Tengo el Buick Regal setenta y nueve.

New Jersey sucks. congratulate me, boys! i typed my name correctly on the FIRST TRY!

It does suck, but it's next to New York City. So you spelled your name correctly, big deal! By the time you're 15, you should know how to spell your name correctly.

you know what? that was a special moment for me, and now it is completely ruined. and you fool! you have no memory whatsoever! i'm turning 17 on wednesday! why do you constantly refer to me as 15?

I wuz confused with your post 1 or 2 above where you said you've been driving since you were 15.

what's to be confused about?

You said up there that you were 15. Actually, that is true.

no, i didn't. i said i was driving since i was fifteen.

so you weren't ever 15?

yes, i was 15 for a year. now what are you confused about?

No, that's what I was saying. You said you were not 15, and I was saying that you were 15 at some point. Who's confused now?

well, it's obviously me. what were you confused about in the first place that started this whole mess, anyway?

You said you were 15 when you started driving, so I thought you were 15.

i did start driving when i was 15, but i am not 15 anymore. are we clear on this?

I think I got it.

So Heather, I read the news today (oh boy). The 50th anniversary of UFO's in Roswell is fast approching. The news said that motels within 100 miles of your town are completely booked. Now I know why you hate tourists. You're going to hate tourists coming up to you & speaking in broken english asking you what your home planet is like and how you function on earth with us humans.

and if i breathe oxygen, or nitrogen. i've already had some idiots ask me if i have ever seen an alien or a ufo. no, no i haven't. leave me alone, all of you! you're lucky you don't have that problem in new jersey, john. so very lucky.

I saw a couple of pictures of Roswell on the news tonight - you have a UFO museum - it looked corny.

Yes, I'm lucky to live in a state that people love to avoid, except when driving from New York to Philadelphia.

well, now, i'm going to defend the ufo museum because the people who run it are super-nice. it's a nice place with lots of info on the alleged crash, and other spottings. i have been there a few times; it's not corny. what is new jersey famous for again? toxic waste dumps?

It just seems like a tourist trap kind of place. We have toxic waste, wall to wall shopping malls, and obnoxious drunks.

obnoxious drunks? woo-hoo! we've got those too! aren't they funny?

WOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! great song, isn't it ????????????

There's a song called obnoxious drunks? Never heard of it.

Sheeeeeeeeeesssshhhhhhhh, John. The song is called "Song 2" and Blur plays it. The scream WWOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOO!!! in it. I heard they're going to play that song when they score goals in the NHL.

I've never heard of Blur (I'm an old person, remember). Over hear, most places play "Rock & Roll Part 2" by Gary Glitter (HEY!) when a goal is scored.

i use the expression "woo-hoo" to convey a feeling of enthusiasm, sometimes mock and sometimes genuine.

hoot-hoot

Get lost, Owl. I know what song they play now when they score, don't you think I see some games too ???????????

all you need is love, love is all you need. let's all try to get along, no matter our biological persuasion, be it owl or homo sapien.

OK, sorry. But I still want Owl to BE GONE !!!!!!!!

Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a bird of wealth & fame. (hoot-hoot) I sang on one of the Rolling Stones' best songs - hope you guess my name (hoot-hoot)

What's not to like about owls?

what the hell is all this?

All what?

this owl talk...that's what. what the hell is it?

Owl, i'm sorry if I was rude against you. Tell me something about yourself.

No problem. Owl's are very wise birds. We are very quiet except at night. We are environmentally conscious (give a hoot, don't pollute) and we know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie-Roll pop. (A US TV commercial). and Paul McCartney had a pet owl that sang on Twist & Shout (see the A Hard Days Night board for the full story behind that one).

John`s 5th solo album - most of the songs deal with the desperation of his "lost weekend."It`s a very good album worth buying after "Plastic Ono Band" and "Imagine."Elton John is on "Whatever Gets You Through The Night."Julian Lennon plays drums on the last track.