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Now, I absolutely adore all of his solo work, so it is very hard to dissect, it’s ineffable.
I would have to say for the most part I find myself listening to ‘Walls & Bridges’ majority of the time. I just believe it is one of his most authentic-feely albums. All of the tracks are so real, expressing how he really felt during that god-awful period of his life, being separated from yoko.
John Lennon on ‘Walls & Bridges’:
“I did the Walls & Bridges, it’s technically okay, if you pull it apart as production, or format. The songs on there, there’s nothing wrong with them but there is this air of loss. There is an air of, it’s not the same kind of cloud, it’s not the same kind of thing as the ‘Mother’ album, where there’s a positive-negative. It’s saying this is where I’m at, and this is how it’s going. You could say it was a film where you came out crying from that movie. Walls & Bridges has this air of misery, but you can’t put your hand on, there’s kind of a cloud around it.
Anyway, I don’t want to get into more of the details about it because it gets me feeling melancholic.
My top #3 tracks:
Bless you
Old Dirt Road
Mind Games
My Reasonings for ‘Bless you’ :
John Lennon had quoted this in his last public interview he had before his unfortunate passing:
“If you look closely, you can say, “Bless you”, is a nice, good, song. Nothing wrong, good construction, good-hearty. You can go into it, and look at it and can’t find the fault. As a piece of art.“
Which this is true, I don’t hear it as an “air of loss”, as much as the other tracks in the album. I hear it, as biographer, ‘James Patterson’, described it, as a, “relaxed, jazzy-Brazilian beat.” It’s a real satisfying melody. It’s probably one of the most satisfying jazz songs I’ve ever listened to.
My reasonings for ‘Old Dirt Road’:
This track was collaborated with another one of the greatest musicians, “Harry Nilsson”. John Lennon originally wanted an “Americanism”. I can see why this would be. This is definitely one that I think if you read closely, the lyrics, you will make sense with it. “Trying to shovel smoke with a pitchfork in the wind”. I found this lyric one of the most relatable and interesting. Even though the road is apparently stable, it too is a risk from the possibility of a mudslide. It really does have an interesting imagery. That’s what I love about this track. The reassurance to “keep on, keeping on” even when the going gets tough. It’s however you want to envision it.
“The lyrics don’t make much literal sense, but somehow sound right on an intuitive level”
-Authors Ben Urish and Ken Bielen
My reasonings for ‘Mind Games’:
The lyrics are self explanatory, it is one of his most matter-of-fact compositions, it’s the exact message he was trying to convey. “Love is the answer”. Every single lyric in this song can be delivered in return as a message of peace & love. It’s at subterranean level, it’s easy to recognize because the melody is so beautiful. I think I found the more you listen to it, you stick with it completely. Thinking positively is the answer to happiness. That’s really all it is.
I would have to say for the most part I find myself listening to ‘Walls & Bridges’ majority of the time. I just believe it is one of his most authentic-feely albums. All of the tracks are so real, expressing how he really felt during that god-awful period of his life, being separated from yoko.
John Lennon on ‘Walls & Bridges’:
“I did the Walls & Bridges, it’s technically okay, if you pull it apart as production, or format. The songs on there, there’s nothing wrong with them but there is this air of loss. There is an air of, it’s not the same kind of cloud, it’s not the same kind of thing as the ‘Mother’ album, where there’s a positive-negative. It’s saying this is where I’m at, and this is how it’s going. You could say it was a film where you came out crying from that movie. Walls & Bridges has this air of misery, but you can’t put your hand on, there’s kind of a cloud around it.
Anyway, I don’t want to get into more of the details about it because it gets me feeling melancholic.
My top #3 tracks:
Bless you
Old Dirt Road
Mind Games
My Reasonings for ‘Bless you’ :
John Lennon had quoted this in his last public interview he had before his unfortunate passing:
“If you look closely, you can say, “Bless you”, is a nice, good, song. Nothing wrong, good construction, good-hearty. You can go into it, and look at it and can’t find the fault. As a piece of art.“
Which this is true, I don’t hear it as an “air of loss”, as much as the other tracks in the album. I hear it, as biographer, ‘James Patterson’, described it, as a, “relaxed, jazzy-Brazilian beat.” It’s a real satisfying melody. It’s probably one of the most satisfying jazz songs I’ve ever listened to.
My reasonings for ‘Old Dirt Road’:
This track was collaborated with another one of the greatest musicians, “Harry Nilsson”. John Lennon originally wanted an “Americanism”. I can see why this would be. This is definitely one that I think if you read closely, the lyrics, you will make sense with it. “Trying to shovel smoke with a pitchfork in the wind”. I found this lyric one of the most relatable and interesting. Even though the road is apparently stable, it too is a risk from the possibility of a mudslide. It really does have an interesting imagery. That’s what I love about this track. The reassurance to “keep on, keeping on” even when the going gets tough. It’s however you want to envision it.
“The lyrics don’t make much literal sense, but somehow sound right on an intuitive level”
-Authors Ben Urish and Ken Bielen
My reasonings for ‘Mind Games’:
The lyrics are self explanatory, it is one of his most matter-of-fact compositions, it’s the exact message he was trying to convey. “Love is the answer”. Every single lyric in this song can be delivered in return as a message of peace & love. It’s at subterranean level, it’s easy to recognize because the melody is so beautiful. I think I found the more you listen to it, you stick with it completely. Thinking positively is the answer to happiness. That’s really all it is.
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I’ll have this playing as I’m walking down the streets, especially through Strawberry Fields (“the center of the circle will always be our home”) With it being one of the last songs we ever got from John, I’ll treasure it always!
