What a wonderful article. Walls And Bridges is my hands-down favorite Lennon album. It’s as personal as his Plastic Ono Band album, but without the desperation. There’s a hopeful quality to the songs, even as he peers into the dark places of the soul. It’s the work of a matured artist.
#9 Dream is like a Dali painting- such a good analogy. It’s the loveliest thing he wrote, post-Beatles. I always want the song to go on longer (I always have to play the song at least twice when I hear it, it’s like a little world unto itself, only rivaled by Strawberry Fields I think…).
Anyway, thanks again! What a wonderful gift for what would’ve been my first musical hero’s 84th Birthday.
Thanks a lot! It is indeed a wonderful, though sometimes unsung album. Definitely the work of a matured artist. I love to listen to Lennon but always makes me kind of sad he had such a short time to live. Nevertheless, today is a day to celebrate his life and his music.
OUTSTANDING. Now THIS is how to write an overview of an album. Very astute readings of the songs and "Bless You" for recognizing May Pang's influence.
One minor detail though, and it's just my interpretation though I think I saw it somewhere else, "Going Down on Love" can also be seen as a song about submission to love, about the give and take and compromises relationships demand. "Going down" is a crude metaphor based on a sexual term but it does fit the message I thought he was trying to get across.
You're now two cents richer. Thanks for this, it has made my morning,
What a wonderful article. Walls And Bridges is my hands-down favorite Lennon album. It’s as personal as his Plastic Ono Band album, but without the desperation. There’s a hopeful quality to the songs, even as he peers into the dark places of the soul. It’s the work of a matured artist.
#9 Dream is like a Dali painting- such a good analogy. It’s the loveliest thing he wrote, post-Beatles. I always want the song to go on longer (I always have to play the song at least twice when I hear it, it’s like a little world unto itself, only rivaled by Strawberry Fields I think…).
Anyway, thanks again! What a wonderful gift for what would’ve been my first musical hero’s 84th Birthday.
Thanks a lot! It is indeed a wonderful, though sometimes unsung album. Definitely the work of a matured artist. I love to listen to Lennon but always makes me kind of sad he had such a short time to live. Nevertheless, today is a day to celebrate his life and his music.
OUTSTANDING. Now THIS is how to write an overview of an album. Very astute readings of the songs and "Bless You" for recognizing May Pang's influence.
One minor detail though, and it's just my interpretation though I think I saw it somewhere else, "Going Down on Love" can also be seen as a song about submission to love, about the give and take and compromises relationships demand. "Going down" is a crude metaphor based on a sexual term but it does fit the message I thought he was trying to get across.
You're now two cents richer. Thanks for this, it has made my morning,
I really appreciate your reading and insights. Thanks a lot. This has also made my morning.