Tuesdays lyrical puzzler (12/9/2014): I will wash the dishes while you go have a beer, where is my John Wayne, where is my prairie song, where is my happy ending… ************* Mondays lyrical puzzler (12/8/2014): You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope someday youll join us, and the world will live as one… Answer: Imagine, John Lennon, 1971 Fun fact: Lennons 22-line ode to idealism -- where all geopolitical borders, organized religion and economic class distinctions are eliminated in favor of unity, equality and world peace -- remains the definitive song of his solo career. The 1971 album Imagine, his second after The Beatles breakup, was by far his most commercially successful and critically acclaimed, reaching #1, while the single reached #3. In the cruelest of ironies, the man who gave us Give Peace a Chance and devoted his life to non-violence was murdered by a disturbed fan nine years later outside his apartment building in New York City. Yesterday was the 34th anniversary of his death. The mind reels as we wonder what contributions to music and the world he wouldve made over these past three-plus decades...
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:30:22 +0000
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