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Demos indicate that John Lennon composed the song in late 1967. The original lyrics were "Cry baby cry, make your mother buy." Lennon described to biographer Hunter Davies how he got the words from an advertisement. [2] Some of the lyrics of the song are loosely based on the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence".
At the end of the song, Lennon sings the lines "Remember, remember / The Fifth of November", followed by the sound of an explosion. [7] The words are from the English nursery rhyme "Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November", [8] and refer to Guy Fawkes Night, a British public holiday that is celebrated with fireworks and bonfires. [9]
"You Are Here" was written by John Lennon expressing his love for his wife Yoko Ono.Lennon played vocals, acoustic guitar, and percussion for the track with David Spinozza on electric guitar, Gordon Edwards on bass, Jim Keltner on drums, Kenneth Ascher on keyboards, Sneaky Pete Kleinow on pedal steel guitar, and female vocal group Something Different as vocal backup.
"Instant Karma!" (also titled "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)") is a song by English rock musician John Lennon, released as a single on Apple Records in February 1970. The lyrics focus on a concept in which the consequences of one's actions are immediate rather than borne out over a lifetime.
[5] [6] Lennon himself, however, never publicly discussed his inspiration for the lyrics. When the song was first written, Lennon used "two-foot tall" to rhyme with the "wall" in the first verse, but mistakenly said "two-foot small" when he sang the line to McCartney, and decided to keep it this way.
Lennon's debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, was released in late 1970. [7] Influenced by primal scream therapy , its songs are noted for their intense nature and "raw" sound, [ 8 ] containing personal lyrics dealing with themes of loss, abandonment, and suffering.
John Lennon’s Son Sean Calls Prince Harry An ‘Idiot’ And ‘Buffoon’ After Reading His Memoir, ‘Spare’ Lennon was shot and killed on Dec. 8, 1980, sending shock waves throughout the world.
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