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Re: John's Planned Follow-up to W&B

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 by: Norbert K - Sun, 13 Nov 2022 14:26 UTC

On Friday, July 16, 2010 at 3:02:54 PM UTC-7, Frank from Deeeetroit wrote:
> On Jul 7, 6:43 pm, F Parella <f_pare...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > It's easy to forget that it was not Lennon's intention, upon returning
> > to Ono in 1975, to go creatively dry for the next five years. Indeed,
> > right through approximately March of 1975, he gave every indication of
> > intending to follow his successful Walls and Bridges album not just by
> > getting the problematic "Rock'n'Roll" record behind him, but with
> > another album of new material. In fact, according to various sources
> > (I am about to provide three, although there are more), this album was
> > well underway; a number of songs for it had been written.
> >
> > According to Albert Goldman: "Just six weeks earlier, when [John] left
> > May Pang, he had been arockin' and arollin' like a young man. Only a
> > week before he left Sutton Place [the apartment where JL and May lived
> > together], he had composed two songs, "Popcorn" and "Tennessee," the
> > latter not about the American state but about the famous playwright
> > Tennessee Williams, the titles of whose works were skillfully woven
> > through the lyric. No sooner was John back at the Dakota, however,
> > than he started having trouble with his writing."
> >
> > May Pang, meanwhile, says in her book that she and John planned to
> > visit New Orleans, where they had been invited by Paul McCartney, who
> > was working on an album there. Then, John said, "We'll come back and
> > think about a new album." "I felt very happy," May mentions; "The
> > John I loved most was the productive John, a man deeply committed to
> > making good music..." May says that John actually started writing
> > before the New planned Orleans trip. He composed "a sad song that he
> > called 'Tennessee.' It had been inspired by his rereading of
> > Tennessee Williams's 'A Streetcar Named Desire.'" Shortly thereafter,
> > according to May, "he had another song, 'Popcorn,' a very funny,
> > catchy tune."
> >
> > Finally, Lennon himself gave a fascinating interview to Robert Hilburn
> > of the LA Times in autumn of 1974. After discussion of Walls and
> > Bridges, Lennon mentioned that "I stopped joining in [the partying
> > with Nilsson and co.], and I thought, 'This is alright. I'd wake up
> > and I didn't feel awful anymore." Lennon discussed touring: "Being
> > in front of people on a stage turned out to be great, too, for a
> > while." But, he added, "Writing and recording are the best." Lennon
> > admitted that, "If I'm not writing, I get depressed." Hilburn
> > concluded that: "With 'Walls and Bridges' finished, Lennon is now
> > looking forward to putting the 'oldies' album together, and then work
> > on his next solo album: "I'm writing now. I've already finished
> > three tunes. It's going well. I know I'll be ready just after
> > Christmas."
> >
> > Something, sadly, derailed Lennon's plans.
> Tennessee by John; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2VdGMsuMNQ

This link doesn't appear to work anymore.

However, a Google search for "John Lennon song 'Tennessee'" will turn up John's demo for the song.

Some Youtube commentators think they detect Nilsson's influence on the piece. Could be.

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