Hold on World The Lasting Impact of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band, Fifty Years On by John Lennon Collection / Songbook - Sheet Music

By John Lennon

Revisit John and Yoko's love affair and startling collaborations with this book. John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band was arguably the most emotionally honest album ever made. It wasn't merely another record but more like a sonic exorcism, a spiritual, public bloodletting. This album drove a stake through the heart of the Beatles' myth while confronting everything else in John's life, from Dylan to God to his glorified status as a "working class hero." Determined to rid himself of past traumas - abandonment by his father and the death of his mother, Julia - Lennon wrote the most powerful song cycle of his career, confronting fear, disappointment, and illusion, all the while espousing his love for Yoko Ono. Released simultaneously, Ono's album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono is emotionally raw and challenging. It inspired bands like the B-52s and Yo La Tengo to employ pure sound, whether shrieking vocals or guitar feedback, to express their deepest feelings.

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Genres:
Classic Rock
Publishers:
Rowman & Littlefield
Series:
Women Composers and Arrangers
UPC:
840126969016
ISBN:
9781493052356
Format:
Collection / Songbook Biographies
Item types:
Physical
Instructionals:
Biography
Artist:
John Lennon
Usages:
School and Community
Size:
6.0x9.0x0.607 inches
Number of Pages:
256
Shipping Weight:
1.14 pounds

SKU: HL.368629

The Lasting Impact of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band, Fifty Years On. By John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Book. Biography/Composers & Musicians. Softcover. 256 pages. Rowman & Littlefield #368629. Published by Rowman & Littlefield (HL.368629).

ISBN 9781493052356. UPC: 840126969016. 6.0x9.0x0.607 inches.

Revisit John and Yoko's love affair and startling collaborations with this book. John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band was arguably the most emotionally honest album ever made. It wasn't merely another record but more like a sonic exorcism, a spiritual, public bloodletting. This album drove a stake through the heart of the Beatles' myth while confronting everything else in John's life, from Dylan to God to his glorified status as a "working class hero." Determined to rid himself of past traumas - abandonment by his father and the death of his mother, Julia - Lennon wrote the most powerful song cycle of his career, confronting fear, disappointment, and illusion, all the while espousing his love for Yoko Ono. Released simultaneously, Ono's album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono is emotionally raw and challenging. It inspired bands like the B-52s and Yo La Tengo to employ pure sound, whether shrieking vocals or guitar feedback, to express their deepest feelings.