John Lennon was shot early in December 1980 and the world went into a protracted process of public mourning that went on for several months. I didn't really know who he was. I was a late developer and suffered an extended and unfortunate adolesence which it took me a while to emerge from. Lennon meanwhile had been a house husband living in self imposed selection for half a decade. I know who he is now.
Listening to his and Yoko's last recorded document Double Fantasy was a negligible experience just now. The songs aren't that great. Perhaps as reports suggest Lennon had been listening to B52s,and Wire in his last months, but it doesn't make this any more of an edifying experience. The emergence from prolonged seclusion is evident. It's not a great record and time hasn't been very kind.The well known tracks are worth salvaging from the wreckage.
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