John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

[msLinds]

Of course we all knew the FBI and goverment was spying on John and Yoko many years ago.This proves that they were also spying on the Beatles back then to.I did laugh about them spying on KFC chicken, founder Colonel Sanders.Just because he asked Hoover for a autograph.lol

The Sun
April 14, 2011
Beatles and Jacko spied on by FBI

THE Beatles and Michael Jackson were spied on by the FBI - in case they rocked national security.Files declassified yesterday show US agents also took an interest in a host of other stars, including stadium band Kiss.A dossier was opened on crooner Frank Sinatra over Mafia pals and alleged communist leanings. Squeaky-clean John Denver was also suspected of Mob links.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...on-by-FBI.html

Euractiv.com
April 15, 2011
EU to help music companies keep Elvis, Beatles royalties

Artists and consumer groups are up in arms as the EU comes closer to agreeing a 20-year extension of copyright on music recorded before the 1960s. Critics argue that while record companies keep their profits high, artists will lose out.

http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosocie...es-news-504096

[msLinds]

I have one update.

Express.UK
Man who said no to destroyer of Beatles heritage

A Softly spoken 58 year old is the unlikely hero of a billion Beatles fans after giving what could be crucial help in the fight to save Ringo Starr’s birthplace from the demolition squad. Robert Bartley, the last man living in Liverpool’s Madryn Street, where the drummer was born in 194X, has agreed to sell his home not to the city council, which wants to knock it down for a new development, but to the Save Britain’s Heritage group instead.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/241151/241151

[msLinds]

Congratulations to Julian.Thanks for all his work and dedication and caring on this important issue. Early this month on Jules Facebook page he posted he was in New York on business.Both Lennon brothers in New York at the same time,lucky city.

Lupis Foundation of America
Musician and Philanthropist Julian Lennon to Elevate the Global Profile of Lupus
April 20, 2011

The Lupus Foundation of America National Board of Directors Names Julian Lennon as Global Ambassador

(Washington, DC) April 20, 2011 −Musician and philanthropist Julian Lennon has been named Global Ambassador by the Lupus Foundation of America’s (LFA) National Board of Directors. The role of the Global Ambassador is to elevate lupus on the world’s health agenda, and increase awareness of the needs of the more than 5 million people living with lupus and their families around the world.

http://www.lupus.org/webmodules/weba...3813&zoneid=99

[msLinds]

George Harrisons's son Dhani actually new band is called a " Fist full of Mercy ". I love this bands music and Dhani as a musician.

Dhani Harrison in "Last Night in Detroit"
The cofounder of thenewno2 music collective joins our second annual songwriting challenge

http://www.esquire.com/features/musi...#ixzz1JyCVr33L

The band " Fistful of Mercy "
Dhani Harrison
Ben Harper
Joseph Arthur
with Jessy Greene on violin

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/24/134022...-on-world-cafe

http://fistfulofmercy.com/

http://fistfulofmercy.com/media

[msLinds]

This Saturday April 23, 2011 is the international Beatles convention. It is in "beeld en geluid" at Hilversum (near Amsterdam)

32nd Beatles Convention in Holland

http://www.beatles-unlimited.com/

[Nico]

Originally Posted by msLinds

Congratulations to Julian.Thanks for all his work and dedication and caring on this important issue. Early this month on Jules Facebook page he posted he was in New York on business.Both Lennon brothers in New York at the same time,lucky city.

Lupis Foundation of America
Musician and Philanthropist Julian Lennon to Elevate the Global Profile of Lupus
April 20, 2011

The Lupus Foundation of America National Board of Directors Names Julian Lennon as Global Ambassador

(Washington, DC) April 20, 2011 −Musician and philanthropist Julian Lennon has been named Global Ambassador by the Lupus Foundation of America’s (LFA) National Board of Directors. The role of the Global Ambassador is to elevate lupus on the world’s health agenda, and increase awareness of the needs of the more than 5 million people living with lupus and their families around the world.

http://www.lupus.org/webmodules/weba...3813&zoneid=99

What wonderful news! I am totally proud of Jules and all that he has done towards Lupus awareness worldwide. I was on his Facebook page to see what he posted and there was mention of him having some kind of dental nightmare and that it was the possible cause for his recent illness (?). Mind you, I never read the actual post by Julian because that board is an influx of female adoration, but several of the fans were discussing this.

Hope he feels better, and what great news!!

[msLinds]

I read that Nico on Julian's Facebook page about his dental problems to.I read on Julian's Facebook page.Not only did he just have a dental root canal in his mouth. But he had a bad infection and blood poisoning to.That was serous and dangerous to have a infection like that.Thanks goodness he had dental oral surgery done to take care of it.No wonder on his Facebook page he had been posting that he had been feeling sick..I actually myself believe in the power of positive healing energy and love from people that care.Please send Julian prayers and positive healing energy.I hope he is feeling better soon and heals up ok.

[Nico]

Originally Posted by msLinds

I read that Nico on Julian's Facebook page about his dental problems to.I read on Julian's Facebook page.Not only did he just have a dental root canal in his mouth. But he had a bad infection and blood poisoning to.That was serous and dangerous to have a infection like that.Thanks goodness he had dental oral surgery done to take care of.No wonder on his Facebook page he had been posting that he had been feeling sick..I actually myself believe in the power of positive healing energy and love from people that care.Please send Julian prayers and positive healing energy.I hope he is feeling better soon and heals up ok.

Wow, seriously? Blood poisoning?? Ugh, poor Julian. That is not good at all. I recall glimpsing past his page a few months ago and women were on about him being so sick. I thought it was perhaps melodramatic ladies who appear to spend all day on that page, but now I see it was serious. The poor, frail thing. I want nothing but great things for Julian so I'm sending him my love!!!

[3rd World Man]

I just rescued this book from my library for a quarter:


The Last Days Of John Lennon by Fred Seaman. I haven't really read much of it yet…but what I have flipped by looks very, ummm, interesting There are quite a few px of John with both Julian and Sean at different times, and many I've never seen before. For some reason, the name Fred Seaman conjures up something fishy, not sure why…any thoughts on that, or this book on John?

[Nico]

Originally Posted by 3rd World Man

I just rescued this book from my library for a quarter:


The Last Days Of John Lennon by Fred Seaman. I haven't really read much of it yet…but what I have flipped by looks very, ummm, interesting There are quite a few px of John with both Julian and Sean at different times, and many I've never seen before. For some reason, the name Fred Seaman conjures up something fishy, not sure why…any thoughts on that, or this book on John?

I read this book. And I would be very weary about every word written in there. Fred Seaman was a trusted personal assistant to John and Yoko (specifically John) whose aunt was Sean's nanny. Not only did Fred backstab the Lennon family after John's death, but he lied considerably about things like John's diary supposedly intended to go to Julian via Fred if anything were to happen to John. That diary was in the man's possession for YEARS and he never gave it to Julian (but had no problem sharing it with random others through the years).

He had a vendetta against Yoko and paints their relationship far shadier than necessary. He was sued by Yoko in 2003 (I believe) and lost. Many of the things he took from that family were returned. Many but not everything. Apparently Fred felt that since he took pics of John, Yoko, Julian, and Sean on his own time that those pics were his- but how creepy is that?

Anyway, he's another one who paints John as sort of a bipolar type of person, with a tendency to starve himself and dabble in drugs on occasion.

Funnily enough, there is no actual proof to any of these drug allegations Fred, Albert Goldman, Geoffrey Guilano, and the like have made in their hatchet-jobs. When John died, there was not found in his system a trace of anything except caffeine and nicotine. Obviously, he was an alarmingly thin guy. But he was also a strict macrobiotic and had a pretty bad relationship with food. He was extremely hurt and affected by the comment made in 1965 referring to him as the "Fat Beatle" and he never recovered from it. Everyone who followed the Beatles just saw John get smaller and smaller from that point on.

Fred comes off as a "decent" guy in this book, and it's obvious he had a lot of affection/love for John and liked Julian and Sean but he isn't the most trustworthy individual. I can actually post some responses from Yoko, Cynthia, Paul, George, and George Martin regarding the Albert Goldman book and how horribly twisted and incorrect much of, if not all, that piece of crap is. And Fred (as well as May Pang) was an informant of Goldman's.

Read the book, though, and tell us what YOU think. I would love to know.

[Nico]

source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/I-am-l...e1-687819.aspx

As some of you know, Gaga is a HUGE fan of John's. A year or so ago she made the statement that if she had been around in the late 60's Yoko would have to watch her back. She constantly wears the "Lennon" glasses, referred to him as her "most favorite songwriter" right before delving into her own cover of Imagine, and lovingly joined Yoko and Sean on stage for the POB/John Lennon tribute. She's a John stan plain and simple. And here is a little snippet of what she said about him recently:

I AM LIKE LENNON: LADY GAGA

Pop singer Lady Gaga has likened herself to Beatles legend John Lennon because she too is "perpetually unhappy" with her finished products. The Bad Romance hitmaker admits she struggles with such strong bouts of perfectionism that she finds it almost impossible to be satisfied with the fina

l outcome of her songs - just like the late Beatles star, reports dailystar.co.uk.
"I am perpetually unhappy with what I create. Even though I might tell you that song Edge Of Glory is a pop masterpiece, when it's all said and finished there will be things I dread, and every time I listen to it I'll hear them," she said.

"In John Lennon's Playboy magazine interview he had talked about how he hated certain songs because of the way they were finished. And they might be my favourite songs, but Lennon couldn't listen to them," she added.

What do you know, she made a fair statement.

Some tokens of Gaga's affection for Johnny Rhythm:

Inside the Dakota, on his piano...


Walking around in his trademark sunglasses...


Her cover of "Imagine"...

[msLinds]

Thanks Nico for the article about Lady Gaga and her feelings about her music connection with John.I have not read that book Nico or 3rd World Man.I have read and heard that Fred Seaman was a thief and was sued by Yoko to get back the personal items he took without permisson or asking for them.He stole things from the Dakota that belonged to John and Yoko.He may sound like a nice guy in the book and claims he was fond of and had affection for them.But he was untrustworthy and said a lot of things about John and Yoko etc in the book that is wrong, lies and distortions. I believe Yoko's word over his on this matter.

I have a update about Julian Lennon
Julian I read is resting and doing ok.He also posted his medications are working. I am just going to cut and post here one his comments from his Facebook page.I am glad he is doing ok and healing. A lot of us here respect,care about and love Julian to.I have been big fan of Julian's music for many years to.Everyone have a safe, positive and great upcoming weekend and take care.

from Julians Facebook page
I'm surprisingly ok...
A very quick healer... Stitches out on Tuesday...

[msLinds]

This is the first place I am posting this information I just found out about.Sean and Charlotte and Yoko will be performing at the River to River Festival this June 2011


The Village Voice
April 21, 2011
The 5 Best (Free!) Shows at River to River Festival 2011

This year's River to River Festival, which runs from June 19 to July 17, marks the 10th time that its mix of free shows takes over Lower Manhattan for the summer. The 2011 bill has a decidedly New York-centric bent, with Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Rufus Wainwright, and the New York City Opera all on the roster. While the heavyweights are all well and good, the festival's real value is found when browsing the so-called "small text" artists, such as Lower Dens and The Wake. Five shows you shouldn't miss, after the jump.

Bang on a Can Marathon, June 19 @ the World Financial Center Winter Garden
This 13-hour show will kick the festivities off in style. Spanning 13 hours, the marathon will include Phillip Glass with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Bryce Dessner of the National, and the Asphalt Orchestra performing songs by David Byrne/Annie Clark, Yoko Ono, and Frank Zappa, among other acts.

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, June 24 @ South Street Seaport
Ignore the idiosyncratic name and focus on the participants: this collaboration between Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl lives off beautiful harmonies and flowing melodies. The promise of "special guests," given Lennon's family connections, is also fairly enticing.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/...ean_lennon.php

http://rivertorivernyc.com/

[msLinds]

I need to make one important update about this information I posted about the River to River Festival in June.Yoko will not perform it says those bands will do songs by Yoko Ono & Frank Zappa etc, and maybe she will show up but its not confirmed yet if she will be there or not.
Sorry for any confusion.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/...ean_lennon.php

[Nico]

Originally Posted by msLinds

I need to make one important update about the information I posted about the River to River Festival in June.Yoko will not perform it says those bands will do songs by Yoko Ono & Frank Zappa etc, and maybe she will show up but its confirmed yet if she be there or not.
Sorry for any confusion.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/...ean_lennon.php

Great. I'm supposed to go to England during this time. I didn't get my tix for Glastonbury and now I miss a festival with a possible Yoko appearance. Great. Oh well, *sigh* MsLinds, promise me you will post ANY THING that may have a Yoko appearance coming up. I need to see her live.

Thanks for the info!