We complete our latest Lennon journey with the conclusion of my analysis of some of the more telling quotes from the series of interviews conducted in September 1980 for Playboy magazine by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. This episode contains a lot of clips from the original audio of the interviews and focuses mainly on John's comments about who wrote what in the Lennon-McCartney catalogue, including John#s analysis of the deeper meanings behind the song 'Strawberry Fields Forever'. I have also included (by kind permission) an extended segment from the excellent 'Yesterday and Today' podcast that deals with a certain seafaring adventure that John undertook in June 1980 and which would have a profound effect on him. Finally, there's a little bit of music from your humble host...   Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to [email protected] OR Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle https://www.twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's website (music, podcasts, blog, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology) https://www.lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com    episode links The full available audio from the interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRDfBGagFkU Rubber Soul film (about the 1970 and 1980 John Lennon interviews) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB8Z1LRBmTA The Hours and Times (recommended film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104448/ The 'Yesterday and Today' podcast https://yesterdayandtodaypodcast.wordpress.com/ 'Between The Lines' (the John Lennon album that never was) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WChcRIP_qWw David Whelan's interview with Howard Hughes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZKgtLQQD1g 'Jealous Guy' documentary (Lennon and Chapman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akCP_PPSgQg    

This episode starts with a ‘short intro’ of around 45 minutes, with yet more Coleman vs Goldman material, before continuing our in-depth look at John Lennon’s series of interviews for Playboy magazine in September 1980, which also included Yoko Ono. The interviews offer a fascinating and multi-layered study of a highly eccentric artist and also form an integral part of the official narrative of John and Yoko’s relationship in 1980 before John’s sudden and brutal demise. There are numerous audio clips to complement the conversation, including some of John from the interviews themselves. You will also hear from Arthur and Vivien Janov talking about Primal Therapy, and comedy genius Bill Hicks discussing drugs. Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to [email protected] OR Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle https://www.twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's website (music, podcasts, blog, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology) https://www.lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com    episode links The Playboy Interviews (more than 3 hours of audio clips) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRDfBGagFkU trailer for May Pang’s new documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v07NzukoZU Jon Stewart’s highly-recommended book ‘Dylan, Lennon, Marx & God’ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/dylan-lennon-marx-and-god/F92AB6BF8A2314460A5FEDFA7B2F62EB John and the Beatles rip through ‘Too Much Monkey Business’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9KNdAUhy_g John Lennon at ‘The 14-Hour Technicolour Dream’ (1967) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z0Ph7ldFYg Bill Hicks at his brilliant best! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emlq_4imaik      

John Lennon’s series of interviews for Playboy magazine in September 1980, which also included Yoko Ono, are not only a fascinating and multi-layered study of a highly eccentric artist but also form an integral part of the official narrative of John and Yoko’s relationship in 1980 before his death and of the genesis of the songs for their joint album ‘Double Fantasy’. This episode is the first of a 3-parter that picks out some interesting extracts from the book ‘All We Are Saying’, based on the transcripts of the interviews. A lot of the narrative promoted by John & Yoko in these interviews has been reasonably debunked, including the obvious and provable point that John's songs for 'Double Fantasy' were worked on for years rather than being the product of pure inspiration. The overall contention over what the truth is has helped form the Coleman-Goldman continuum that has been a almost frequent topic of study on this podcast Before the main topic, there is also a recommendation and critique of Madeline Bocaro’s epic new 500-page book on Yoko Ono, whose narrative fits neatly with the interviews being studied in this episode. There are numerous audio clips to complement the conversation, including some of John from the interviews themselves.   Enjoy!   Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to [email protected] OR Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle https://www.twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's website (music, podcasts, blog, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology) https://www.lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com Antony on Luke’s English Podcast talking about meditation https://teacherluke.co.uk/2022/03/16/   episode links The Playboy Interviews (more than 3 hours of audio clips) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRDfBGagFkU link to Madeline Bocaro’s new book on Yoko Ono https://madelinex.com/2021/12/19/my-new-book/ Madeline and Dan Richter on the ‘Things We Said Today’ podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=177VFkC1oC4 ‘John Lennon’s Original Lost Weekend’ (episode of ‘The Beatles Naked’) https://player.fm/series/the-beatles-naked/episode-19-hamburg-spring-62-lennons-original-lost-weekend Double Fantasy Revisited (‘Something About The Beatles’ podcast) https://somethingaboutthebeatles.com/243-double-fantasy-revisited-part-one/ https://somethingaboutthebeatles.com/244-double-fantasy-revisited-part-two/ Kirby Ferguson’s ‘Everything Is A Remix’ website, documentary and TED talk https://www.everythingisaremix.info/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPERZDfyWc https://www.ted.com/talks/kirby_ferguson_embrace_the_remix Huxley vs Orwell (dystopia and modern reality) https://allthatsinteresting.com/amusing-ourselves-to-death-comic ‘Amusing Ourselves To Death’ audiobook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX2_8NteDrQ ‘Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah’ by Richard Bach audiobook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI1yf916CJQ

Compilation albums come in many shapes and sizes and some can be justified while others rely on good marketing and glossy packaging to persuade consumers to part with their hard-earned money for the same material. This is an appearance by your humble host on the ‘When they Was Fab’ podcast back in December 2020 discussing the mind-boggling number of John Lennon compilation albums that have been foisted on the public since 1975. The conversation is preceded by a long introduction from Antony discussing various talking points from a recent reread of ‘The Beatles: The Authorised Biography’ by Hunter Davies. Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to [email protected] OR Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle https://www.twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's website (music, podcasts, blog, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology) https://www.lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com   ‘When They Was Fab’ podcast https://www.whentheywasfab.podbean.com/ ‘When They Was Fab’ review the Two of Us TV film (previously reviewed on Glass Onion Episode 86) https://podtail.com/en/podcast/when-they-was-fab-electric-arguments-about-the-b-1/2023-02-two-of-us-2000-tv-movie/ Antony on ‘2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast’- John & Paul’s relationship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta4Xz6UA2Y0&t=3s Antony on ‘Pop Goes The 60s discussing ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfcvNY5rJpFw-N0V_rwWBKsx-4d2zpz0I   episode links List of John Lennon compilation albums https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon_discography#Compilation_albums Hunter Davies Beatles Authorised Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles:_The_Authorised_Biography Paul McCartney with Hunter Davies- May 1981 https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/interview/interview-with-hunter-davies/ Jimi Hendrix great one-liner with Dick Cavett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPrjyLhmcWI The Chilis do ‘I Found Out’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_XWqaBKXXs Cheap Trick rip through ‘Cold Turkey’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKUvXGyYUWY Yoko Ono Give Peace A Chance 2005 Remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO2bHSTQvdo SATB podcast on Philip Norman https://somethingaboutthebeatles.libsyn.com/website/54-philip-normans-mccartney

John Lennon and Paul McCartney are inextricably linked, and what more is there to say at this point? Well, I give it a shot in a podcast of 3 sections, looking at common Lennon/McCartney tropes and assumptions, giving a guitar & vocal lesson on the song 'Two Of Us' and then walking you through the highly entertaining 2000 TV film 'Two Of Us', directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and starring Aiden Quinn and Jared Harris. There are a record number of clips included here and it's hopefully a pretty epic ride to end the year of 2022. Here's to more Glass Onion in 2023 so keep listening! Enjoy! Feedback and voluntary Paypal donations to [email protected] OR Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/glassonionjlpod Twitter handle https://www.twitter.com/OnionLennon Antony's website (music, podcasts, blog, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's 'Life And Life Only' podcast (on Psychology) https://www.lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com   episode links Superb series called ‘Understanding Lennon/McCartney’ (breathless345 channel) https://www.youtube.com/@breathless345 ‘The Music of Lennon & McCartney’ 1965 TV special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsNdREJjnLg The 2000 ‘Two Of Us’ TV film https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9EE7621F8B595506 Mae Brussell broadcast from 14th December 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgLhWbvRw0E James Corbett’s tribute to Mae https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-212-remembering-mae-brussell/ Recommended book (Lennon and Doggett- what can go wrong?) https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Art_And_Music_Of_John_Lennon.html?id=16h6ju_-5dYC&redir_esc=y Beatles Jazz & Soul Covers ('Under The Covers' podcast) https://anchor.fm/underthecoverspodcast12/episodes/Beatles-Jazz--Soul-Covers-e1mdirq Ian Hart as John Lennon in ‘Snodgrass’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek89aSrwMN0