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Jealous Guy by John Lennon

Artist Biography For John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon Born John Winston Lennon 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980 Was An English Singer Songwriter And Musician Who Gained Worldwide Fame As The Founder Co-Songwriter Co-Lead Vocalist And Rhythm Guitarist Of The Beatles. His Work Included Music Writing Drawings And Film. His Songwriting Partnership With Paul McCartney Remains The Most Successful In History. Born In Liverpool Lennon Became Involved In The Skiffle Craze As A Teenager. In 1956 He Formed The Quarrymen Which Evolved Into The Beatles In 1960. Sometimes Called "the Smart Beatle" Lennon Initially Was The Group's De Facto Leader A Role He Gradually Ceded To McCartney. Through His Songwriting In The Beatles He Embraced Myriad Musical Influences Initially Writing And Co-Writing Rock And Pop-Oriented Hit Songs In The Band's Early Years Then Later Incorporating Experimental Elements Into His Compositions In The Latter Half Of The Beatles' Career As His Songs Became Known For Their Increasing Innovation. Lennon Soon Expanded His Work Into Other Media By Participating In Numerous Films Including How I Won The War And Authoring In His Own Write And A Spaniard In The Works Both Collections Of Nonsense Writings And Line Drawings. Starting With "All You Need Is Love" His Songs Were Adopted As Anthems By The Anti-War Movement And The Larger Counterculture Of The 1960s. In 1969 He Started The Plastic Ono Band With His Second Wife Multimedia Artist Yoko Ono Held The Two-Week-Long Anti-War Demonstration Bed-Ins For Peace And Left The Beatles To Embark On A Solo Career. Between 1968 And 1972 Lennon And Ono Collaborated On Many Works Including A Trilogy Of Avant-Garde Albums Several More Films His Solo Debut John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band And The International Top-10 Singles "Give Peace A Chance" "Instant Karma!" "Imagine" And "Happy Xmas War Is Over ". Moving To New York City In 1971 His Criticism Of The Vietnam War Resulted In A Three-Year Deportation Attempt By The Nixon Administration. Lennon And Ono Separated From 1973 To 1975 During Which Time He Produced Harry Nilsson's Album Pussy Cats. He Also Had Chart-Topping Collaborations With Elton John "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" And David Bowie "Fame" . Following A Five-Year Hiatus Lennon Returned To Music In 1980 With The Ono Collaboration Double Fantasy. He Was Murdered By A Beatles Fan Mark David Chapman Three Weeks After The Album's Release. As A Performer Writer Or Co-Writer Lennon Had 25 Number-One Singles In The Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Double Fantasy His Best-Selling Album Won The 1981 Grammy Award For Album Of The Year. That Year He Won The Brit Award For Outstanding Contribution To Music. In 2002 Lennon Was Voted Eighth In A BBC History Poll Of The 100 Greatest Britons. Rolling Stone Ranked Him The Fifth-Greatest Singer And 38th Greatest Artist Of All Time. He Was Inducted Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame In 1997 And The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Twice As A Member Of The Beatles In 1988 And As A Solo Artist In 1994 . Studio Albums
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 1970 Imagine 1971 Some Time In New York City With Yoko Ono 1972 Mind Games 1973 Walls And Bridges 1974 Rock 'n' Roll 1975 Double Fantasy With Yoko Ono 1980 Milk And Honey Posthumous With Yoko Ono 1984 Experimental Studio Albums With Yoko Ono
Unfinished Music No. 1 Two Virgins 1968 Unfinished Music No. 2 Life With The Lions 1969 Wedding Album 1969

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Jealous Guy

Jealous Guy Is A Song Written And Performed By John Lennon Which First Appeared On His 1971 Album "Imagine." It Is One Of The Most Commonly Covered Lennon Songs With At Least Ninety-Two Recorded Cover Versions By Musicians Like Donny Hathaway The Black Crowes Jeff Tweedy Peter Criss Of KISS And Deftones. The Song's Genesis Came In India After The Beatles Attended A Lecture By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi About A "son Of The Mother Nature". This Inspired Both Paul McCartney And John Lennon To Write Songs About The Same Subject. McCartney's Composition "Mother Nature's Son" Was Selected For The Beatles The White Album While Lennon's Song "Child Of Nature" Was Not. After That Lennon Continued To Play It Into The Get Back Sessions. Eventually The Lyrics Were Scrapped And Replaced By The Now Well Known "Jealous Guy" Lyrics For Imagine. According To The Jealous Guy Songfacts Joey Molland And Tom Evans Of The Band Badfinger Both Played Acoustic Guitar On This Track. Badfinger Were Signed To The Beatles-Run Apple Label And George Harrison Recommended To Lennon "if You Need Some Guitar Players On Imagine Use The Badfinger Guys." "Jealous Guy" Was Released As A Single With "Going Down On Love" A Track From Walls And Bridges As The B-Side In The United Kingdom In November 1985. It Reached Number 65 In The Charts. A Promotional Video Was Made For The Song In 1971. It Showed Mostly In A Continuous Overhead Shot By Helicopter John And Yoko Travelling In A Hearse From Their Tittenhurst Park Mansion To A Nearby Lake Where They Were Then Shown Hopping Into A Rowing Boat. Although Self-Explanatory The Subject Of The Song Is John Lennon Not Only Apologizing To Yoko Ono For His Jealousy But Also To Explain It Away By Saying "That's How I Am." The Lyrics At The End Reflect This "I'm Just A Jealous Guy - Watch Out / Look Out". Though The Relationship Between John And Yoko Is Regarded By Many As One Of The Greatest Publicized Romances Of The 20th Century There Was A Period In The Early 1970s After The Beatles Split Where John Became Entangled In A Self-Destructive Downwards Spiral. His Drinking Became More Frequent And His Relationship With Yoko Became Strained. It Was During This Period That John Reworked "Child Of Nature" To Be "Jealous Guy" As A Public Apology. John Had Jealousy Problems With His First Wife Cynthia Powell And When He Left Her For Yoko The Jealousy Continued. Yoko Commented "The Song Said It All! After We Got Together He Made Me Write Out A List Of All The Men I'd Slept With Before We Met. I Started To Do It Quite Casually – Then I Realized How Serious It Was To John. He Didn't Even Like Me Speaking Japanese Because That Was A Part Of My Mind That Shut Him Out." Following Lennon's Death In 1980 Roxy Music Recorded A Cover Version Of The Song This Attracted Some Criticism At The Time As It Was Suggested That They Were Cashing In On The Success Of Lennon's Work Following His Death. In 1977 John Sat In The Presidential Suite Of The Okura Hotel In Tokyo And Began Singing And Playing His Old Songs With His Acoustic Guitar. The Gigantic Hotel Suite Had Lifts That Arrived Straight Into The Lennon Lounge. As John Was Playing "Jealous Guy" To Himself The Lift Doors Opened And A Japanese Couple Who Had Arrived On The Wrong Floor Walked Out. They Sat And Listened As John Continued The Song. When The Song Ended They Seemed Displeased And Went Back Down The Elevator. Little Did Any Of Them Know It But This Was To Be John's Last Ever 'public' Performance. They Were The Last Two Members Of The General Public To Ever Watch John Lennon Perform A Song.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Anthology

Anthology Is A Box Set Of Home Demos Alternative Studio Outtakes And Other Unreleased Material Recorded By John Lennon Over The Course Of His Solo Career From "Give Peace A Chance" In 1969 Up Until The 1980 Sessions For Double Fantasy And Milk And Honey.