In the liner notes to Season of Glass, Ono explained that the album is not dedicated to Lennon because " he would have been offended — he was one of us.

Lennon later explained that the lyric was about an affair he had been having:

He later explained this in 2006, stating that " veryone got it into their heads over the last few years that I was in my ivory tower like Lennon, baking bread all day.

Ono explained that she and Lennon were not getting along, had been arguing and were growing apart, and said that Lennon would start seeing other women.

In the interview with Kane, Lennon explained his feelings about his time with Pang: " You know Larry, I may have been the happiest I've ever been ...

These took place at Startling Studios, located in Ringo Starr's countryside home ( formerly owned by John Lennon ), with two distinct line-ups operating in alternation ( Mike Clark again providing drums on the other tracks ), as Percy Jones later explained.

Lennon said, " I've never seen rain as hard as that, except in Tahiti ", and later explained that " Rain " was " about people moaning about the weather all the time ".

In his 1980 Playboy interview, Lennon explained, " That was something I wrote when I was about seventeen.

" Lennon explained, " We didn't want to hear about that!

On 3 October 2010, CBS Sunday Morning aired an in-depth interview with Lennon that covered much of his life, including his relationship with his parents and sibling, his career, and his experience growing up as the son of one of the world's most famous celebrities.

The piano can be seen in the 1971 film footage that features John Lennon performing Imagine for his wife Yoko Ono at his home in England and in Sean Lennon's much debated photo from 2010 showing pop musician Lady Gaga playing the piano.

Lennon, for his part, made much greater use of acoustic guitar, forsaking his famous Rickenbacker.

Lennon, amused that a teacher was putting so much effort into understanding the Beatles ' lyrics, wrote the most confusing lyrics he could.

Elton John once said, " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a song that I never do in a set at a concert simply because it reminds me too much of John Lennon.

Lennon was intent upon producing Nilsson's next album, much to Nilsson's delight.

The album was based largely on loops and featured heavy use of horns and flutes and deliberately moved away from the bands guitar sound as Power claimed the band " wanted to come back with something that feels fresh and enticing " and described the material as groovier and talked of having a desire of " combining this sort of Marley and funkadelic stuff or Sly and the Family that I ’ ll get into as much as I get into Townshend and Lennon ".

John Lennon later told his wife that he felt that the Maharishi had, in her words, " too much interest in public recognition, celebrities and money " for a spiritual man.

Ienner, who had previously produced albums and songs for John Lennon and Three Dog Night, opted to stick with much of the music that had already been used during filming, and obtained licenses for the songs from Bergstein's collection.

This was one Lennon – McCartney song that the duo truly co-wrote ; McCartney described it as " very much co-written ".

The stripped-down, bluesy nature of the song bears similarity to much of Lennon's early solo output, including " Cold Turkey " and his 1970 John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band album and marks a retreat from Lennon's concern with studio experimentation that marked such songs as " Tomorrow Never Knows " and " Strawberry Fields Forever ".

Under the pressure of needing a new single for the Christmas market, John Lennon wrote much of the music, including the famous guitar hook, and most of the lyrics, while Paul McCartney worked on the verses.

For example, " Mr. Moonlight " has a much quicker tempo, a guitar-based instrumental break, and an intentionally altered lyric with Lennon proclaiming he is on his " nose " instead of his " knees "; " Roll Over Beethoven " was described as " never taken at a more breakneck pace ".

This recording session is also notable because it marks the first studio appearances of two Lennon – McCartney songs that would not be released until much later in the band's career: " One After 909 " ( later appearing on Let It Be ) and " What Goes On " ( later appearing on Rubber Soul, credited as Lennon – McCartney / Starkey to reflect Ringo's contribution to the lyrics ).

The book was criticized by Lennon fans for allegedly containing much unsubstantiated conjecture, and tending to present worst-case scenarios when doing so.

Lennon comes across much better than Yoko Ono, for whom Goldman shows unbridled contempt.

David Gates responded in Newsweek by reminding readers that a romantic vision of Lennon is just as much of a myth as Goldman's portrayal.

Although it sounded very much like an electric guitar, Lennon actually played it on an acoustic-electric guitar ( a Gibson model J-160E ), employing the guitar's onboard pickup.

In its time the castle has played host to many notable guests, including: King George V of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India, and his consort Queen Mary ; John Lennon ; George Harrison ; Oscar Wilde ( whose father, Sir William Wilde, had an estate adjacent to Ashford, where the writer spent much of his childhood ); LPGA Golfer Mindy Miller ; U. S. President Ronald Reagan ; H. R. H.

Both McCartney and John Lennon, at one time or another, shared their distaste for the song, and in a 1980s interview with Mark Lewisohn in The Beatles Recording Sessions, McCartney says, " I can't remember much about that one.

Former State Premier Paul Lennon was very much in favour of the development whilst acting as premier.

On Capp's exit, Lennon sang an impromptu version of his Ballad of John and Yoko song with a slightly revised, but nonetheless prophetic lyric: " Christ, you know it ain't easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are goin ' / They're gonna crucify Capp!

* " Sunday Bloody Sunday ", a 1972 song from the album Some Time in New York City, by John Lennon & Yoko Ono

The John Lennon album Some Time in New York City features a song entitled " Sunday Bloody Sunday ", inspired by the incident, as well as the song " The Luck of the Irish ", which dealt more with the Irish conflict in general.

" John Lennon borrows these same words as lyrics for The Beatles song, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

Through this company, Lennon released a tribute song and EP, " Lucy ", honoring the memory of Lucy Vodden, the little girl who inspired the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, with 50 % of the proceeds going to fund Lupus research.

It was updated in early 1991 to mourn the passing of Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, Dennis Wilson, John Lennon, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Cass Elliot, who died a few months after the original version of the song was released.

The Rolling Stones featured a slide guitar as early as their 1963 recording of the John Lennon / Paul McCartney song " I Wanna Be Your Man ".

* Saul Williams mentions Biko along with other notable figures such as Buddha, Bob Marley, John Lennon, Khalil Gibran, Shiva in the song " Coded Language ".

Travelling circuses, like Pablo Fanque's, dominated the British provinces, Scotland, and Ireland ( Fanque would enjoy fame again in the 20th century when John Lennon would buy an 1843 poster advertising his circus and adapt the lyrics for The Beatles song, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite !).

Lennon detailed this period in The Beatles ' song " The Ballad of John and Yoko ".

Ono wrote a song about her daughter, " Don't Worry Kyoko ( Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow )," which appears on Lennon and Ono's album Live Peace In Toronto 1969 and her album Fly.

On December 8, 1980, Lennon and Ono were in the studio working on Ono's song Walking on Thin Ice.

Ono had previously performed the song once with John Lennon and once with Sean Lennon and told the audience of thousands that she will never perform it again.

While the group was together, every song written by Lennon or McCartney was credited as Lennon – McCartney regardless of whether the song was a collaboration or written solely by one of the two ( except for those appearing on their first album, Please Please Me, which credited the songs to McCartney – Lennon ).

Although the song was written by Lennon during his tenure with the Beatles it was both written and recorded without the help of the band and released as Lennon's first independent single under the " Plastic Ono Band " moniker.

Lennon subsequently expressed regret that he had not given co-writing credit to Ono instead, who actually helped him write the song.

In 1995, after the Beatles released Lennon's " Free as a Bird " and " Real Love " with demos provided by Ono, McCartney and his family collaborated with her and Sean Lennon to create the song " Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue ", which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of that Japanese city.