The musical heirs to John Lennon. We’ll look at the Beatle’s life and living legacy.
In another time of turmoil, there were The Beatles and at the heart of the Beatles, John Lennon. They came on with love songs, and went to the ramparts of society and psychology. Sang of revolution, sang of despair, sang of visions and dreams.
Lennon was the wire-rimmed sphinx and showman. The mind that pulled. What lasts from that? And who are the heirs to Lennon now?
This hour On Point: a new life of John Lennon, and his living legacy.
-Tom Ashbrook
Click on "Ways To Listen" in side bar...well worth the listen
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/10/04/john-lennon-2
Guests
Tim Riley, music critic and assistant professor at Emerson College. He’s editor of the “Riley Rock Index” website. His new book is Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music – the Definitive Life.
A very good interview & a lot of nice music throughout.