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rhapsodynew · 3 days

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George Harrison

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newfashionlove · 8 days

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On the eve of the Met Gala, I decided to recall the historic appearance of Princess Diana, which turned out to be the first and last at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute event in New York in 1996. It is considered historical for two reasons.

Firstly, she appeared at the ball just three months after her high-profile divorce from Charles (now Charles III), which is unthinkable for royal etiquette.

Secondly, on the carpet of the Met Gala Costume Institute ball dedicated to Christian Dior, she appeared in a dark blue combination dress by John Galliano. It was one of his first designs at the Christian Dior Fashion House and it is quite natural that the author personally accompanied Lady Di on the track. But if this exit cannot be called defiant now, then in '96, many still considered the combination an item of underwear. That is why the princess wanted to abandon the outfit, which, in her opinion, would embarrass 14-year-old Prince William. But the exit still took place and subsequently went down in the history of the Met Gala, and the image bears the title of "revenge dress" and is considered a manifesto of a strong and free woman.

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cinnabeat · 2 years

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this game is freaky bc like literally all youre doing is pressing buttons u til you get to the right coordinates but also youre trapped in a tiny room that can barely let you walk like maybe five steps and you constantly hear the creaking of the hull and occainsally deep whale noises or something and youre only access to the putside is through the grainest fucking camera screen imaginable

#seeiously im even taking a photography art hustory class and those early ass photos werent as grainy as that #michi tag #like the claustrophobia???#the fucking deep ass noises everywhere that make u freeze so ur not noticed?? like bestie......#and then the fucking pipe bursts like girl what

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rhapsodynew · 5 days

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Like in the Amazon jungle... Respect photographer is 5+!

True GENTLEMEN!

And then someone else stuck around...

Yes, of course, Elvis, it's a celebrity! Not like US.

Who's there?

Well, how do you have to love them to portray them like that?

It seems to be starting to rain...

Well, very exclusive tools...

The most "healthy" Beatle...

I caught a bird...

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rhapsodynew · 12 days

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John Lennon plays guitar for Cynthia, 1958

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rhapsodynew · 5 days

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono waving white flags at the press conference to launch Nutopia in 1973.

Everyone can get citizenship of Nutopia — the virtual state has launched a website where such a service is provided. After registering via e-mail, the user receives a digital identity card.

The citizens of Nutopia are celebrated on the globe. You can click on the dot symbolizing a particular resident and read the message, or you can click on the heart icon and "spread love."

John Lennon and Yoko Ono founded Nutopia in 1973.

"We are announcing the birth of the conceptual country of Nutopia. Citizenship of the country can be obtained by declaring your awareness of Nutopia. Nutopia has no land, no borders, no passports, only people. Nutopia has no laws other than cosmic ones. All people living in Nutopia are ambassadors of the country. As two ambassadors of Nutopia, we ask for diplomatic immunity and recognition in the United Nations of our country and its people."

The name of the country arose as a result of the merger of two words: "new" (new) and "utopia" (utopia). Thus, Nutopia acted as a living embodiment of Lennon's ideas about the ideal social structure, so vividly described by him two years earlier in the song "Imagine", - a state in which there is no religion, government and its own territory; where anyone can freely accept his citizenship or renounce it.

True, at that time, the only new Utopians were John and Yoko themselves, but according to other signs, Nutopia could be described as a completely normal microstate.

The Declaration on the Creation of Nutopia, signed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on April 1, 1973.

The country's flag consisted of only one color - white, similar to the cover of the Beatles' "White Album", which personified freedom. However, the journalists saw this as a symbol of surrender, to which Lennon, waving a white cloth at the conference, replied to them as follows:

"We surrender to peace and love."

The flag of Nutopia

Nutopia also had its own seal. On it, John depicted a seal holding a ball with yin-yang symbols on its nose, which can be explained by a clever wordplay (in English, "seal" it means both "seal" and "seal") or a reference to another pinniped, which John once proclaimed himself in the song "I am the Walrus".

And to top it all off, the Lennon couple opened the embassy of Nutopia, located in their New York apartment in the Dakota house. However, the corresponding sign was hung not at the front door, but at the black, kitchen, entrance to the apartment, which, however, did not prevent everyone from finding the embassy. (Decades later, Yoko Ono noticed that her guests still prefer to use the back entrance.)

The Embassy of Nutopia is the main entrance to the Dakota Building, Manhattan, New York. It was at this gate that John Lennon would be shot dead in 1980

Here's a funny April Fool's joke. Or was John Lennon not joking at all?

Happy New Yorker John

Fans of John's work, we can consider ourselves full citizens of Nutopia, even though neither its founder nor she herself has been gone for a long time. After all, Lennon's ideas are still alive. And what if not the idea was the only force that kept this small invisible country afloat...

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rhapsodynew · 12 days

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They met at a party at Presley's house in 1959

Then 24-year-old Elvis was on duty in Germany, he was allowed to live in a private house. He was recovering from the recent death of his mother and was always in the circle of close people.

One day, during one of the receptions, Presley was introduced to the 14-year-old daughter of a US Air Force officer, Priscilla Bewley. It was irreparable, the young lady crushed the king of rock and roll, he fell irrevocably in love.

Presley promised Priscilla's parents to wait until she came of age and marry her. In 1963, the parents allowed the young Priscilla to move to the Elvis estate, in Graceland, and 4 years later, on May 1, 1967, they tied their lives with vows.

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rhapsodynew · 14 days

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The Beatles

Great Essence (part 2)

#book "Balloon. Aeronauts and artifacts - Boris Grebenshchikov"

For the rest of their lives, each of them gave the impression of a man who flew too close to the stars and returned to earth burned – but saw something that people had never seen.

And we all listened to them from afar, in different parts of the World – as if we were looking at the receding lights of a flying saucer.

We felt that someone was saying goodbye to us. How they sang themselves (most likely, having no idea why such words were chosen):

"Once upon a time there was a way to return home..."

The end has come.

And at the end of the very last song they recorded for their most recent album, they summed it up:

And in the end, the Love you accept is equal to the love you create.

That's such a fairy tale. But this tale is not sad at all.

This has become part of the genetic code of humanity and remains with us. Their music has changed life on earth. And since then, the doors have been reopened, and to enter them, you only need to want to.

And – "I do not know why you say goodbye, I say hello."

Beatles after the Beatles.

When the Beatles ceased to exist as a united front in 1969, the nations held their breath, waiting to see what the artists would do now, left alone. Yes, the Beatles were significantly more than the sum of the parts, and – being the voice of nature and time – they promptly left. They left together with the magic ray that shed its light on Great Britain in the 60s. As Philip Larkin said

(Philip Arthur Larkin (1922-1985) – British poet, writer and jazz critic.)

"When you get to the top, there's nowhere to go from there except down. But the Beatles couldn't go down."

The magical long-haired kings of the Golden Age became four ordinary people. But the magic of their music has not disappeared.

After the breakup of the band in 1969, all four of its members quickly released an album each. Most of all, George Harrison surprised critics – when he was a Beatles guitarist, he always remained a little in the shadows; Lennon and McCartney considered him to be the youngest, did not treat him very seriously and reluctantly put his songs on albums. Having become independent, George turned around with all his might and right in 1969 released as much as a triple album "All Things Must Pass". It has been three years since he became deeply immersed in Indian philosophy, and, being free from the Beatles, he suddenly bloomed like a rose on which the rays of the sun fell. And he began to broadcast this solar energy to all of us.

And his colleagues began to get what they lacked in terms of employment during their service in the long–suffering team.

John Lennon (who, in fact, once founded this band, and then broke it up) Back in 1968, at the London exhibition, he met the Japanese avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, and she taught him the mind. He suddenly realized that besides the Beatles, there are other values in the world, and another art, there is something else, and he went all out, because he never did anything by halves.

Having recorded together with Yoko several sound collages that were not too popular with the people, he assembled a virtual plastic ono Band and recorded a simple and strong album "John Lennon – Plastic Ono Tape".

The song is beautiful. But there are problems with There were a lot of John and Yoko, because the young couple was so desperate to make themselves known that there wasn't a week that they didn't get on the pages of the newspapers with some kind of prank. And very soon the British press hounded them so that they moved to New York. But even there they began to actively participate in all local guerrilla gatherings and were quickly taken under surveillance by local state security agencies. John was locked up in America – if he had left there even for a day, they would not have let him back in.

Well and Paul McCartney, accused by the world of all sins, including the collapse of the Beatles (although he was the one who tried his best to keep the band afloat), around the same time met the girl of his dreams – photographer Linda Eastman.

As opposed to He did not seek to arrange constant happenings with John and Yoko – on the contrary, he even grew a beard in order to walk the streets unnoticed. Linda did not strive for fame either, she offered her fragile shoulder to him and offered to go to the village.

The Maharishi and George

In the village, Paul, furnished with all the instruments (after all, at first he was the lead guitarist of the Beatles, Ringo always resented him for the fact that Paul taught him how to play the drums, he could play the piano since childhood, and as for playing the bass, Jimi Hendrix sincerely called him the best bass player in rock and roll), so: Paul single-handedly recorded an album with the original name "McCartney", praising what he always It was best to sing the praises of home warmth, peace and comfort.

We must give Paul his due: he has talent (as well as John) did not decrease. And although he undoubtedly became much more pop without the help of old friends, from time to time he managed to write masterpieces.

The continuation of the fairy tale follows.....

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rhapsodynew · 2 days

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#eternity and one day

World celebrities are not left to themselves for a second. Just one fleeting meeting connected Sophia Loren and Al. If you are reading this inscription, then someone took this article from BigPicture.ru Vis Presley — and, of course, there was a photographer nearby who captured this event, which happened in February 1958, for history.

Elvis Presley and Sophia Loren met by chance at the Paramount Studio cafe, where they were both on set, in February 1958. And, of course, this meeting did not go unnoticed. Photographer Bob Willoughby captured this historic meeting for posterity.

Upon seeing the King, Sophia Loren did not hesitate to introduce herself to him. More precisely, she came over, sat on his lap, kissed him and ruffled his hair. And Presley immediately melted away.

Presley has always described himself as a devoted fan of Sophia Loren.

"I've watched all her films," he confessed. "She's the only one for me!"

He dreamed of starring with Lauren in the same movie, and his manager even had a script ready for the star couple.

"Is it probably hard to constantly hear the screeching of fans?" Lauren asked the King.

"On the contrary," Elvis immediately found himself. "You can't hear over the screams if I suddenly change the tune."

According to Willoughby, Elvis, despite all his charisma, looked embarrassed during the meeting

"He was very confident, but when the most beautiful woman in the world sits on your lap and ruffles your hair, you can't do anything about embarrassment," the photographer justified the star.

Photo: Bob Willoughby

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rhapsodynew · 9 days

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The Beatles

Great Essence (part 4)

#book "Balloon. Aeronauts and artifacts - Boris Grebenshchikov"

George Harrison

Although the physical body of the singer and musician, Beatles guitarist George Harrison is no longer with us and his ashes are scattered somewhere over Ganga, his spirit is always with us, as well as his songs. I think I personally owe him a lot, which I appreciate in my life, George turned out to be a teacher for me. For me, his songs are filled with sunlight.

He was called a "Quiet Beatle", but sometimes he wrote songs even more fantastic than the songs of his great colleagues.

Paul McCartney brought him into the future award-winning band when George was not even fourteen years old, and the rest of the Beatles immediately began exploiting child labor with gusto. However, very soon George showed that he could do something else besides playing well-honed guitar parts.

His first songs were just wonderful and simple, but on the set of the movie "Help!" George found a sitar lying in a pile of props and became interested in an exotic stringed instrument. And it had to happen that his wife Patti took him to a lecture by some Indian guru just a few days later. There was a chain reaction, the doors to the East opened. And George's music suddenly moved into a new dimension.

As the folk song says, "being a Beatle is a big deal." Everything you do immediately becomes a part of the lives of millions of people. Every word and every note is perceived as a revelation. And that's why you can't create anything but absolute perfection. George did not disappoint.

By mixing East and West, he received an unprecedented synthesis – a new and lively path to the future.

In 1970, the Beatles went their separate ways. Each of the participants has released a solo album. But while Paul sang about flowers and sheep, John attacked Paul, and Ringo tried to reconcile them, George, who was drawn to the wisdom of the East, immediately took the bull by the horns and asked: "What is Life?" The general public appreciated the depth of the artist's search, and the triple album "All Things Must Pass" was recognized as the most successful of all post-Beatles records.

One day to George was visited by his friend and teacher Ravi Shankar and told him about the disasters of the Indian people. Sensitive George responded and immediately wrote the song "Bangladesh". But after thinking it over carefully, I decided that this was not enough. Why don't all his friends get together and play a concert, all the proceeds from which would go to this very Bangladesh? Said and done. However, at the last moment it turned out that Paul won't be there, and John refused to play without Yoko (whose singing often scared people unaccustomed to him), but this shortcoming was compensated by the participation of Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and other wonderful people.

Concerts to help the hungry in Bangladesh were a success, and George turned out to be the godfather of all subsequent charity concerts, like Live Aid; thus proving that a musician can not only sing, but also really help people in need.

George and Ravi Shankar

Having proved this, he continued to do what he loved – playing guitar and writing songs

In my youth, every new year began in our company with the fact that, waking up on the morning of the first of January, we always put Harrison on – as if this was a guarantee that the year would go right.

Maybe that's how it turned out. Actually, there was a slightly different attitude towards music back then.

George and Derek Taylor, Apple

Moving from one apartment to another consisted mainly of transporting a tape recorder with speakers, other things, as a rule, were extremely few. The tape recorder was the heart of any home. I remember seeing someone's things on the street, put up for transportation to a new place, we were amazed at the lack of a device for playing music. It was completely incomprehensible to us, we decided that people were probably sick. You can live without clothes and without a bed, but how can you live without music?

You know, I think we were right.

And Harrison's music has always been different from all other music. George never went for banal harmonic solutions – he always has a chord or two in his songs, which you don't expect at all. But as soon as these chords are played, you realize that without them the song will turn into banality. Even John Lennon said that when he got stuck writing a new song, he always turned to To George. He would give him some unexpected harmonic twist, a strange chord, and the song would take on a face.

But this is not the main thing – you can work on a song for years, build a whole tower of Babel, and still stop the car. What George wrote and sang was always full of some kind of inner light, as if he was from another, correct, planet Earth - and his music helped us to see the right world around us.

I was lucky enough to know him a little personally, and I confirm that his love for India was true and deep, for life. George has shown not only with music, but also with his whole life that between the West and There is no abyss in the East – the whole abyss is only in our own mind. You have to be able to do this: write songs about the love of God, fashionable songs, famous songs – and such that you understand how he feels.

Sometimes I even want to quote the classics and say: "I owe all the best that is in me to George"

While still a Beatle, George bought himself a huge old house under London, in Henley-on-Thames, and retired there to live – away from the London crowd. He lived there for the rest of his life – not counting trips to another house, in Hawaii. He was very hospitable–to friends; to the rest of the world he was a hermit, an anchorite, a gardener. At home, he did gardening and music. His son Dhani says, "We are all wandering in the maze like experimental mice, and the father seemed to clearly see where he was going."

His last video was very simple: good musicians are sitting and playing an old song from the 30s. And all with such dignity and pleasure that it's just a sight to see. But then the camera cuts to George himself – and suddenly it takes your breath away: such elegant carelessness, such simplicity – you realize that you are in the presence of God.

He generally gave off the feeling that he was where none of us were, as if burned by the light of the stars.

And in this video, he has a slight smile on his face, as if both he and we, those who are watching this, are just playing at being human, but we know that this is a joke.

And you know what, I agree with him.

The continuation of the fairy tale follows.....

Part 1📌

Part 2📌

Part 3📌

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rhapsodynew · 10 days

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The Dirty Mac: a supergroup that lasted only one evening

So, meet the British supergroup The Dirty Mac! And here are the participants:

John Lennon (vocals, rhythm guitar)

Eric Clapton (lead guitar)

Keith Richards (bass guitar)

Mitch Mitchell (drums)

The really cool supergroup is The Dirty Mac, with Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Mitch Mitchell and Keith Richards, 1968

The figures of The Beatles, Cream, The Rolling Stones and The Jimi Hendrix Experience gathered in one group at the same time! Probably, The Dirty Mac is the most stellar supergroup in the history of rock. But why did it last so little?

The fact is that The Dirty Mac musicians initially did not expect to continue their joint activities. This supergroup was formed specifically for the sake of a single performance at the famous Rock and Roll Circus Rolling Stones show on December 11, 1968. In addition to The Dirty Mac, they also performed on this show The Rolling Stones, and The Who, Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithfull and Taj Mahal. It turned out to be a real extravaganza, the footage of which can be seen in a small trailer:

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The newly formed supergroup John Lennon and Mick Jagger, the main inspirer of The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. After chatting sweetly for about a minute, they finally introduced all the musicians (Lennon introduced himself as "Winston Leg-Hip"), and The Dirty Mac took the stage. The most unusual thing was probably to see Keith Richards was behind the bass, but apparently they trusted him more in terms of soloing on the electric guitar Eric Clapton.

The Dirty Mac's "leader" John Lennon's song "Yer Blues" from The Beatles' just-released "White Album" was chosen for performance. It sounded dirty and depressing on the record, so when performed by The Dirty Mac it turned out to be appropriate - heavy and very powerful. So the word "Dirty" in the band's name comes in handy here. (Curiously, the prefix "Mac" was also chosen by John Lennon not by chance, but by analogy with the famous Fleetwood Mac band).

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Then several other members joined the supergroup: an Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis and Yoko Ono, with whom the song "Whole Lotta Love Yoko" was performed. A video image of this action can probably be found only in the full version of the "Rock and Roll Circus", which is not freely available, so we will be content with only an audio recording and let our imagination run wild.

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Thus, The Dirty Mac actually functioned for less than one day, ceasing to exist simultaneously with the completion of the filming of "Rock and Roll Circus".

At that moment, each of its participants was going through a difficult but turning point in their lives.

Less than a month ago, another supergroup Cream broke up, and Eric Clapton went free swimming. A little later, he and Ginger Baker will join another supergroup, Blind Faith, which will last even less afloat.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was also on the verge of collapse. Soon the bass player will finally leave it Noel Redding, and Mitch Mitchell will continue to play with Hendrix in other bands.

Only one Keith Richards held firm in The Rolling Stones, even though they were about to get into trouble. The guitarist felt worse and worse Brian Jones: Very soon he would leave the band, and in July 1969 he would be found dead in his own pool. The Rock and Roll Circus show is his last performance with The Rolling Stones.

The Beatles were not doing better either - their joint career was also gradually declining.

Therefore, the performance of these four great musicians for a few hours is a kind of creative outburst against the background of the ocean of raging passions in their lives, short, but bright and memorable.

Before the start of filming, when asked which guitar amp he wants to use, John Lennon replied: "The one who will play." And The Dirty Mac played. With just a few strokes, demonstrating to the world the full power of rock and roll and making history in a few minutes.

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rhapsodynew · 14 days

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Led Zeppelin is sitting on a vintage Jaguar.

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rhapsodynew · 15 days

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"At the age of eight, I was an obedient good boy. But at 15-16, he started playing pranks. I even managed to go to jail because of a public insult. I was fighting, and my passion for rock music allowed me to vent my aggression. I can say that in our music we are much more aggressive than street punks. I finally have the opportunity to speak out. The authorities do not have such an opportunity." Bon Scott on the beginning of the rock and roll lifestyle.

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rhapsodynew · 6 days

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Freddie Mercury takes ballet lessons 1979

Freddie Mercury: Dancing with the Royal Ballet in 1979.

An incredible event happened to Freddie on October 7, 1979.

He did something completely unthinkable and fantastic: Mercury sang live and danced on stage with artists from the Royal Ballet at the London Coliseum!

This unexpected charity event with Mercury's participation took place thanks to the efforts of the first dancer of the Royal Ballet, Wayne Eagling.

One of the dancers, Derek Dean, told me: "I immediately realized that Mercury considers himself an unsurpassed dancer, but in fact it was not so. Of course, he made great efforts and achieved very good success, because he had a great desire for this. But very often we had to restrain Freddie by force in the dance so that he wouldn't break something."

Mercury later admitted that dancing in a ballet company was quite a challenge for him, but he is proud that he decided to do it.

The choreographic performance was accompanied by Freddie's live vocals. So the ballet flats came in handy, it's not for nothing that he performed in them at Queen concerts for so many years

One of the most memorable moments of the number was his daring leap, after which he was picked up by other ballet dancers.

Then, in an instant, Freddie disappeared behind the figures of the dancers and now they are lifting him up no longer in black, but in a silver suit.

And, of course, the finale was enchanting, when Mercury sang the last line of the Bohemian Rhapsody: Any way the wind blow, while suspended upside down in a crucifixion pose.

Freddie was very worried that he would not be able to jump or lose his breath, but he danced and sang so well (not like a simple philistine or a rocker) that the sophisticated audience's jaws dropped and all 2,500 spectators who watched this performance at the Colosseum applauded him standing.

At that time, Mercury was already over 30 years old...

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The strong and charming Bob Dylan, Liverpool, 1966

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Bob Dylan, Liverpool, 1966 (Solo)

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The Beatles

Great Essence (part 5)

#book "Balloon. Aeronauts and artifacts - Boris Grebenshchikov"

John Lennon

In fact, the Beatles began with John Lennon. His mother, whom he doted on, died when he was just a child, and this tragedy left its mark on his entire life. He found salvation in rock and roll. He said, "Rock and roll was real, and everything else was fake."

Lennon and McCartney met on July 6, 1957, at a school party at St. John's Church. Peter was in Liverpool, where sixteen–year-old John's band, The Quarrymen, performed.

John was impressed that Paul knew a lot of chords and could tune a guitar, and decided to take him into the band. It was a historic and magnificent decision. That's how the best duet in the history of music was born

This song was of great importance to John – he even planned to re-record it after leaving the Beatles (although, of course, he was not up to it). To me, the 1963 recording is as perfect as a piece of music can be.

At that time, Lennon and McCartney really wrote songs together, somewhere in a hotel room after a concert; they took guitars and played, spurring and helping each other - I must say, the ideal way to create songs. That's what groups are for, because when a person writes songs alone, he can get carried away, and when friends are around, they can always put their shoulder up, insert a chord or two, or laugh at an unsuccessful line; you see, another ship is ready for a big voyage.

And John and Paul's ships (with George's help) turned out to be extremely successful.

In April '66, John Lennon once again launched an epochal manifesto. The Beatles gave up concerts and went into the studio. And the very first song of this new period, "Tomorrow Never Knows", marked the beginning of a new revolution in music and brought the Beatles from the state of girlish idols to the position of prophets or gods.

The song is based on the text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, revised by the guru of the "psychedelic revolution" Timothy Leary. Lennon even wanted the Dalai Lama to sing the second half of the song with a thousand Tibetan monks on a mountain peak – but the technical implementation of this idea was a bit problematic, so John had to sing himself.

As a sound event, this song was unprecedented. As a philosophical statement, clever critics said that this song challenged not only seven centuries of European musical culture, but also the basic tenets of Western civilization. And all this in three minutes.

For most people, a song like "Tomorrow Never Knows" would be enough to stay in history forever. But six months later, Lennon was again ahead of the entire planet, creating what was (and will be) considered for many decades to be "the best record in the history of rock and roll." Even George Martin, the Beatles producer, usually modest and laconic, called it "a tonal poem – something like a modern Debussy."

No one living on earth has ever managed to create something in which feeling and fantasy would be expressed so directly, spontaneously and originally as in "Strawberry Fields Forever".

Lennon said that he had always dreamed of writing his own Alice in Wonderland, but with the songs of 1966-1969 he did much more – he created a door to a new universe. This door is still open, and anyone who really wants to can enter there.

Another song that John himself considered one of his best is "Happiness Is A Warm Gun". Critics often discussed it, wondered about its meaning and delved into the intricacies of the recording… Let's leave it to the critics, let them indulge. John speaks the language of the heart, incomprehensible to rational consciousness.

And then the Beatles ended along with the era that gave them birth and gave them Divine wings. Lennon felt it most acutely and was eager to move on. Meeting Yoko Ono gave him the necessary determination to move on, no matter what. And then he said that the Beatles were a dream, that he no longer believed in them, but believed only in himself – in Yoko and in himself

«…I don,t believe in Beatles / I just believe in me / Yoko and me – / and that,s reality» Lennon «God»).

And here's another story. Since childhood, Lennon has been a fan of the mad American producer Phil Spector, who in many ways created the sound of rock and roll in the form that John liked and loved. Already being one of the Beatles, John had the opportunity to get to know him directly and, when the Beatles were left behind, first instructed him to finish their final album "Let It Be" (which was probably still a mistake), and then began working with Phil himself - and Spector's approach, direct and uncompromising, He decorated several of John's outstanding solo songs, for example, "Instant Karma" ("Instant Karma") – the blood is boiling!

"I'm not a cynic. They are wrong to judge me by some things that I have written or said. But you can't do that. I hate labels. I'm a little cynical, but I'm not a cynic. Sometimes today you are teasing, tomorrow you are a cynic, and the day after tomorrow you treat everything with irony. I'm a cynic about most of what people take for granted. I am a cynic in everything that concerns society, politics, newspapers, government. But I am not cynical about life, love, kindness, and death. That's why I don't like being called a cynic."

In 1980, John died. The music he wrote remained beyond age, beyond time. And, no matter what gossipy journalists wrote, the former Beatles members were connected by something much more than just friendship. And maybe what was not said in life was translated into songs.

George dedicated the song "All Those Years Ago" to John, which united the three remaining members of the Beatles for the first time in ten years. In this song, George said something that he probably never said to John personally: "You were the one who said that all we needed was love, back then, many years ago."

And Paul wrote the song "Here Today" with these words: "If I said that I knew you well, what would you say if you were here today? You would probably laugh and say that we lived in different worlds… But as for me, I can't hold back my tears anymore. You always had a smile in store for me, and I loved you and am happy that you appeared in my life."

John and Sean

As I have already written, fourteen years after John Lennon's death, the three surviving members of the Beatles teamed up once again to finalize a recording made by John in 1977 at his home in New York. A virtual reunion in the digital world.

They approached the matter as if John had gone on vacation and left them half-finished songs with a request to finish them. And the recording is really strange, the voice sounds like a message from another world for us today. And you know, when it comes to the Beatles, standing in the sunlight of John's voice, I myself am almost ready to believe in any mysticism – it seems that "Free As A Bird" was originally intended for this... But on the other hand, there have been stranger stories in Tibet.

Beatles – «Free As A Bird».....

The continuation of the fairy tale follows.....

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