McCartney Times

While being in The Beatles was an exercise that John Lennon largely loved, it had downsides too. Being in a band is a democracy, and Lennon had to make certain creative compromises in the name of the greater good, but once the group split up, he took great privilege in being in complete control of his own artistic destiny.

His debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, allowed Lennon to express a different side of himself than he was allowed to with The Beatles. Lennon had become engrossed with left-wing ideology, and his newly adopted political stance was adopted on ‘Working Class Hero’, which was deemed controversial at the time of release.

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