McCartney Times

Throughout his tenure co-writing with Paul McCartney for The Beatles, John Lennon developed an innovative and multi-faceted approach to songwriting. In complex, Beat Generation-inspired compositions like ‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun’ and ‘A Day in the Life’, he straddled the line between experimentalism and pop. Meanwhile, songs like ‘Revolution 9’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ shone a light towards the future. Somewhere in between, however, Lennon caught a knack for writing simple, catchy and powerful songs of peace and love that reverberated with the 1960s’ countercultural movement. Speaking to Uncut in 2007, Yoko Ono discussed her late husband’s legacy, highlighting the importance of his simple peace songs.

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