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HOLD ON WORLD

The Lasting Impact of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band Fifty Years On


Series: Book
Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
Format: Softcover
Artist: John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Author: John Kruth

Revisit John and Yoko's love affair and startling collaborations with this book. John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band was arguably the most emotionally honest album ever made. It wasn't merely another record but more like a sonic exorcism, a spiritual, public bloodletting. This album drove a stake through the heart of the Beatles' myth while confronting everything else in John's life, from Dylan to God to his glorified status as a working class hero.

Determined to rid himself of past traumas - abandonment by his father and the death of his mother, Julia - Lennon wrote the most powerful song cycle of his career, confronting fear, disappointment, and illusion, all the while espousing his love for Yoko Ono. Released simultaneously, Ono's album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono is emotionally raw and challenging. It inspired bands like the B-52s and Yo La Tengo to employ pure sound, whether shrieking vocals or guitar feedback, to express their deepest feelings.


Item #: 000368629
UPC: 840126969016
MPN or ISBN: 9781493052356
Size: 9"  x  6"
Pages: 256
Stock #: HL00368629