In view of subsequent events, this album and its title now possess an unintended eeriness. But in 1980 it was just part of the landscape.In case no one remembers, in 1980 the U.S. went nuts. Not that this hadn't happened before, even during some recent campaign years, but this was the first time it coincided with a presidential race in which two incompetents were running against each other, and politics became the medium through which a lot of that nutsiness was expressed.
In that environment, how could David Peel, master satirist, topical songwriter, marijuana advocate, peace activist, and musician provocateur, possibly resist the impulse to join in? The result is more mixed media than is usual for Peel, alternating between music, interviews, and speeches, all of it focused, and assuming that one has the tolerance for absurdity necessary to appreciate it, it's a fine coda to Peel's earlier Lennon-produced and Beatles-inspired work.
Guest artists includes John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Tiny Tim among others. The only thing Tiny Tim does is to whisper "imagine" on track 10.
Tracklist:
1. The John Lennon For President Speech
2. John Lennon For President I
3. The Yoko Ono Interview
4. Amerika
5. Rock & Roll Preamble/John Lennon For President Speech
6. John Lennon For President II
7. Imagine
8. The John And Yoko Interview
9. John Lennon For President I
10. Imagine - Whispered By Tiny Tim
David Peel & The Super Apple Band - John Lennon For President (1980)
(320 kbps, cover art included)
3 Kommentare:
Dear Sir... Lennon for Pres restore? Bless...
When I think of the loss of Lennon in year 1980. I also hear the voice of Jean Léopold Dominique, father of Radio Haiti, when he explained, "there was a new cowboy in town", ("we're losing ground!"). Speaking to the transition from a slightly more humane condition brought on by the more liberal Carter era, in his country, back to the pure iron hands, that the new "order" BushReagan regime would revert... emit and permit puppet hardline servant goons in uniforms to resume administering upon everyday Haitians. Quietly US sponsored Haitian depots called Doc and Baby Doc.
This resplendent human spirit that was Dominique had been documented in a 2003 film entitled 'The Agronomist' (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Agronomist).
Thanks a lot for your thoughts! You are welcome!
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