The Beatles Bible - Topic: Who was John Lennon? Interview with biographer Tim Riley

Zig on Who was John Lennon? Interview with biographer Tim Riley

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:57:02 +0100

I agree with skye that the article was interesting. I just did not find it enlightening.

As for Joe's question, I don't know what he means either. I get the part about John never having met anyone as "out there" as Yoko. After all, who had? Sure, John knew artisits from art college. And we all know about the relationships with Astrid, Jürgen and Klaus. But up to that point, you'll have to admit, he had never met anyone who could sit down on a stage while she let people snip off pieces of her clothing and call it "art". I wouldn't consider ...

mithveaen on Who was John Lennon? Interview with biographer Tim Riley

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:04:37 +0100

I didn't get that part of the interview either. It sounds like this guy tries to elaborate in what John said that Yoko was his "teacher".. maybe?

mr. Sun king coming together on Who was John Lennon? Interview with biographer Tim Riley

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:55:30 +0100

He must have meant Lennon was the most at home in America, I guess? I find it quite baffling. I mean, I doubt Liverpool had the same type of out there art, but I agree with your general point.

Joe on Who was John Lennon? Interview with biographer Tim Riley

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:38:19 +0100

Can anyone explain this to me?

Is that part of the Lennon mystique?
It’s a big part of the Lennon mystique. He plays it every which way. But it’s also true that Liverpool is a very parochial town. One of the British critics that I engaged with pointed out how important this was when he meets Yoko Ono. [John] meets Yoko Ono at this art show and he thinks that she is just the grooviest, funniest, spaciest thing he’s ever met. He can’t imagine anyone more spaced out than Yoko Ono. And then he falls for her. Well, that just shows ...

mithveaen on Who was John Lennon? Interview with biographer Tim Riley

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:46:35 +0100

That's what I've always thought.

skye on Who was John Lennon? Interview with biographer Tim Riley

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:17:21 +0100

Interesting interview. Thanks for sharing. I thought their heroin use being the cause of Yoko's miscarriage was well known?

peregrine9 on Who was John Lennon? Interview with biographer Tim Riley

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:22:36 +0100

The Christian Science Monitor
September 22, 2011
Who was John Lennon? Interview with biographer Tim Riley

Lennon biographer Tim Riley talks about John, his relationships with Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney, and the mystique that surrounds them all. Tim Riley has been a music critic for nearly three decades now. His first book, "Tell Me Why" examines the music of the Beatles, song by song. This month his latest book, Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music – the Definitive Life, a 700-plus page biography of John Lennon, is being released. I recently had a chance to talk to Riley about ...