John Lennon - The Very Best Of John Lennon
2003
Containing a mixture of familiar videos and new footage never before seen, LENNON LEGEND sets out to be the definitive record of John Lennon's work. The set includes the classic "Imagine" promo video; a Top Of The Pops live performance of "Instant Karma" and a startling and unsettling new video to acompany "Happy Xmas (War Is .. Read more
| Starring | John Lennon, Yoko Ono |
|---|---|
| Genres | Music/Musical |
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John Lennon - The Very Best Of John Lennon
Containing a mixture of familiar videos and new footage never before seen, LENNON LEGEND sets out to be the definitive record of John Lennon's work. The set includes the classic "Imagine" promo video; a Top Of The Pops live performance of "Instant Karma" and a startling and unsettling new video to acompany "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".
Track listing:
1. Imagine
2. Instant Karma
3. Power To The People
4. Cold Turkey
5. Whatever Gets You Through The Night
6. (Just Like) Starting Over
7. Woman
8. Jealous Guy
9. Love
10. Beautiful Boy
11. Watching The Wheels
12.
| Starring | John Lennon, Yoko Ono |
|---|---|
| Studio | EMI MUSIC |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 23 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Music/Musical |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Oct 2003 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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The Very Best Of John Lennon
The sound on this DVD is excellent throughout, but most of the videos are dissapointing.
Track by track ;
Imagine : very good, you've probably seen this one - John singing & playing at the white baby grand.
Jealous Guy : again excellent, from the original Imagine film.
Instant Karma : John on TOTP with Mal evans, Yoko & others. Only four of the other video clips actually feature any footage of John singing.
Mother : photo collage
Cold Turkey : quite good - the single dubbed onto an early 70s performance interspersed with newsreel clips of John being arrested in 1969.
Love & Mind Games : film clips from 1980 & mid 70s.
Whatever Gets You Through The Night: - cartoon.
No.9 Dream : John's face, Yoko's face, slo mo, collage etc.
Stand By me : John's OGWT performance mixed with those same film clips.
Just Like Starting Over : Free As A Bird style computerised video.
Woman : photo collage + John and Yoko walking together.
Beautiful Boy : weird looking computerised home video.
Watching The Wheels : very fuzzy home videos.
Nobody Told Me : more of those film clips.
Working Class Hero : photo collage & computer effects.
Happy Xmas War Is Over : newsreel footage of the type used in telethons to make you pick up the phone and donate.
Give Peace A Chance : this one's got John Performing ! in the right place at the right time ! ...for about a minute - then its back to the newsreels of demos & rallies.
Its obvious that a lot of these videos where made recently, but I can't believe that there isn't more footage of John performing these songs that could have been used instead of all the collages and computer effects that have been used to fill out this DVD. -
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A comprehensive collection
This collection of Lennon's best-known songs has been put together with more care than most of its kind, with some videos being specially prepared for this compilation. Ranging from the simplicity of IMAGINE and MOTHER to the more ambitious STARTING OVER, this DVD covers the full range of Lennon's solo career. Especially moving is the montage for HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER).
The only downside is that many of the film clips are repeated in more than one video. However, this is a minor quibble and both casual fans and more serious Lennonites should find plenty on this disc to enjoy. -
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