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Stopping for five years, five years to dedicate oneself to something else and reclaim one's life. When you have done everything to reach as high as possible, from a boy to an adult, a frenzy of emotions in a whirlwind of events, so much so that looking back is like having vertigo. John had stopped. No longer the Beatle, no longer the activist, no longer the dreamer, but just John the father and husband, John the neighbor, John the emigrated nephew, John the friend to call on the phone. Suddenly, aided by a daring oceanic adventure, John decided to return to making music. Five years of silence in 1980 was an abyss; when he stopped, Prog Rock dominated, and now Punk had swept it away. New sounds, new trends, his friend Paul plays with electronics and produces a record that leaves him puzzled because he hears the tricks they devised as boys, as Beatles. It's time to return. He gathers up as many demos as possible, those recorded on piano and guitar during the retreat at the Dakota, and calls the band, John Lennon is ready to return, prepare yourselves. "Double Fantasy" sees the light, greeted tepidly it does not become a best-seller, the public does not forgive him for sharing the work with Yoko. In late autumn of 1980, John is already at work on the sequel, spring '81 is the release date, and it will be the completion of "Double Fantasy" and be titled "Milk and Honey." The songs are there, but they need a bit more work. Always adult themes, far from past controversies, and again a record divided with Yoko to emphasize that it is "a work of the heart" more than of the head. "I'm Stepping Out" is the right start, "Borrowed Time" a bit of reggae that Paul likes so much, he can't always be the only one doing reggae with his band. A track for Ringo's new album, "Nobody Told Me", to be worked on after the holidays. A song that "must be sung at weddings," just roughly sketched in a demo with piano and drum machine, "Grow Old With Me". And then Yoko's songs.
December 1980, the plans are set: new tour in spring 1981 and return home to England to greet some friends. The new decade is a new life, the life that begins at forty. December 8, 1980, the band is dismissed for the Christmas holidays, and upon return, work will begin on the repertoire to be taken on tour, old and new pieces. It will be a happy 1981.
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
05 Nobody Told Me (03:34)
Everybody's talking and no one says a word
Everybody's making love and no one really cares
There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs
Always something happening and nothing going on
There's always something cooking and nothing in the pot
They're starving back in China so finish what you got
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- strange days indeed
Everybody's runnin' and no one makes a move
Everyone's a winner and nothing left to lose
There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu
Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground
Everybody's crying and no one makes a sound
There's a place for us in the movies you just gotta lay around
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama
Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high
Everybody's flying and never touch the sky
There's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama
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