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John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940–8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With fellow member Paul McCartney, he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager; his first band, the Quarrymen, evolved into the Beatles in 1960. When the group disbanded in 1970, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance", "Working Class Hero", and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to raise his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
In 1798 he was in command of the General Keppel, also of Martinique, which was capsized in a white squall on passage from Philadelphia, when Lennon and some of his crew were rescued by a passing schooner, after suffering great perils and hardships. Lennon performed various daring feats in the West Indies in 1806–9; but his most remarkable exploits were in the Hibernia, a Cowes-built barque, carrying six guns and about twenty-two men and boys all told, in which he traded for some years from the West India island of St. Thomas. In 1812 orders were issued that no vessels should leave the island without convoy, on account of the American privateers. The Hibernia and three other merchantmen, whose aggregate cargoes were valued at half a million sterling, had long been waiting. Unwilling to detain them further, Governor Maclean agreed to their sailing without convoy, on condition of Lennon hoisting his pennant as commodore. Although harassed by the Rossie, Commodore Joshua Barney, an American privateer of superior force, Lennon brought his vessels safe into the English Channel on 18 October 1812.
Lennon Wall, or "John Lennon Wall", a wall in Prague, Czech Republic, covered with John Lennon-inspired graffiti and pieces of lyrics from Beatles' songs.
"Cold turkey" describes the abrupt cessation of a substance dependence and the resulting unpleasant experience, as opposed to gradually easing the process through reduction over time or by using replacement medication.
The supposed advantage is, by not actively using supplemental methods, the addict avoids thinking about the habit and its temptation, and avoids further feeding the addiction. The supposed disadvantages related to the abuse of drugs such as alcohol and benzodiazepines are unbearable withdrawal symptoms from the total abstinence, which may cause tremendous stress on the heart and blood vessels (and, in a worst-case scenario, death). Heroin withdrawal shares many of these same symptoms, although deaths only occur in "rapid-detox" treatments alongside other administered medications, such as Naltrexone or Naloxone.
Sudden withdrawal from drugs such as alcohol, benzodiazepines, and barbiturates can be extremely dangerous, leading to potentially fatal seizures. For long-term alcoholics, going cold turkey can cause life-threatening delirium tremens, rendering this an inappropriate method for breaking an alcohol addiction.
"Cold Turkey" is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apples 1001 in the United Kingdom, Apple 1813 in the United States. It is the second solo single issued by Lennon, and it peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's first appearance on an album was the 1975 compilation Shaved Fish.
Writing and recording
According to Peter Brown in his book The Love You Make, the song was written in a "creative outburst" following Lennon and Yoko Ono going "cold turkey" from their brief heroin addictions. However Lennon's personal assistant in the late 1970s Fred Seaman claimed otherwise, stating that Lennon confided in him that the song was actually about a severe case of food poisoning suffered by John and Yoko after eating Christmas leftovers "cold turkey". Lennon thought people would laugh at him if they knew the truth about the song's origin, so he said it was inspired by his recent heroin withdrawal. Brown states that Lennon presented the song to Paul McCartney as a potential single by The Beatles, as they were finishing recording for their Abbey Road album, but was refused and released it as a Plastic Ono Band single with sole writing credits to him.
After sustaining four major gunshot wounds, Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital. He was 40 years old. At the hospital, it was stated that nobody could have lived for more than a few minutes after sustaining such injuries. Shortly after local news stations reported Lennon's death, crowds gathered at Roosevelt Hospital and in front of the Dakota. Lennon was cremated on December 10, 1980 at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York; the ashes were given to Ono, who chose not to hold a funeral for him. The first media report of Lennon's death to a US national audience was announced by Howard Cosell, on ABC'sMonday Night Football.
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COLD TURKEY
Temperature's rising, fever is high
Can't see no future, can't see no sky
My feet are so heavy, so is my head
I wish I was a baby, I wish I was dead
Cold turkey has got me on the run
My body is aching, goose-pimple bone
Can't see no body, leave me alone
My eyes are wide open, can't get to sleep
One thing I'm sure of - I'm in at the deep freeze
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Thirty-six hours rolling in pain
Praying to someone - free me again
Oh I'll be a good boy, please make me we...
published: 18 Dec 2016
Cold Turkey - John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - Toronto 1969
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It was a pleasantly warm September afternoon in London circa 1969 when I dropped in at the Apple Corps offices on Savile Row — not knowing that music history was about to unfold.
I'd come in to confirm an interview with George Harrison that had been scheduled after the weekend
to discuss the about-to-be-released Abbey Road album. But hearing me chatting in the corridor outside the Bag One offices — I had interviewed him earlier that year in Canada — John Lennon called me in for "some advice." Can you imagine? The honor of being asked by a sage such as John for any kind of advice . . .
Turned out that a Toronto promoter named John Brower was on the phone trying to convince John and Yoko they should attend a September 13 music...
JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. The Very Best of John Lennon.
36 tracks completely remixed from the original multitracks in Stereo, 5.1 and D...
JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. The Very Best of John Lennon.
36 tracks completely remixed from the original multitracks in Stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos.
Listen to JOHN LENNON like you've never heard him before. OUT NOW → http://bit.ly/JL-GST
COLD TURKEY
Temperature's rising, fever is high
Can't see no future, can't see no sky
My feet are so heavy, so is my head
I wish I was a baby, I wish I was dead
Cold turkey has got me on the run
My body is aching, goose-pimple bone
Can't see no body, leave me alone
My eyes are wide open, can't get to sleep
One thing I'm sure of - I'm in at the deep freeze
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Thirty-six hours rolling in pain
Praying to someone - free me again
Oh I'll be a good boy, please make me well
I promise you anything - get me out of this hell
Cold turkey has got me on the run
written by John Lennon
John Lennon Signature Box contains 9 Albums, all the singles, a disc of rarities & a book from Yoko, Julian & Sean. Available on Amazon: http://bit.ly/JLbox & iTunes http://bit.ly/JLboxi
Video from Lennon Legend DVD: http://bit.ly/lenleg JL Videos on iTunes: http://apple.co/2hIilCu
Notes from Lennon Legend DVD:
A new video, taken from 16mm film performance footage of John & ‘The Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band’ live onstage in New York in Madison Square Garden on 30 August 1972, and John & Yoko leaving Marylebone Magistrates’ Court in London after his November 1968 cannabis conviction. It also features an excerpt from John's short film "Freedom".
http://www.johnlennon.com
JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. The Very Best of John Lennon.
36 tracks completely remixed from the original multitracks in Stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos.
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COLD TURKEY
Temperature's rising, fever is high
Can't see no future, can't see no sky
My feet are so heavy, so is my head
I wish I was a baby, I wish I was dead
Cold turkey has got me on the run
My body is aching, goose-pimple bone
Can't see no body, leave me alone
My eyes are wide open, can't get to sleep
One thing I'm sure of - I'm in at the deep freeze
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Thirty-six hours rolling in pain
Praying to someone - free me again
Oh I'll be a good boy, please make me well
I promise you anything - get me out of this hell
Cold turkey has got me on the run
written by John Lennon
John Lennon Signature Box contains 9 Albums, all the singles, a disc of rarities & a book from Yoko, Julian & Sean. Available on Amazon: http://bit.ly/JLbox & iTunes http://bit.ly/JLboxi
Video from Lennon Legend DVD: http://bit.ly/lenleg JL Videos on iTunes: http://apple.co/2hIilCu
Notes from Lennon Legend DVD:
A new video, taken from 16mm film performance footage of John & ‘The Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band’ live onstage in New York in Madison Square Garden on 30 August 1972, and John & Yoko leaving Marylebone Magistrates’ Court in London after his November 1968 cannabis conviction. It also features an excerpt from John's short film "Freedom".
http://www.johnlennon.com
http://gravityworld.tv/Video_Content/lennontoronto.html
It was a pleasantly warm September afternoon in London circa 1969 when I dropped in at the Apple Corp...
http://gravityworld.tv/Video_Content/lennontoronto.html
It was a pleasantly warm September afternoon in London circa 1969 when I dropped in at the Apple Corps offices on Savile Row — not knowing that music history was about to unfold.
I'd come in to confirm an interview with George Harrison that had been scheduled after the weekend
to discuss the about-to-be-released Abbey Road album. But hearing me chatting in the corridor outside the Bag One offices — I had interviewed him earlier that year in Canada — John Lennon called me in for "some advice." Can you imagine? The honor of being asked by a sage such as John for any kind of advice . . .
Turned out that a Toronto promoter named John Brower was on the phone trying to convince John and Yoko they should attend a September 13 musical event in Canada featuring a host of '50s rock 'n' roll legends. Maybe, suggested the ever-keen and eager Brower, John might even consider a performance piece? I knew Brower and his partner, and I instinctively felt they would try to do right by an inquisitive and frustrated John . . .
Two days later, the Lennons had gathered at Heathrow Airport with guitarist Eric Clapton, Klaus
Voormann (bass player with Manfred Mann), Alan White (drummer working with Alan Price), Beatles
manager Allen Klein and roadie Mal Evans for the flight to Toronto and a show later that evening.
Only three first-class tickets were available, so the newly formed Plastic Ono Band gathered in the
rear of the 707 jet, vamping their acoustic way through a cluster of classic rock 'n' roll favorites.
Songs that the principal players worshipped.
Perhaps this in-flight camaraderie inspired the bout of intense honesty that unfolded en route to the
Toronto Rock 'N' Roll Revival concert. Later it came out that John had informed both Eric Clapton
and Klaus Voormann that he was thinking about starting a new group. It seems he went as far as to
enquire about their interest in joining him in this new enterprise . . .
At Varsity Stadium the jet-lagged John was extremely nervous. He hadn't been onstage in three years, and he admitted to throwing up from nervousness before the show — with abundant reason. "Imagine if you were in The Beatles from the beginning, and you were never in any other band?" he postulated. "Then all of a sudden you're going onstage with this group who've never played live together, anywhere. We formed on the plane coming over here, and now we're gonna play in front of 20,000 people."
A quick backstage rehearsal, and guest emcee Kim Fowley urged the audience to fire up their lighters and matches — and in the process light their communal fire, the early uprising of a collective
consciousness — to welcome onstage the Plastic Ono Band, in their debut performance.
"It was just getting dark, and the lights were just going down. This was the first time I'd ever seen an
audience light candles or lights all together . . . it was incredible!" John would comment.
What a night it was! All faithfully and creatively recorded on camera by award-winning filmmaker
D.A. Pennebaker, to follow his Monterey Pop and Don't Look Back triumphs. The audio would be
released in December of that year as the Plastic Ono Band's Live Peace In Toronto LP.
John bounced out onstage, bedecked in a white tropical suit overpinning a black shirt, and was
bedeviling with his new band. The Toronto audience was equally uplifted. After whipping through a
number of rock 'n' roll chestnuts, John plunged into "Yer Blues" from the White Album. And then, to
take proceedings to another level, he unleashed the debut of a new single that would be released five weeks hence, the hard-edged classic "Cold Turkey."
This was followed by a centerpiece selection that John graphically set up as: "This is what we really
came here for . . . Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout Bagism . . . " They plunged into the tune that he and
Yoko — and assorted luminaries — had recorded at the historic Bed-In for Peace in a Montreal hotel
room some four months earlier, the paean to nonviolence: "Give Peace A Chance." And Yoko added
to the street-theatre vibe by performing two tunes in a bag!
Back in London after the momentous weekend in Canada, John was exuberant about the experience of being onstage again.
"I can't remember when I had such a good time," he enthused. "We did all the old things from the
Cavern days in Liverpool. Yoko, who you could say was playing 'bag,' was holding a piece of paper
with the words to the songs in front of me. But then she suddenly disappeared into her bag in the
middle of the performance, and I had to make [the words] up because it's so long since I sang them
that I've forgotten most of them. But it didn't seem to matter.''
History has shown it was this concert that finally convinced John there was indeed life beyond
The Beatles.
—Ritchie Yorke, 2009
Consultant, author, journalist, broadcaster, speaker
http://gravityworld.tv/Video_Content/lennontoronto.html
It was a pleasantly warm September afternoon in London circa 1969 when I dropped in at the Apple Corps offices on Savile Row — not knowing that music history was about to unfold.
I'd come in to confirm an interview with George Harrison that had been scheduled after the weekend
to discuss the about-to-be-released Abbey Road album. But hearing me chatting in the corridor outside the Bag One offices — I had interviewed him earlier that year in Canada — John Lennon called me in for "some advice." Can you imagine? The honor of being asked by a sage such as John for any kind of advice . . .
Turned out that a Toronto promoter named John Brower was on the phone trying to convince John and Yoko they should attend a September 13 musical event in Canada featuring a host of '50s rock 'n' roll legends. Maybe, suggested the ever-keen and eager Brower, John might even consider a performance piece? I knew Brower and his partner, and I instinctively felt they would try to do right by an inquisitive and frustrated John . . .
Two days later, the Lennons had gathered at Heathrow Airport with guitarist Eric Clapton, Klaus
Voormann (bass player with Manfred Mann), Alan White (drummer working with Alan Price), Beatles
manager Allen Klein and roadie Mal Evans for the flight to Toronto and a show later that evening.
Only three first-class tickets were available, so the newly formed Plastic Ono Band gathered in the
rear of the 707 jet, vamping their acoustic way through a cluster of classic rock 'n' roll favorites.
Songs that the principal players worshipped.
Perhaps this in-flight camaraderie inspired the bout of intense honesty that unfolded en route to the
Toronto Rock 'N' Roll Revival concert. Later it came out that John had informed both Eric Clapton
and Klaus Voormann that he was thinking about starting a new group. It seems he went as far as to
enquire about their interest in joining him in this new enterprise . . .
At Varsity Stadium the jet-lagged John was extremely nervous. He hadn't been onstage in three years, and he admitted to throwing up from nervousness before the show — with abundant reason. "Imagine if you were in The Beatles from the beginning, and you were never in any other band?" he postulated. "Then all of a sudden you're going onstage with this group who've never played live together, anywhere. We formed on the plane coming over here, and now we're gonna play in front of 20,000 people."
A quick backstage rehearsal, and guest emcee Kim Fowley urged the audience to fire up their lighters and matches — and in the process light their communal fire, the early uprising of a collective
consciousness — to welcome onstage the Plastic Ono Band, in their debut performance.
"It was just getting dark, and the lights were just going down. This was the first time I'd ever seen an
audience light candles or lights all together . . . it was incredible!" John would comment.
What a night it was! All faithfully and creatively recorded on camera by award-winning filmmaker
D.A. Pennebaker, to follow his Monterey Pop and Don't Look Back triumphs. The audio would be
released in December of that year as the Plastic Ono Band's Live Peace In Toronto LP.
John bounced out onstage, bedecked in a white tropical suit overpinning a black shirt, and was
bedeviling with his new band. The Toronto audience was equally uplifted. After whipping through a
number of rock 'n' roll chestnuts, John plunged into "Yer Blues" from the White Album. And then, to
take proceedings to another level, he unleashed the debut of a new single that would be released five weeks hence, the hard-edged classic "Cold Turkey."
This was followed by a centerpiece selection that John graphically set up as: "This is what we really
came here for . . . Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout Bagism . . . " They plunged into the tune that he and
Yoko — and assorted luminaries — had recorded at the historic Bed-In for Peace in a Montreal hotel
room some four months earlier, the paean to nonviolence: "Give Peace A Chance." And Yoko added
to the street-theatre vibe by performing two tunes in a bag!
Back in London after the momentous weekend in Canada, John was exuberant about the experience of being onstage again.
"I can't remember when I had such a good time," he enthused. "We did all the old things from the
Cavern days in Liverpool. Yoko, who you could say was playing 'bag,' was holding a piece of paper
with the words to the songs in front of me. But then she suddenly disappeared into her bag in the
middle of the performance, and I had to make [the words] up because it's so long since I sang them
that I've forgotten most of them. But it didn't seem to matter.''
History has shown it was this concert that finally convinced John there was indeed life beyond
The Beatles.
—Ritchie Yorke, 2009
Consultant, author, journalist, broadcaster, speaker
JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. The Very Best of John Lennon.
36 tracks completely remixed from the original multitracks in Stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos.
Listen to JOHN LENNON like you've never heard him before. OUT NOW → http://bit.ly/JL-GST
COLD TURKEY
Temperature's rising, fever is high
Can't see no future, can't see no sky
My feet are so heavy, so is my head
I wish I was a baby, I wish I was dead
Cold turkey has got me on the run
My body is aching, goose-pimple bone
Can't see no body, leave me alone
My eyes are wide open, can't get to sleep
One thing I'm sure of - I'm in at the deep freeze
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Thirty-six hours rolling in pain
Praying to someone - free me again
Oh I'll be a good boy, please make me well
I promise you anything - get me out of this hell
Cold turkey has got me on the run
written by John Lennon
John Lennon Signature Box contains 9 Albums, all the singles, a disc of rarities & a book from Yoko, Julian & Sean. Available on Amazon: http://bit.ly/JLbox & iTunes http://bit.ly/JLboxi
Video from Lennon Legend DVD: http://bit.ly/lenleg JL Videos on iTunes: http://apple.co/2hIilCu
Notes from Lennon Legend DVD:
A new video, taken from 16mm film performance footage of John & ‘The Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band’ live onstage in New York in Madison Square Garden on 30 August 1972, and John & Yoko leaving Marylebone Magistrates’ Court in London after his November 1968 cannabis conviction. It also features an excerpt from John's short film "Freedom".
http://www.johnlennon.com
http://gravityworld.tv/Video_Content/lennontoronto.html
It was a pleasantly warm September afternoon in London circa 1969 when I dropped in at the Apple Corps offices on Savile Row — not knowing that music history was about to unfold.
I'd come in to confirm an interview with George Harrison that had been scheduled after the weekend
to discuss the about-to-be-released Abbey Road album. But hearing me chatting in the corridor outside the Bag One offices — I had interviewed him earlier that year in Canada — John Lennon called me in for "some advice." Can you imagine? The honor of being asked by a sage such as John for any kind of advice . . .
Turned out that a Toronto promoter named John Brower was on the phone trying to convince John and Yoko they should attend a September 13 musical event in Canada featuring a host of '50s rock 'n' roll legends. Maybe, suggested the ever-keen and eager Brower, John might even consider a performance piece? I knew Brower and his partner, and I instinctively felt they would try to do right by an inquisitive and frustrated John . . .
Two days later, the Lennons had gathered at Heathrow Airport with guitarist Eric Clapton, Klaus
Voormann (bass player with Manfred Mann), Alan White (drummer working with Alan Price), Beatles
manager Allen Klein and roadie Mal Evans for the flight to Toronto and a show later that evening.
Only three first-class tickets were available, so the newly formed Plastic Ono Band gathered in the
rear of the 707 jet, vamping their acoustic way through a cluster of classic rock 'n' roll favorites.
Songs that the principal players worshipped.
Perhaps this in-flight camaraderie inspired the bout of intense honesty that unfolded en route to the
Toronto Rock 'N' Roll Revival concert. Later it came out that John had informed both Eric Clapton
and Klaus Voormann that he was thinking about starting a new group. It seems he went as far as to
enquire about their interest in joining him in this new enterprise . . .
At Varsity Stadium the jet-lagged John was extremely nervous. He hadn't been onstage in three years, and he admitted to throwing up from nervousness before the show — with abundant reason. "Imagine if you were in The Beatles from the beginning, and you were never in any other band?" he postulated. "Then all of a sudden you're going onstage with this group who've never played live together, anywhere. We formed on the plane coming over here, and now we're gonna play in front of 20,000 people."
A quick backstage rehearsal, and guest emcee Kim Fowley urged the audience to fire up their lighters and matches — and in the process light their communal fire, the early uprising of a collective
consciousness — to welcome onstage the Plastic Ono Band, in their debut performance.
"It was just getting dark, and the lights were just going down. This was the first time I'd ever seen an
audience light candles or lights all together . . . it was incredible!" John would comment.
What a night it was! All faithfully and creatively recorded on camera by award-winning filmmaker
D.A. Pennebaker, to follow his Monterey Pop and Don't Look Back triumphs. The audio would be
released in December of that year as the Plastic Ono Band's Live Peace In Toronto LP.
John bounced out onstage, bedecked in a white tropical suit overpinning a black shirt, and was
bedeviling with his new band. The Toronto audience was equally uplifted. After whipping through a
number of rock 'n' roll chestnuts, John plunged into "Yer Blues" from the White Album. And then, to
take proceedings to another level, he unleashed the debut of a new single that would be released five weeks hence, the hard-edged classic "Cold Turkey."
This was followed by a centerpiece selection that John graphically set up as: "This is what we really
came here for . . . Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout Bagism . . . " They plunged into the tune that he and
Yoko — and assorted luminaries — had recorded at the historic Bed-In for Peace in a Montreal hotel
room some four months earlier, the paean to nonviolence: "Give Peace A Chance." And Yoko added
to the street-theatre vibe by performing two tunes in a bag!
Back in London after the momentous weekend in Canada, John was exuberant about the experience of being onstage again.
"I can't remember when I had such a good time," he enthused. "We did all the old things from the
Cavern days in Liverpool. Yoko, who you could say was playing 'bag,' was holding a piece of paper
with the words to the songs in front of me. But then she suddenly disappeared into her bag in the
middle of the performance, and I had to make [the words] up because it's so long since I sang them
that I've forgotten most of them. But it didn't seem to matter.''
History has shown it was this concert that finally convinced John there was indeed life beyond
The Beatles.
—Ritchie Yorke, 2009
Consultant, author, journalist, broadcaster, speaker
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John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940–8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With fellow member Paul McCartney, he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager; his first band, the Quarrymen, evolved into the Beatles in 1960. When the group disbanded in 1970, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance", "Working Class Hero", and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to raise his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
I remember frantically calling all my local record shops back in 1984 to locate The Cult's debut album 'Dreamtime' on 500 limited edition picture disc ... ‘Sweet Soul Sister’ included the line “cold turkey has got me on the run” in a nod to JohnLennon ... .
“I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against ColdTurkey slipping down the charts ...JohnLennon of Bag.”.
But this year I’ll have a bit more of an idea where my turkey came from, other than the freezer section at Asda ... I can’t play TurkeyChase by Bob Dylan, Cold Turkey by JohnLennon, Turkey Mambo Momma by Pulp or You’re Beautiful (or should that be.
... up, pecked over and kind of cold ... OK, this is what it's like to be on the road — Thanksgiving with no family and cold turkey.”. Diken sang a line of JohnLennon's “ColdTurkey” as he was reminiscing.
Kesha's journey with "Gag Order" began in the spring of 2020 when she was on the verge of a panic attack ... "Living in My Head," which Kesha wrote in the middle of a panic attack, is a painful listen in the tradition of JohnLennon’s "ColdTurkey." .. ....