Why We Love The Beatles (v2) 74 of 100: John Lennon

"She forced me to become avant-garde and take my clothes off, when all I wanted was to become Tom Jones"

John Lennon, The Anthology.

 

It's another reason we love The Beatles.

The Back-Story

Reason 1: Story-tellers; 2: Sgt. Pepper; 3: Eternally optimistic; 4: Still cool; 5: George Harrison.; 6: Love Me Do

7: Work Ethic ;8: Synchronicity; 9: The Roof-top Concert; 10: Candlestick Park; 11: Lennon & McCartney

12: I Saw Her Standing There; 13: Liverpool; 14: Black & White; 15: Album Covers; 16: John Lennon

17: Lennon & McCartney; 18: Rock 'n Roll; 19: They Never Made it Easy; 20: Ringo

21: Meditation & Massage; 22: The Back of a Commer Van; 23: George Martin.

24: Simply Different

25: A Time to Think

26: Revolver

27: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

28: The B Side

29: The Philosophy

30: December 1960: A Turning Point

31: What really, really motivated The Beatles?

32: 1961

33: Their last rock 'n roller.

34: From road to studio

35: The Magnum Opus

36: Mr Brian Epstein

37: Just Ordinary Lads

38: 1962

39: Yesterday

40: The Encouragers

41: 1963

42: Peace & Love

43: Abbey Road 1

44: Abbey Road 2

45: Always Cool

46: Did Paul break up The Beatles?

47: Timeless

48: The Seven Stages of Love

49: A Space in their Hearts

50: It Was 1964

51: Masters of Simplicity

52: Both 

53: Stories from Atoms of Experience.

54: That Rooftop, that slip of paper.

55: That 7-Minute Song

56: The Best Friends The Planet Ever Had

57: 1965

58: Play-lists

59: The photos of Astrid.

60 Catching Up

61 Consistently better

62: Evolution

63: Feel Better

64: The White Album, Take II

65: Lovable

66: Close your Eyes

67: The Long & Winding Road

68: All will be OK

69: Short Story to Epic

70 It's 1966

71: The Iconic pictures.

72: Seven Levels

73: Slow-burn