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For my Noon Hour Music Interlude on this Tuesday, I selected another song by featured artist John Lennon, titled "Woman"... which He wrote for his wife, Yoko Ono...
History:
At approximately 5:00 p.m. on 8 December 1980, Lennon autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for fan Mark David Chapman before leaving The Dakota with Yoko for a recording session at the Record Plant. After the session, Lennon and Ono returned to their Manhattan apartment in a limousine at around 10:50 p.m. EST. They exited the vehicle and walked through the archway of the building when Chapman shot Lennon four times in the back at close range. Lennon was rushed in a police cruiser to the emergency room of Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:00 p.m. (EST). For more information go to Wikipedia.com
LYRICS:
"Woman"
For the other half of the sky
Woman, I can hardly express,
My mixed emotion at my thoughtlessness,
After all I'm forever in your debt,
And woman, I will try to express,
My inner feelings and thankfulness,
For showing me the meaning of success,
Ooh, well, well,
Ooh, well, well,
Woman, I know you understand
The little child inside the man,
Please remember my life is in your hands,
And, woman, hold me close to your heart,
However distant don't keep us apart,
After all it is written in the stars,
Ooh, well, well,
Ooh, well, well,
Woman, please let me explain,
I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain,
So let me tell you again and again and again,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah).
Writer(s): John Winston Lennon
History:
At approximately 5:00 p.m. on 8 December 1980, Lennon autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for fan Mark David Chapman before leaving The Dakota with Yoko for a recording session at the Record Plant. After the session, Lennon and Ono returned to their Manhattan apartment in a limousine at around 10:50 p.m. EST. They exited the vehicle and walked through the archway of the building when Chapman shot Lennon four times in the back at close range. Lennon was rushed in a police cruiser to the emergency room of Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:00 p.m. (EST). For more information go to Wikipedia.com
LYRICS:
"Woman"
For the other half of the sky
Woman, I can hardly express,
My mixed emotion at my thoughtlessness,
After all I'm forever in your debt,
And woman, I will try to express,
My inner feelings and thankfulness,
For showing me the meaning of success,
Ooh, well, well,
Ooh, well, well,
Woman, I know you understand
The little child inside the man,
Please remember my life is in your hands,
And, woman, hold me close to your heart,
However distant don't keep us apart,
After all it is written in the stars,
Ooh, well, well,
Ooh, well, well,
Woman, please let me explain,
I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain,
So let me tell you again and again and again,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah).
Writer(s): John Winston Lennon
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Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Girl (Remastered 2009) · The Beatles Rubber Soul 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal...
Thank you, friend Sgt (Join to see) for posing the official music video of "Woman" by John Lennon.
Girl (Remastered 2009) Released on: December 3, 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8l3ntDR_lI
Since he considers it an update to the Rubber Soul album song "Girl"
Song background "Lennon wrote this song as an ode to his wife Yoko Ono. He regarded it as the most Beatles-like track on his Double Fantasy album and he called it the '80s update of "Girl," which is a track on Rubber Soul.
Speaking with Rolling Stone just days before his death, Lennon said: "'Woman' came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda, it suddenly hit me what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although I was thinking in those personal terms... but any truth is universal. What dawned on me was everything I was taking for granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as I whisper at the beginning of the song. It's a 'we' or it ain't anything."
In many ways, this song is Lennon's apology to Yoko. In 1973, the couple was having problems in their marriage, so Yoko agreed to put their relationship on hold and let John sow his oats. He did, taking up with his assistant May Pang and engaging in some unruly behavior. Lennon referred to this time as his "Lost Weekend" - it lasted about 18 months.
This was released as a single in January 1981, about a month after Lennon was murdered.
In the UK, this replaced Lennon's "Imagine" at #1, which had been reissued following Lennon's death. This was the first time an artist replaced himself at UK #1 since The Beatles did it in 1963 with "She Loves You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand."
This is the only song title for which Lennon and McCartney wrote separate songs. In 1966 McCartney wrote a song of the same title for Peter & Gordon using the pseudonym Bernard Webb.
The word "woman" begins each verse, but doesn't show up in the chorus, which is just "Ooh, Oooh Oooh, well, well, do do do do.""
FYI Sgt Jackie Julius COL Mikel J. Burroughs Col Carl Whicker CPT Paul Whitmer SPC Nancy Greene SMSgt Lawrence McCarter TSgt David L. SFC (Join to see) SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTMPVT Kenneth KrauseSPC Chris Bayner-CwikPO1 Robert GeorgeSPC Matthew LambSSG Robert "Rob" WentworthPO2 Roger Lafarlette1stsgt Glenn BrackinJennifer Lee (Doerflinger) HillCPT Paul Whitmer
Girl (Remastered 2009) Released on: December 3, 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8l3ntDR_lI
Since he considers it an update to the Rubber Soul album song "Girl"
Song background "Lennon wrote this song as an ode to his wife Yoko Ono. He regarded it as the most Beatles-like track on his Double Fantasy album and he called it the '80s update of "Girl," which is a track on Rubber Soul.
Speaking with Rolling Stone just days before his death, Lennon said: "'Woman' came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda, it suddenly hit me what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although I was thinking in those personal terms... but any truth is universal. What dawned on me was everything I was taking for granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as I whisper at the beginning of the song. It's a 'we' or it ain't anything."
In many ways, this song is Lennon's apology to Yoko. In 1973, the couple was having problems in their marriage, so Yoko agreed to put their relationship on hold and let John sow his oats. He did, taking up with his assistant May Pang and engaging in some unruly behavior. Lennon referred to this time as his "Lost Weekend" - it lasted about 18 months.
This was released as a single in January 1981, about a month after Lennon was murdered.
In the UK, this replaced Lennon's "Imagine" at #1, which had been reissued following Lennon's death. This was the first time an artist replaced himself at UK #1 since The Beatles did it in 1963 with "She Loves You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand."
This is the only song title for which Lennon and McCartney wrote separate songs. In 1966 McCartney wrote a song of the same title for Peter & Gordon using the pseudonym Bernard Webb.
The word "woman" begins each verse, but doesn't show up in the chorus, which is just "Ooh, Oooh Oooh, well, well, do do do do.""
FYI Sgt Jackie Julius COL Mikel J. Burroughs Col Carl Whicker CPT Paul Whitmer SPC Nancy Greene SMSgt Lawrence McCarter TSgt David L. SFC (Join to see) SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTMPVT Kenneth KrauseSPC Chris Bayner-CwikPO1 Robert GeorgeSPC Matthew LambSSG Robert "Rob" WentworthPO2 Roger Lafarlette1stsgt Glenn BrackinJennifer Lee (Doerflinger) HillCPT Paul Whitmer
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Woman - John Lennon (official music video HD)
TSgt David L. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SP5 Jeannie Carle Sgt Albert Castro SP5 Mark Kuzinski LTC Stephen C. LTJG Josh Thaxton SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGT Kevin Foley Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth cmsgt-rickey-denicke-sr MSgt Stephen Council CWO3 Dave Alcantara Sgt John H. SPC Douglas Bolton SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez SSG Donald H "Don" Bates Sgt Kelli Mays PO3 Lynn Spalding po3-craig-phillips
TSgt David L. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SP5 Jeannie Carle Sgt Albert Castro SP5 Mark Kuzinski LTC Stephen C. LTJG Josh Thaxton SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGT Kevin Foley Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth cmsgt-rickey-denicke-sr MSgt Stephen Council CWO3 Dave Alcantara Sgt John H. SPC Douglas Bolton SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez SSG Donald H "Don" Bates Sgt Kelli Mays PO3 Lynn Spalding po3-craig-phillips
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