I mean, there was a life without it. I saw the. I saw the drawings of what the stage looked like. He designed it himself.
It had these big crab arms that he designed that had cameras on them; the stage looked like a spaceship with two crab arms on it with their arms opened up.
It was very revolutionary and there were video cameras on them and there was a big screen and the cameras rolled out, 'could go over the audience.
Having said that:. I absolutely love this song! So unintentionally sad. So… obscure comment here, but I was a friend to Matthew Cunningham, the dulcimer player, back in those days. I happened upon him performing in the streets in San Francisco where I have a studio.
I invited him to come and record and a friendship began. I remember him coming home from that New York trip and telling this story. He was an otherworldly character indeed, but very sweet natured and a good musician. At one point, I believe he passed shortly after, he gave me that dulcimer which I still have today and still use in the studio.
I worked for Neil Young for quite a while and he appreciated the odd story of the instrument and the kind of person Matthew was. I also spent most of my career with Paul Horn who brought the guys to India and maintained his friendships for life.
Thank you, John Lennon and wish you were still here. These lyrics can resonate with anyone who decides to step off the hamster wheel of consumerism, working non-stop and keeping up with the proverbial Joneses in order to just live, breathe, take up space, relax, think and be a human being.
If you decide to no longer ride on the merry-go-round, perhaps in order to save your own life, before your designated retirement age of 67 or is it now 70, you will face questions, suspicion, criticism and pressure to get back on.
Eventually he did come back and we all know what happened. Thank you, John, for this gift to humanity. And no, I did not ask for their opinion. Beatle people. John Lennon.
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