“Our life together is so precious together, we have grown–we have grown.” These were the first words we heard John Lennon intimate on his classic album, Double Fantasy, released November 17th, 1980 after a pretty long hiatus from commercial recording as a solo artist. Taken from the song “Starting Over,” these lyrics were written, with love, for his wife–the eternally controversial and inspiring Yoko Ono–though they also were appropriate for both old and new fans who felt quite close to the pop icon due to his backlog of profound musical work and years of championing various political or social causes. Even without lyrics, “Starting Over” told the story of beginnings, using a fifties-inspired musical backing track that communicated as much innocence as its words.
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