Preface…
Over the course of the past four plus decades, we’ve been hearing how the musical output from John Lennon and Paul McCartney, inarguably one of songwriting history’s most prolific teams, did not always involve 50/50 contributions to each and every finished composition.
Over the course of the past several days, we’re now finding out how the late Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, had made significant contributions to the classic rock song, Imagine… that she’s finally getting credit where credit is due… where credit has been long overdue. Oh, btw, that’s the way John had eventually realized it should be.
Their story has inspired my tribute to both of them… as follows…
The New “Ballad” of John and Yoko
So long, long ago; many scores, many years
John and Yoko, united, explored new frontiers
Noteworthy notions sprung forth from these two balladeers
The world they imagined spanned all hemispheres
In our world bankrupt of ethics; in deep, deep arrears
Ono, Lennon, faced down the facades and veneers
Confronted flawed biases, unfounded fears
Their sequenced bass, treble dots still, indeed, please our ears
Ideas beautiful, brainy, fleshed out their careers
Ideals heartfelt and heady, meshed like cogs of two gears
They transcended space/time, it strongly appears
Their shared vision enlightens, endures and endears
Yoko Ono, John Lennon, can be called pioneers
Imagine, their song, evokes tears, on two tiers
Their apt message and melody sure perseveres
To REALLY listen to them, could, too, make them two seers
