New John Lennon App features Double Fantasy demos

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  1. jricc

    jricc Senior Member Thread Starter

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  2. Ettan

    Ettan Forum Resident

    Released today. Anyone have it?
     
  3. pablorkcz

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    That web page says it'll be released on Nov. 14th.
     
  4. helter

    helter Forum Resident

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    Just got it is very cool for $4.99
    Still playing with it
     
  5. hamholio

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    How much music was included with it?
     
  6. helter

    helter Forum Resident

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    Their are 10 demos
    Several photos I've never seen
    5 interviews
    But the best part in the audio/ visual story told of John's sailing trip to Bermuda
    And his time on the island

    The app is interactive so you can move the sailboat around the ocean and walk/ look around the island in addition to all the other features
    I'm willing to bet this gets made into a movie someday
    At $4.99 all the money goes to charity so you can't go wrong with this purchase !
    Recommended
     
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  7. somebodywhocares

    somebodywhocares Forum Resident

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    Are all 10 songs previously unreleased? Are they complete songs?
     
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  8. helter

    helter Forum Resident

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    Some I've heard and some I haven't
    The songs are complete but they have created new versions of songs like I'm Losing You which include a mixture of different demos to show the many changes the song went through before completion

    I'm guessing people here aren't into apps much?
    I expected more ink on this release then it's received

    The story and the interactive nature of the app is what makes this a special release.
    I just wish they included more unreleased photos
     
  9. jricc

    jricc Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Just got it, thanks for the reminder, will report back tomorrow after I had a chance to listen to the tapes.
     
  10. longdist01

    longdist01 Senior Member

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    Reading the subject it sounds a bit more like an Audio slide-show and ith a highly visual-interactive menu?
     
  11. leoconsole

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    Is this an app that can be used on anything other than Apple products? I can't afford an iPad or iPhone :(
     
  12. BlueJay

    BlueJay Forum Resident

    I bought this the other day for use on my iphone. It's not bad but not a lot to get excited about. Basically there are two parts: the first is full of photos and art doodles with intermittent tape extracts of Lennon's voice (some clearly not originally made about Bermuda but made to 'seem' relevant to the Bermuda vacation). The second part is just music, repeated demos of the Double Fantasy songs, some presented in an incremental way to show how the songs progressed from simple home demos to early studio takes, then to the finished product. One thing I noticed: the early lyrics to 'Starting Over' included a line from Lewis Carroll's 'The Walrus and The Carpenter' which later got taken out of the song. What a terrible mistake! John always loved this poem and used its imagery elsewhere. Also, beware! The App - surprise - also aims to remind you that the real genius behind John's song writing was Yoko Ono. Yawn.
     
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  13. Selteab

    Selteab Free-hand sketcher and dancer of the hokey-pokey.

    'Even when I'm miles at sea, Yoko writes the songs for me.'
     
  14. helter

    helter Forum Resident

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    That's not correct
    All the dialog with John's voice came directly from interviews he did about Bermuda and the Double Fantasy songs.
     
  15. BlueJay

    BlueJay Forum Resident

    Double Fantasy is one of my favorite albums. Over the years lots of related material has been put out: the stripped down version, the Anthology out-takes, the Acoustic demos, and now these app songs. Wouldn't it be nice if one day all this material was put together in a carefully compiled deluxe edition of the album, which could include some the dialog found here.
     
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  16. Jason W

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  17. Captain Groovy

    Captain Groovy Senior Member

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    I don't see the app on my Droid, and its not on the app store of Windows 8.

    Is this Apple only? I mean, the other Apple.

    I should probably get "Stripped" first - the "Double Fantasy" disc. This app sounds a bit frustrating from those who have heard it in that its "snippets" and not full songs.

    I had a CD awhile ago - I remember it had "Now and Then", "Free as a Bird" takes on it. Late '70s. It was awesome - wish that came out. The CD is long gone and wasn't commercially available anyway. But bummer I don't have it.

    Jeff
     
  18. CDmp3

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    John Lennon's Last Holiday writing his last album. Yes could be a great film.
     
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  19. theMess

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    I would like it to also include the Milk and Honey songs as well, and the songs that he demoed but never used.
     
  20. helter

    helter Forum Resident

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