Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Life Begins at Forty by John Lennon – ***

First released: 1998

A country song written by Lennon for inclusion on Ringo’s next album ("Stop and Smell the Roses") to mark the event of the two both turning 40. When the untimely events of December 8, 1980 occurred, Ringo decided not to record any of Lennon’s material, so only this demo remains, which was finally officially released in 1998 on "The John Lennon Anthology" album, after being available for a number of years on bootlegs. It would be neat if Ringo did record it even today, but he probably won’t.

No comments: