BBC’s John Lennon Tribute Rap
By Maria Popova
We love John Lennon, but the BBC seems to love him more, or at least better: Lennononandonandon is a wonderful Lennon tribute track by UK rapper Dan Bull, composed of oh-so-many Beatles song titles — test your Beatlemania by counting how many you recognize.
Needless to say, it’s an absolute treat. (So great, in fact, that it even got a nod from Yoko Ono.)
The track celebrates the newly revealed English Heritage blue plaque at John and Yoko’s London home at 34 Montagu Square. The blue plaques are a 140-year-old British tradition honoring and commemorating the link between cultural icons of the past and the buildings they lived or worked in. Roughly 850 have been awarded to date, recognizing greats like Mahatma Gandhi, Charles Dickens, Isaac Newton, Virginia Woolf and Vincent Van Gogh.
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Published October 29, 2010
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https://www.themarginalian.org/2010/10/29/lennononandonandon/
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