The series debuted on National Geographic in 2011 as a special. [2] Lennon said, "I just couldn't function, you know? Eskimo Joe's cover would also appear on the International release of "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur" as well as the Complete Recordings of the same project. [20][better source needed], In 1990 South African musician Ratau Mike Makhalemele released an EP of Lennon covers including a 16-minute-long version of Mind Games.[21]. Mind Games is a book written by Jay T. Doggzone. [14][15][16] In "One Day (At a Time)", Lennon sings about his devotion to Ono. [17] Once he had worked on the lyrics, the song went from a simple political slogan to a full-blown statement that hints at his earlier work, such as "Imagine" and "Power to the People". Larry suggests that the Tanners show ALF that they think of him as an adult by asking him for advice on things. That cover says more than the record to me. [6] Among the sombre and melodic songs directed to Ono, "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" was originally titled "Call My Name",[11][13][14] a song in which Lennon was offering to comfort someone, whereas the final version sees him asking for forgiveness. [22] On some of the rough mixes available on bootlegs, the time-consuming overdubbing on the song is apparent, as Lennon gradually refined the arrangement. [7] The lyric "YES is the answer" is a nod to his wife Yoko Ono's art piece that brought them together originally. "Mind Games" is the third episode of the ninth season of Blue Bloods. [26] Lennon later said that it failed as a song, however; in an interview with Playboy Magazine, he remarked: "It was a good lick, but I couldn't get the words to make sense. The album was released in the US on 29 October 1973 and in the UK on 16 November 1973. In the UK it peaked at No. [10], Mind Games was recorded between July and August 1973 in Lennon's characteristic quick fashion, and was mixed over a two-week period. [22] The original master take of "You Are Here" featured an extra verse,[23] that was about Japan and England. [nb 15][11], Personnel per album sleeve[66] and Bruce Spizer. [nb 6][6] In the UK, the album was reissued on EMI's budget label, Music for Pleasure (MFP), on 28 November 1980, featuring a different album cover. [16], The song "Mind Games", with its "love is the answer" refrain and call to "make love not war", recalls Lennon's work with the Beatles in 1967. Mind Games is the seventeenth episode of the second season, and the thirtieth episode overall. "[56] In The Beatles Apart (1981), Bob Woffinden considered that, aside from the "excellent" title track and "Bring on the Lucie", Mind Games "consisted of so-so songs that hardly lodged in the memory", and that "The best one can say of the album is that it's exceptionally well produced. "[12], "Rock and Roll People" was also recorded during the album's sessions and given to Johnny Winter for his John Dawson Winter III album. It was released on March 10, 2006. Lennon doesn't know which way to go, so he tries everything." Mastermind, auch SuperHirn, in der DDR auch als Super Code, Variablo und LogikTrainer bekannt, ist ein Logikspiel für zwei Personen, bei dem eine Farbreihenfolge durch sukzessive Vermutungen ermittelt werden soll. You wrote Mind Games."[5]. [7], Under the moniker of "The Plastic U.F.Ono Band", Lennon engaged the services of session drummer Jim Keltner, guitarist David Spinozza, Gordon Edwards on bass, Arthur Jenkins on percussion, Michael Brecker on saxophone, Ken Ascher on piano and organ, and the vocal backing of a group called Something Different. [2] Shortly thereafter, he asked Pang to book them for his sessions. [25] While demoing the song on piano in early 1973, with the lyrics still incomplete, he added a few lines from two previously released tracks – "How? A psychic helps to find a burial site of numerous illegal immigrants just across the California-Mexico border. [6], The album continued Lennon's previous attempts to chronicle his life through his songs,[9] the tone of which displays a range of mixed feelings. I was so paranoid from them tappin' the phone and followin' me. Playing mind games with your partner will keep them wondering about your intentions. It was the lead single for the album of the same name. 10 on the Cashbox Top 100. With the respective catalogue numbers: US Capitiol SW-3414. ", from Imagine (1971), and "God", from John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970). It was recorded at Record Plant Studios in New York in summer 1973. [17][nb 1] "Out the Blue" also reflects Lennon's devotion to his wife,[15] and reflects its author's self-doubt as a result of their separation. [32][nb 5] The single reached number 26 in the UK, and peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. [6] Lennon put his suffering aside to write the songs for Mind Games,[6] writing all the songs for it in a week. "[55], Writing in their 1975 book The Beatles: An Illustrated Record, NME journalists Roy Carr and Tony Tyler opined that Mind Games "bears all the hallmarks of being made without any definite objective in mind – other than to redeem the unpleasantness of Some Time In New York City". It reached number 13 in the UK and number 9 in the US, where it was certified gold. In 1997, it was recorded by DJ Krush with vocals by Eri Ohno for the album MiLight. It originally aired on Oct. 16, 1989. In April 2009, Sinéad O'Connor's version of the song recorded in the mid 1990s appeared on the re-released deluxe edition of her second album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. One of the demos, a home demo of "Meat City", features a lyric-less melody that would later be used as a, Urish, B. "Mind Games" is the eighth episode of Kim Possible, but is the sixth episode in production order. [1] At Ono's urging,[9] Pang became Lennon's companion and lover in what would become an 18-month relationship later renowned as Lennon's "lost weekend". Lennon's version remained unreleased until 1986's posthumous Menlove Ave. ALF is getting antsy from boredom and the Tanners call Larry for advice. "[58], The album was reissued in the US on Capitol Records in 1978 and 1980, with the latter being a budget reissue. [2] Although Mind Games sold better than Some Time in New York City,[10] its release "came and went with barely a ripple", according to Beatles biographer Chris Ingham. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. [2][4] Lennon finished writing the song after reading the book Mind Games: The Guide to Inner Space by Robert Masters and Jean Houston (1972). To send mixed signals to your partner, don’t respond to their texts or phone calls right away. [19], Personnel per The Beatles Bible. "[54] In Creem magazine, Robert Christgau described the album as "a step in the right direction ... but only a step. It sounds like out-takes from Imagine, which may not seem so bad but means that Lennon is falling back on ideas (intellectual and musical) that have lost their freshness for him: Still, the single works, and let's hope he keeps right on stepping. Charlie and he butt heads to see who will come up with the location of another female migrant before she joins the other victims in the morgue. [nb 13] In 2010, the original mix was remastered as part of the re-release of Lennon's entire catalogue, the album was available separately[nb 14] or as part of the John Lennon Signature Box. It was recorded at Record Plant Studios in New York in summer 1973. Brain Games is an American popular science television series that explores cognitive science by focusing on illusions, psychological experiments, and counterintuitive thinking. In order to complete this Easter egg, the difficulty must be set to original. In the US it peaked at No. 26. [2] It was the lead single for the album of the same name. [3], Amid frequent court appearances battling to stay in the United States, Lennon became stressed,[2] a situation that was only worsened by constant surveillance by the FBI,[2][3][5] due to his political activism. [nb 8][59] It was first issued on CD on 3 August 1987, this time on the Parlophone label,[nb 9][11] and several months later on 22 March 1988 in the US on the Capitol label. [16][18] "Out the Blue" incorporates several musical genres, starting with a gentle, melancholy acoustic guitar and moving through gospel, country and choral music portions. [6] He also persuaded Lennon to do a television commercial in which King dressed up as the Queen of the United Kingdom and waltzed with Lennon (the commercial session can be seen in the 1988 film Imagine: John Lennon). [44], Jon Landau of Rolling Stone magazine assessed the songs on Mind Games as "his worst writing yet" and considered that Lennon was "helplessly trying to impose his own gargantuan ego upon an audience … [that] is waiting hopefully for him to chart a new course".
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