tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042906385488172173.post6850930316028718176..comments2023-06-25T10:13:16.185+01:00Comments on Kenwood: Kenwood: summer, 1968 - part 8.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042906385488172173.post-91191425440642075792010-07-25T23:33:30.913+01:002010-07-25T23:33:30.913+01:00I don't agree with everything in that Macdonal...I don't agree with everything in that Macdonald book, at all. But that passage about the White Album is my favourite bit, too. And you might be right to link it to Kenwood. Sounds about right, doesn't it?<br />(I met Damo Suzuki tonight. Fantastic!)kenwoodlennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086673613903823046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042906385488172173.post-47537913716970602322010-07-25T19:27:42.497+01:002010-07-25T19:27:42.497+01:00Kenwood is such a magical mystical place for me. I...Kenwood is such a magical mystical place for me. I think it represents the Beatles at the height of their powers and John's abandonment of it coincided with the band's decline. Seeing the photos of Cyn's solitary car outside and the overgrown back garden is sad - John had lost all interest in it, just as he was close to doing with the Beatles. Great, great pics though - gives us an insight into what we would have seen had we walked up the Kenwood's drive back in the day - priceless, thanks again to all involved. <br />On a different note (albeit slightly related - Beatle homes and all), I've noticed Sunny Heights is up for sale again. The psychedelic mural is still there (as seen in earlier posts on this blog). The new owners have changed it's name to Summer Haze. If you've got £5,950,000 in the bank this unique piece of Beatles history could be yours!!PlasticinePorterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08739718358996851556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042906385488172173.post-69874972258535395402010-07-25T18:07:35.327+01:002010-07-25T18:07:35.327+01:00Is true. No more psychedelic pianos and what-not....Is true. No more psychedelic pianos and what-not. Difficult to imagine George and Ringo popping in now (although we all hope they did). The photographs seem to illustrate Ian Macdonald's wonderful description of the White Album in Revolution in the Head very well: '...this musical attic of odds and ends, some charming, others sinister, many tinged with childhood memories, all absorbed in the interior worlds of their authors. There is a secret unease in this music, betraying the turmoil beneath the group's business-as-usual facade. Shadows lengthen over the album as it progresses: the slow afternoon of The Beatles' career.'<br /><br />So, for this invaluable insight into the 'guarded privacy and locked rooms' of that utterly fantastic record, thank you Cathy and thank you kenwoodlennon.Montagu Squarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08847390756489807252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042906385488172173.post-63633609685990151662010-07-23T17:58:57.732+01:002010-07-23T17:58:57.732+01:00I've viewed these pictures with a sadness, in ...I've viewed these pictures with a sadness, in that the Lennon's divorce is ongoing at this time. Julian is playing with a friend in the pool and Cyn's mother is house sitting while Cynthia is out; but their world is rapidly changing. In November, John will return to an almost empty house for a mere few weeks. And then it is over for his stay at this magical house. Many thanks to Cathy for sharing these.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com