hi everyone! last night i was watching some of VH1's "behind the music: john lennon, the later years" and although i have MUCH i could go on and on about lennon (he is a hero of mine), the one thing that struck me in a joni context was... the program was describing john's big "return to music" with the lennon/ono record "double fantasy" (a big favorite of mine). and how since they had made the album without a label, there was so much interest when it came to who was going to buy the rights to produce and release it (i think that's right -- bear with me on the technical stuff, i'm a little confused about how the music biz works). so they got many, many offers from various music industry people. but the one they accepted was david geffen. why? yoko explains: it was the ONLY letter they got which was addressed to her (she had been for some time in charge of all the business side of their work), and she showed that to john (who was so angry at how yoko was treated in general, the disrespect to her as an artist, business- woman, and person in general) -- and he said, "well, that's the one we'll take then, right?" she agreed, and they signed with geffen. pretty cool story, huh? i never knew that. somehow i have to believe that d.g.'s experience working with JONI was part of what taught him to recognize and respect women artists in their own right, like yoko (someone as fiercely uncompromising as joni.) -- emily, who made a vow when she bought "double fantasy" to NEVER skip over yoko's songs, and who has now come to appreciate them and even like a couple!
