"John Lennon's Glasses - Single Version" genre: Mod
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	Here is the song that is currently being played on 100 AAA/CMJ radio stations across the country. Go to RickAltizer.com to see which stations. From my NOT LAME release, All Tie Zur. Purchase for $7 including shipping from my web site www.rickaltizer.com
	CD: All Tie Zur   Label: Not Lame Credits: Produced and engineered by Jim Fraiser
	Story Behind the Song On December 6th, 2000 Dwight Liles and Steve Siler had a songwriting appointment scheduled. Dwight developed a conflict for that date and as a result the pair met for their writing session instead on December 8th, the twenty year anniversary of John Lennon's death. With no particular agenda for their meeting the two turned to perusing the title and idea pages in their respective notebooks whereupon Dwight ventured," Well, I've got this idea in my book……" After hearing the title Steve, an avid lifelong Beatle fan, responded enthusiastically. Steve picked up his guitar and the two sat across from each other on the floor and pretty soon were passing the guitar back and forth and completing each other's sentences. It only took about ninety minutes and they were done. When they finished the song and realized that there were 9 lyric references to Beatle/Lennon lyrics Steve ventured, "Number nine, number nine. I think we may have had a little help." At the end of the day, excited with the result, Dwight told his wife Denise about the song. "So, you decided not to make any money today," was her sardonic reply. Dwight, also an avid Beatle fan, had come up with the title while coming up with ideas for the lyrics on Rick Altizer's album Neon Fixation. It was Steve's wife, Meredith, who upon hearing a demo of the song featuring a different vocalist, suggested that Altizer sing it. "John Lennon was sexy and had an edge. You need to get Rick to do this." Steve, Rick, and Dwight already a lot of history together. Rick was a staff songwriter for Warner Brothers in Los Angeles when he and Steve met in an elevator leaving a party at another writer's house. They immediately began a writing relationship, which has flourished into a cherished friendship of many years. "Our friendship has always been Beatle based," says Altizer. "We have a history of sharing Beatlemania trivia, books, and bootlegs." It is not surprising to find that the Beatle influence is palpable on each of Altizer's three albums, a fact which has been commented on frequently in his consistently glowing reviews. It was Altizer, who upon hearing the song, immediately suggested the answering background vocals in the chorus, reminiscent of Lennon's acerbic trade offs with McCartney in Getting Better to give the song more Lennon personality. Steve introduced Rick (both of them now living in Nashville, TN) to Dwight in1997. Not long after that the three had a occasion to be in a co-writing session together for a song called Gold Coast which was recorded by Rebecca St. James. "I came up with this guitar riff and Dwight picked up the lyric pad and said 'Give me a minute I think I'm on to something.' About thirty seconds later he read We'll light a sacred candle in the sand And celebrate the Luau of the Lamb. I said who is this guy? After that I asked him to write my next album with me." With the writer's and the singer being Beatle fans, only the same would do for the recording process. Co-producer and engineer Jim Frazier arranged the song and it was his idea to veer from the work tape, which simply ended with a double chorus, and add the Walrus-like strings on the ending. Upon hearing those, Dwight and Steve jumped right to the idea of creating some old fashioned Beatle cacophony over the strings. "We need to read something over it, " suggested Steve. "If only we had something by Lewis Carroll." To which Dwight immediately replied, " I've got The Walrus and The Carpenter in my briefcase in the car. That's the poem that John based 'I Am The Walrus' on." Dwight brought the book in and we searched the lyric for something that might be appropriate. We finally settled on We cannot do with more than four (John, Paul, George, and Ringo) to lend a hand to each. A little audience applause, some radio static with the only audible word being 'history,' which the Beatles certainly are, and we we're done. When asked what this song means to him, Dwight said, "This song is born of the deep conviction that we have everything the sixties dream promised us, except that which is worth having." ©2001 Steve Siler Lyrics Written by Steve Siler and Dwight Liles I read the news again today Not much has changed since yesterday We're still a world in need of love What have we done Where went the sun Been helping build the nowhere land Accumulating all I can Greed is the hunger in my life This isn't me I want to be Looking at the world Looking at the world Looking at the world Through John Lennon's Glasses Remember when we had a dream And all we wanted was some peace We've got to give it one more chance Imagine that I know we can Looking at the world Looking at the world Looking at the world Through John Lennon's Glasses All I've been seeing is myself I think my eyes could use some help Looking at the world Looking at the world Looking at the world Through John Lennon's Glasses

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