The history of rock music is in large part a history of men writing condescending and degrading songs about women, so it's interesting when a songwriter like John Lennon - with a track record of some of rock's most notoriously misogynistic lyrics - performs a song that at first listen appears to be apologetic and self-critical. In this episode, I look closely at the songwriting in his 1971 song, 'Jealous Guy', in the context of rock's historic sexism, to see how convincing this gesture of apology really is.
All the songs discussed in this episode, including the original recording of 'Jealous Guy', can be heard here.
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07/01/20 • 20 min
The Secret Life of Songs - #6 - Jealous Guy / John Lennon
Transcript
Jealous Guy
[intro music]
Hello and welcome to the Secret Life of Songs - a podcast on what happens in pop songs and why they mean so much to us. I’m Anthony, a musician who makes music under the name sky coloured, and this week I’m going to be looking at ‘Jealous Guy’, a song written and performed by John Lennon during his solo career, released on the Imagine album in 1971. The song bore directly on Lennon's life and on his relationship w
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