Released at the same time with the 1973 album of the same name and an amalgamation of elements from “Make Love Not War” and “I Promise (both ‘70). “Mind Games” would ultimately be finished after Lennon read Mind Games: The Guide to Inner Space written by Robert Masters & Jean Houston (1972), the former which Lennon met while dining at a restaurant.
This single would also signify his eighteen-month “lost weekend”, a break from his marriage with Yoko Ono who insisted their secretary and assistant May Pang become Lennon’s companion.
Yoko: Sure, everyone wants to celebrate someone coming back from the dead but no one cares about actual undead people.
Wednesday: Exactly. Jesus comes back and it's a miracle. I revive someone from the dead and all I get are lectures about scientific ethics and Headmistress Weems taking away my equipment.
1979 is now up there with 1968 in my “WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED BETWEEN PAUL MCCARTNEY AND JOHN LENNON” years.
You don��t just make something as joyful, teasing, naughty, and romantic as McCartney II out of the blue… You don’t just then come out of retirement out of the blue and starting boogying to Double Fantasy + Milk and Honey tracks COINCIDENTALLY, do you? DO YOU??
This is driving me a little crazy. What is your favorite conspiracy theory here?