By Anthony Mason, CBS Sunday Morning | Sean Ono Lennon has had a versatile career, as a musician, producer, and songwriter. Asked what part of the musical creation process he likes the most, Lennon replied, “That’s easy: I love writing and recording, and I hate finishing.”
With his mother, Yoko Ono, now in her 90s, he’s added a new job: the custodian of his father’s legacy. “Yeah, technically,” he said, “but obviously the world is also the custodian of his legacy, I would say. I’m just doing my best to help make sure that the younger generation doesn’t forget about The Beatles and John and Yoko. That’s how I look at it.”
“Do you think that’s even possible?” I asked.
“To forget about it? I do, actually,” Lennon said. “And I never did before.”
For his parents’ classic, “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” Lennon looked for new ways for the song to be heard. “I wanted to see if I could get that feeling of maybe it sounds like you’re hearing it again for the first time, or at least in a new context, in a way that you’d pay attention, as opposed to, ‘Oh, there it is on the radio again.'”
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Extended interview: Sean Ono Lennon
In this web exclusive, Sean Ono Lennon talks with Anthony Mason about The Claypool Lennon Delirium, his musical collaboration with Les Claypool of Primus, and his upcoming jazz album. He also discusses his animated short film, “War Is Over!”; his custodianship of the musical legacy of his parents, John Lennon and Yoko Ono; how concert footage and previously-unknown private recordings came together in the documentary “One to One”; and how creating art is “a fundamental force” in his life.
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