Yoko Ono, veuve de John Lennon est extrêmement à l’écoute des artistes actuels, et il y a quelques jours, elle a écrit une lettre aux membres du groupe anglais Elbow, pour les remercier de la mentionner dans la chanson “New York Morning”.
Le groupe y chante en effet la phrase suivante :
“Oh, my giddy aunt, New York can talk, It’s the modern Rome and folk are nice to Yoko.”
Voici un extrait de cette lettre :
Dear Guy, Craig, Mark, Pete and Richard, Yes. New York has been kind to me as your song says. Thank you. For John (Lennon), he always wanted to come and live in this city, ever since he saw Bob Dylan on the famous album cover (The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan). And I played the catalyst to make his dream come true.
But in sleepless nights, I am still living in the memory of my sweet husband, who was virtually kicked out of his own country that he loved so dearly and learned to live in this bleak port city just so his woman and he could live in peace. Two sides of the coin. Life is. Have a great time in New York. We loved it. Love, Yoko.
