(off 1971 john lennon album “imagine”)
(originally written while learning transcendental meditation in india)
(after a maharishi lecture)
(originally entitled “child of nature”)
(“i’m just a child of nature…”)
(was rejected for “the white album”)
(what beatle had highest “rate of rejection” in terms of songs offered for an album)
(did it have to be a 4-way unanimous decision?)
(or would george martin and others be called in to break stalemates or influence opinion?)
(a lot of ego at stake there)
(from a 2-way war to a 3-way war once george harrison got cooking)
(paul wrote “mother nature’s son” after the same lecture and it was included on “the white album”)