So many standout tracks on here, Sunday Bloody Sunday (better than the U2 song in my opinion), Attica State, John Sinclair
One of the great ironies of the song Attica State is, this was during Lennon's "radical chic" kind of phase where he was doing a cause of the week kind of deal. One of his big ideas was to call press conferences in support of getting all the prisoners released from Attica State prison -- much to the chagrin of many of the victims of these violent criminals. Yoko declared that nothing would be served by keeping them locked up in prison, and what they really needed was more love.
When Lennon killer Mark David Chapman eventually ended up in Attica State, as far as I know there were no further press conferences from Yoko requesting the prisoner's releases. In fact, she petitioned to make sure Chapman remained locked up.
That pretty much sums up my feelings about Lennon's political manifestos during this period. Pretty fascinating period, though. One day I'd love to see the series of shows they did co-hosting the Mike Douglas show during this period. Its surely another classic "time caspsule" from Lennon.
