Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
- Isaac Newton, 1642-1727, English mathematician and physicist
Here is an interesting explanation for the title of John Lennon's Apple Album Walls And Bridges I found at SuperSeventies.com. It reflects Newton's words.
Written and recorded in New York in a fortnight's outporing of creativity, alls And Bridges proved to be John Lennon's most diverse, insightful -- and commercial -- in years. The 10 songs synthesized the confused and painful emotions he had experienced during a six-month spree of partying and dissipation in Los Angeles, the most notorious incident being forcibly shown the door at the Troubadour Club along with drinking companion Harry Nilsson after heckling a Smothers Brothers performance and striking a waitress in March 1974.
Because most of the record's lyrics explore the barriers separating himself from others, while also frequently expressing the hope that these might somehow be overcome, John chose the title Walls and Bridges. "Walls," said Lennon, "keep you in either protectively or otherwise, and bridges get you somewhere else." In its searing emotional intensity, Walls and Bridges resembles John's first post-Beatle album, while the richly textured arrangements and melodic diversity recall Imagine. But Walls and Bridges also features an ingredient that those earlier confessionals conspicuously lacked: vintage Lennon humor, which can go a long way toward alleviating the potential heaviness of John's subject matter.
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