John Lennon: 'I was sick of White Christmas' – a classic interview from the vaults

In our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we visit John Lennon and Yoko Ono in New York in 1971, just as they're recording a song for Christmas, with the help of Phil Spector. This account of events by Richard Williams was first published in Uncut magazine in 1998Up on the 17th floor of the St Regis Hotel in New York City, John Lennon is learning to type.P...I...M...P, he types. I AM A PIMP."It's great," he says, "Y...

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