>>VIC MICOLUCCI: TO COMMEMORATE BEATLES LEGEND JOHN LENNON’S 80TH BIRTHDAY WJCT OUR PARTNERS
WILL BE
TAKING VIEWERS AND LISTENERS ON
A FOUR-DAY MUSICAL JOURNEY
THROUGH IMAGINE JOHN
LEGEND TRIBUTE THE SPECIAL WILL
CELEBRATE THE LEGENDARY
MUSIC ICON. JOINING US THIS
MORNING VIA ZOOM TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THIS
WJC TEASE MUSIC DIRECTOR IN OUR
FRIEND DAVID LUCKIN GOOD TO SEE
YOU THIS
MORNING, SIR. THANK NICE TO BE
WITH YOU AS YOU CAN SEE I’M
SURROUNDED BY BEATLES. YEAH,
YOU’RE JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE
SPIRIT THERE SO
JOHN LEGEND TRULY KNOW JOHN
LENNON JOHN LENNON EXCUSE ME
TRULY. A LEGEND THERE DON’T
WANT TO GET THOSE CONFUSED.
YOU’VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR
QUITE SOME TIME TELL ME WHAT
WJCT HAS PLANNED.
>> WELL WE’VE GOT LOTS PLANNED.
WE STARTED LAST NIGHT WITH
TURNTABLE TUESDAY WITH REVOLVER
FROM VINYL AND THAT WAS GREAT
TOMORROW NIGHT WE’LL HAVE OUR
FIRST DOCUMENTARY ON CHANNEL 7
IN THE MAKING OF JOHN’S FIRST
ALBUM PLASTIC ONO BAND I
WATCHED IT IS ABSOLUTELY
BRILLIANT IT IS SO INSIGHTFUL
YOU WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT JOHN
AND 53 MINUTES, THEN YOU’VE
KNOWN PROBABLY IN YOUR WHOLE
LIFE. THEN FRIDAY WE’VE GOT
ANOTHER DOCUMENT AREA AND THEN
FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 72
HOUR JOHN LENNON BEAT ALL MEGA
MIX WITH OVER A 150 MODEL
MASTER RECORDINGS WHICH IS WHAT
WE
LIKE BEST ON THE VINYL WERE
PLAYING A TON OF I KNOW WE’RE
PLAYING WHOLE HAVE YOU KNOW
SIDES OF THE AISLE WILL PLAY
ONE SIDE ONE WE’LL TAKE A QUICK
BREAK WE’LL PLAY SIDE TOO.
ON FRIDAY NIGHT WE’LL DO A
SPECIAL TURNTABLE TUESDAY
SATURDAY NIGHT A TURNTABLE
TUESDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH
THE TURNTABLE TUESDAY ALL JOHN
LENNON FROM VINYL HIS FIRST
1000 IMAGINE AND I’M SURE YOU
REMEMBER WHAT THE MIDDLE ONE IS
AN ESCAPED SNAKE BUT BELIEVE ME
WE’VE GOT A TON OF JOHN LENNON
OVER A 150 MODEL RECORDINGS
OVER 75 JOHN RECORDINGS, A JAZZ
BRUNCH ON SUNDAY FROM 10 TO 12
ALL THIS IS AN ANTHOLOGY
ON THE WJCT APP ON
HD 3 OR WJCT DOT ORG SLASH JAX
MUSIC DID I LEAVE ANYTHING OUT.
>> I DON’T THINK SO BUT
ACTUALLY I HEARD THAT THERE’S A
LOCAL FLAIR TO SO THERE’S SOME
LAWNS YEAH I DIDN’T I LEFT OUT
THE BEST PART
EXACTLY THE WILL WAX AND OUR
BID SMITH. FLAG SHIP
ROMANCE AND ONE MORE I CAN’T
THINK OF A ALL SUBMITTED
BEAUTIFUL INTERPRETATIONS OF
BEATLES SONGS THEY WILL BE ON
THE RADIO AND WILL ALSO USE
THEM ON TV IN BETWEEN HIS
INTEREST
TO SHOWS.
>> SO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IS
REALLY THE MUSICIANS OF ALL
COME FORWARD, GIVE US REALLY
GORGEOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF
THERE. THEIR FAVORITE BEATLE
SONG SO THAT WILL BE MIXED INTO
THANKS FOR REMINDING US.
WE DO A LOT OF COVERS WE’VE GOT
OVER 50 COVERS
FROM ELVIS TO DUKE ELLINGTON
PLAYING THE BEATLES MUSIC, SO
IT’S GOING
TO BE AN EXTRAVAGANZA NICE
THING IS IF YOU LIKE TO LISTEN
AT HOME, YOU HAVE TO WEAR A
MASK YOU CAN JUST STAY AT HOME
AND WATCH US THAT LISTEN TO US
AND YOU LOVE IT.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: AND WE’VE GOT
TO TALK ABOUT THE MUSIC FROM
THE BEATLES AND JOHN LENNON
BECAUSE
IT’S STILL IS RELEVANT TODAY
AND I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY
ALL NEED TO
SIT BACK. TAKE SOME DEEP
BREATHS AND LISTEN TO THIS
MUSIC BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT
LOVE AND PEACE AND
UNDERSTANDING IN ALL THESE
THINGS THAT ARE SOMETIMES LOST
IN MODERN CULTURE.
>> YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND
WE’RE GOING TO PLAY IMAGINE
FROM FROM THE FIRST RIGHT TO
THE LAST TRICK JUST FOR THAT
REASON AND THEY ALL YOU NEED IS
LOVE AND ALL THOSE GREAT BEATLE
SONGS THAT INSPIRED
A GENERATION. I BOUGHT MY FIRST
BEATLES ALBUM IN 1964, SO I
LOVE THEM FOREVER.
SEEN A COUPLE OF THEM LIVE THIS
IS JUST A WAY TO THANK JOHN FOR
ALL HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
CULTURE INTO OUR SOCIETY AND
JUST THE WAY WE THINK.
>> SO OBVIOUSLY YOU MUSIC NOT I
AM AS WELL. YES, WHAT HAVE YOU
LEARNED THROUGH
THIS EXPERIENCE AROUND HIS 80TH
BIRTHDAY HEAVY LEARN NEW STUFF
ABOUT JOHN LENNON IN HIS CREW
AS WELL.
>> I HAVEN’T AND I WILL INVITE
PEOPLE TO WATCH THAT OUR
SPECIAL FRIDAY NIGHT BECAUSE IT
MOST OF IT IS FROM THAT ROLLING
STONE INTERVIEW WE GET SO HE
POINT HE TELLS HIS OWN STORY
AND YOU KNOW BECAUSE THEIR IN
RAINBOWS ERIN CLOSS MORMON THE
BASS PLAYER.
I LEARNED SO MUCH YOUR PUT ME
ON THE SPOT HERE I WON’T PICK
ANY ONE THING JUST TO JOHN WAS
AN INCREDIBLE FORCE FOR ALL OF
US.
HE INFLUENCED AS
IT CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE
PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING COVERS
OF OF LEAD IN SONGS AND BEATLE
SONG SO THEIR INFLUENCE IS IS
STILL ONGOING IT’S NOT
GOING ANYWHERE.
>> ALRIGHT WJCT MUSIC DIRECTOR
DAVID LUCK AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH. ONCE AGAIN YOU CAN
LISTEN YOU CAN TAKE PART JAX
MUSIC DOT ORG
SLASH IMAGINE.
>> WJCT
TV WJCT.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: FM AS WELL AS
THE WJCT AP, THEY ARE OUR NEWS
PARTNERS AND CERTAINLY WE
ARE EXCITED TO TAKE PART IN
THIS AS WELL DAVID APPRECIATE