Four John/Yoko albums made, four John/Yoko albums fall short of gold and the fifth Double Fantasy came after John took a 5 year hiatus from the industry. From that it doesn't sound like the album would be a success, yet it was a colossal hit getting notice very quickly. It's a very morbid question of how John's death affected this album and it's plain rude but the thought comes up. True his senseless violent death made fans want to go back reminisce in the brilliance of John's idealogical world and his dream's struggle. And certainly Double Fantasy added the overtly romantic side of his world, but the songs were catching on as hits in their own right in the three weeks between the album's release and John's death, however that is not that long a time to suppose what would have happened. It would have been one of the greatest comebacks ever as the public openly embraced this tender side of John Lennon and even embraced Yoko. this wasn't their first attempt to make pop music together although their first three albums weren't strictly musical. Some Time In New York City saw how they work well together as it had them working together and it involved issues bigger than their own little idealogical world except that other people should join them. Double Fantasy works on the personal level of marital bliss and (sometimes strife) in the form of one complimenting the other as this album was created as a "Heart Play". Some songs like "I'm Losing You" and "I'm Moving On" play like straight back to back monologues in their own drama. The album is highly noted though for it's high points of marital bliss which thankfully in their aged journey included many aspects of marriage. The second honeymoon "(Just Like) Starting Over", the blessedness of childrearing "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" unconditional support "Woman" completeness "Dear Yoko" fulfillment "Yes I'm Your Angel" "Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him" and triumph "Hard Times Are Over". However this all seemed like the set up to one of the cruelest jokes in history as John finally found his family that he lost as a child only to suddenly lose it again. Thankfully we can live through John until we all find a family we belong to.
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