The recently released "PRE・STAGE Presents JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE 1990" has been very well received. The second installment of this series is a John Lennon memorial program. The previous one was a memorial program broadcast in 1990, the 10th anniversary of John's death, but this one is two years later. It is "M10 (Magnitude Ten)" broadcast on a commercial station on December 8, 1992. The name of the program is an impact of an era that is impossible in modern times, but the content is also powerful. This work is recorded from the commercial before the memorial program begins, but it is already a shocking experience. In the 30-second mini commercial, the announcer refreshingly introduces... "The camera saw it! Everything is revealed for the first time! North Korea that no one knows." This is not an undercover report. The narrator talks about "A first experience of North Korea, where anyone can travel easily and is now attracting attention in various aspects such as gourmet food and sightseeing!" It is a complete travel guide. In fact, it is a commercial station known for being left-leaning, but this is a dark history that we would really like to forget... This work starts with a nuclear weapon-level impact advertisement, but the main part is a rich memorial program. The previous work "PRE STAGE" was also seriously made, but this work is even more intense. The hosts are the regular comedians and bus romance talents of the program, but the guests are all music people, and they talk while playing John's music clips. In addition to a Japanese cameraman and music journalist who were personally close to John, there are punks who named their band after the Soviet dictator, Brain Police, and Dia na Yukai-san who just went solo. One guest analyzes the existence of John Lennon itself, and the band members look back on their meeting with the Beatles and the moment they heard the news of their death. Some of them seem to only think about their own character, but they talk passionately about their feelings for John with sincere comments that you would never imagine from their wild appearance on stage. "John was an ordinary guy who was very into things," "The early Beatles were punk," "I thought Love & Peace was different," etc. Each person's "image of John" makes you think "I see," or you want to say "That's not right," to the screen. Either way, the viewers are not shocked, but rather the sincere words are written in a way that makes you want to listen seriously. What's different from the previous work is the atmosphere of the world that has changed in just two years. For example, a Russian music journalist also participates, and he talks about "John for the communist bloc." In the 1960s, no matter how strong the East-West conflict was, there were many John fans, people bought Beatles LPs on the black market, the Communist Party leadership paid attention to specific song titles such as "Imagine," "I Don't Want To Be A Soldier," and "Give Peace A Chance," and when John's obituary was written in 1980, it had to be propaganda that "crime is increasing in America." The "state of rock in the communist bloc" is revealed through real testimony, not in 1990, just after the end of the Cold War, but in 1992, when the end of the Cold War was certain. What makes the "two years" even more meaningful is the international telephone interview with Yoko Ono, which is also a key corner of the program. It is unclear whether the host's words "I'm so happy to be able to get together with Yoko like this" are conveyed to her, but the content of the conversation is particularly strong in "1992". They lament the world that has changed drastically since 1991, with the Gulf War, the Yugoslav conflict, the dispatch of multinational forces to Somalia, and the rise of neo-Nazis, and talk about "what John would have done if he were alive today...". The previous work "PRE・STAGE" was about Japan just before experiencing the world-changing "1991". In contrast, this work shows a Japan that is currently being shaken violently. While the lingering scent of the bubble economy hangs in the air in the incredibly slit high-leg swimsuits and Juliana Tokyo compilation CDs, words like "after bubble" and "recession" are used, and the trendy items are cheap items like Swatches and inline skates. The serious tone of this work may also be due to the current state of affairs where people cannot afford to be happy. In this atmosphere, John's music, which wishes for peace, plays, and F-cup bus Roman closes the show by saying, "I want to carry on the idea that 'War is over.'" If the previous work was a program that synchronized with the "now," which is peaceful despite its fishy smell, this work gives us a glimpse of the "future," which may change drastically from now on. Japan in 1992, which changed terribly in just "two years." Japan in 2017, which is likely to change from now on. This work is also a masterpiece in which John's message hits home, especially now. Broadcast Date: 8th December 1992 1. CM 2. Opening 3. Introduction 4. Studio 5. John Lennon Memorial Event 6. Power To The People 7. CM 8. Biography/Studio 9. CM 10. Slippin' And Slidin' 11. Studio 12. Stand By Me 13. CM 14. Mind Games 15. Studio 16. Jealous Guy 17. CM 1 8. Mother 19. Telephone Interview with Yoko Ono 20. Woman 21. CM 22. Imagine 23. Studio 24. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 25. CM 26. Studio 27. CM PRO-SHOT COLOR NTSC Approx.87min.
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