Yoko Ono And Lennon Come Together? February 14, 2008

Yesterday the entire world thought Yoko Ono was being an ass for suing hard-rock singer Lennon Murphy over the trademark for the name “Lennon.” Julian Lennon even used his myspace blog to let everyone know that Lennon has his full support.

Here are some choice quotes from Lennon’s statement regarding the lawsuit:

“I’m not sure what confusion I could be causing since I don’t have the $50,000 to hire a lawyer and fight this. If people were confusing me with John Lennon and accidently [sic] buying my records I should have more than enough money to live my life and hire a lawyer? I wish that was the case. I haven’t worked since Oct. 2007, so I live on just enough to get through the months until I get back on the road. I have no idea what I’m going to do yet in this situation, and I’m stressed, angry, and scared.

“This is my life. I have no respect for the name Murphy. It was my father’s name we will leave it at that. I have represented myself as Lennon because this is my name. That was the name that meant so much to my mother . . .

“…I play music, my name is Lennon, and the most heartbreaking thing out of this whole situation is the insult it gives to my late mother and who she believed in; on top of demeaning the man that John Lennon was and will always be… “

I have to admit I got a little teary eyed reading Lennon’s statement the other day. (No, it’s not “that time.”) But when I opened my newsreader this morning, I was delighted to find this statement from Ms. Ono:

“I am really hurt if people thought that I told a young artist to not use her own name in her performances and had sought to sue her. I did no such thing. I hope this allegation will be cleared.”

Long story short: Yoko is not suing Lennon — just giving her band a ton of free publicity right now. Happy Valentine’s Day!