JULIAN LENNON AND JAMES SCOTT COOK

Lucy

[theRevolution]

We all recall blushing at the sight of our first innocent childhood crush. Such thoughts are the essence of “Lucy,” the title track from the new EP by Julian Lennon and James Scott Cook. Inspired in part by the same real-life girl who was famously “in the sky with diamonds” in a little ditty penned by Lennon’s dad, the song is short on story and long on wordless choruses. Yet when the 46-year-old Lennon claims to still love his childhood playmate (who passed away last year), you don’t doubt there’s pure truth to it. As for the inevitable Beatles comparison, the acoustic version of the song included here might as well be from 1950s Liverpool. With Lennon and Cook strumming away, blending a slightly nasal voice with a higher, clearer one, it’s tough not to imagine a teenage John and Paul crafting an early tune in the McCartneys’ front room. –DS