George Harrison

John Lennon “If everyone demanded peace instead of a new television set, then there’d be peace.” John Lennon was one of the most profound and inspirational people in the world, even to this day. He was a leader for peace and was against war; he stood up for what he believed in and didn’t back down when people tried to attack his ways of thinking. He changed the world and people’s views, he got the attention of everyone and with it, he used it for good. John Lennon wasn’t just a singer in a…

Out of all the music I have heard recently, the one that I believe was the best exhibit source for this assignment was “Getting Better” by the Beatles. Unlike the other songs in the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, this one has an indirect tension that is prevalent as the band explores some cheerful, hopeful reminiscences, strung together to create this musical piece. The main anecdote that this song embodies is that of the once hospitalized Ringo Star, who had tonsillitis and…

The relationship between McCartney, Lennon, and Dylan is something that changed the way of music for good. Besides the fact they were all good songwriters apart, when Lennon met McCartney, they were the start of a song writing movement in the industry that changed how people saw artists and song writers – because for once they were one and the same. I think what made their songs so innovated for the time, was how they mixed opinions and sounds through their separate lives, and came together to…

In 2009, three brothers decided to form an alternative rock band in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, but they needed a name. The band’s drummer, Michael Douglas Jeffery, suggested the name, which he said came to him in a dream. Michael’s brother, Keith William Hamilton Jeffery, serves as the lead vocalist and guitarist, and his other brother, Steven Roger Jeffery, is the band’s bass guitarist. The brothers took on a fourth member, keyboardist Darren Norman Sell, shortly after the band’s…

The Rolling Stones have become one of the most influential bands of all time. Many bands from the sixties are long gone, but the Rolling Stones continue to perform rock music fifty years later to this day. They have far exceeded the normal career span of any other rock band ever and continue to be very successful. The Rolling Stones are a rock band from London that formed in 1962 and are one of the bands that were part of the British Invasion. The Rolling Stones became known for their style…

During the course of the fourth marking period, our class has learned about many artists of the 20th century that greatly influenced music. Major artists or groups we have learned throughout the course of the fourth marking period are The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Supremes. Each group of artist, had it’s own background that fully lead up to the development of the successful group. The Beatles started out as a high school vocal group known as The Quarrymen that was formed by John…

the second side of the vinyl that contain five songs. The UK and the US versions had the texts "Apple presents”, and on the inside of the gatefold there was an early version of the Apple logo. Both versions also have the credit: "Produced by Big George Martin"…

Almost two decades ago, song lovers and avid music fans have come to adore a song so iconic that even people of today know it by heart. In the history of music, there are just a couple of songs which reached a status wherein it transcends the movement of time and surpassed the ever-changing trend that the industry promotes. More so, many songs are drained down the oblivion void, keeping a shallow dig on our memory and would soon be forgotten. One track, however, have been dealt with rather…

Lysergic Acid Diethylamid, or LSD, is a hallucinogenic drug formed from a fungus, ergot, that typically grows on rye and wheat. It was initially discovered in 1938 by Swiss chemist, Albert Hofmann. Hofmann originally began his research with the compound in hopes of finding additional treatments for migraines as well as gynecological issues. However, when Hofmann accidentally consumed some of the drug in 1943, he incidentally discovered the sensory distortions and hallucinations it induced. Once…

An overnight sensation, the Beatles! Everyone wants to be an overnight sensation. We want to be unique and for others to recognize this special quality about us. However, the Beatles was a group that was anything but an overnight sensation. Even when replacing the misnomer with “million night misnomer” couldn’t do justice to the inert energy that is underlying this rock band sensation. I view UIC as a larger version of the Beatles. My passion towards the Beatles has left me only with a pile of…