John Lennon Anthology

Introduction John Winston Lennon was born a simple man, but his musical talents helped shape the history of rock and roll and he continues to inspire thirty-five years after his death. John’s life was a struggle when he was younger, however, he used his musical talents to become one of the greatest selling artists of all time. John grew up in Liverpool, England and went to school at the Liverpool Arts College. John was born in 1940. His mother was unable to take care of him, so she gave him…

wouldn’t be the same if John Lennon never existed. Can we all just thank him for forming the legendary, shaggy-haired, suited-up group of The Beatles? The singer-songwriter created masterpieces during his time with the iconic English pop rock band. Some of the best rocked songs they had were, “Please, Please Me” and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” Although like other bands, fame comes with challenges and their light had to die down. Following the band's break up, Sir John Lennon had a breakthrough…

song by John Lennon «Imagine". Lennon’s solo work as well as all the work of the Beatles in total is an invaluable cultural heritage of the 20th century. The Beatles’ songs in due time became a symbol of change. Listening to rock and roll, people are no longer afraid of the state. Rock became a symbol of freedom and independence from Big Brother. The Beatles became an apologist of this idea and the movement for equality and peace in the 1960s. After the collapse of the Beatles, John Lennon…

Thirdly, what made Revolver different than most Beatles albums is George Harrison would usually do every guitar solos for the band (except a few by Lennon). In the song “Taxman”, Harrison was having a great deal of trouble with this solo causing tension and frustration in the studio (enter source here). Even when they slowed the tape down, Harrison still could not do it. The band watched him struggle for hours, until McCartney took the solo himself. In “Taxman”, his guitar solo was one of the…

The future of The Beatles was threatened when in 1966 member John Lennon said, “We’re more popular than Jesus now.” This controversial remark was plastered across all mass media and set off “protests, death threats and the end to the Beatles’ touring career” (Rolling Stone 2016). Datebook, an American teen magazine, reprinted Lennon’s “more popular than Jesus now” remark and it led to a “Beatle boycott.” Families and members of the Christian church burned Beatles records and put on protests to…

The name’s Hades. I’m sure you’ve all heard about the horrible Hades who nearly destroyed your tiny land by letting angry gods run rampage. No? I’m the one with the fiery blue hair, shark-like teeth, and some would say “sickly yellow eye.” I’m the villain in the movie Hercules. Yep, there ya go! That’s me. Look, I know people don’t think I’m the most charming of fellas. My patience has always run as thin as a strand of hair. I’ll hear people blabbing above me on the streets how awful it was…

of the first, and most important, bands to change the way music sounds all the way to present day. The Beatles were made up of mainly four people: George Harrison (1940-2001), who was the guitar player, Ringo Starr (1940), who was the drummer, John Lennon (1940-1980), who was the singer, and Paul McCartney (1942), who was the other singer (Bio.com). They came together in Liverpool, England in 1960 and formed one of the most influential…

was John Lennon who was an inspiration but was murdered by a mentally insane person. John Lennon was and still is an inspiration. Him and the Beatles had toured the world to spread the influence of their music. Later on when they split up, John still continued to make influential music and say inspirational quotes such as “You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are. You are what you are!” (John Lennon Quotes). Later in his life he even lead a peace sitting with his wife, Yoko Ono. John was…

Ringo Starr is so much more than the heart of one of the greatest bands of all time. He is a lifetime musician, a role model for generations of musicians and a true lover of his profession. Ringo Starr, musician, songwriter, singer, and actor; who gained global fame as the drummer for the Beatles, has changed the music industry in an unfathomable amount of ways. Starr was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to music. He was knighted in an ordination ceremony at…

against the spread of Nazi’s and as a result was targeted. However, encompassed in all the horror that occurred as a result of World War II, a miracle was born. That miracle would grow up to be, Beatle front man and advocator of world peace, John Winston Lennon . John aside from making world changing music, made world changing decisions that impacted such areas as the peace movement and freedom to free speech. Although he only lived for 40 years, those 40 years impacted history in a huge way,…