John Lennon

The One and Only John Winston Lennon was born october 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. He is the son of Alfred and Julia Lennon. He was born when the german bombs were falling during the battle of Britain. His father abandoned the family when he was just a baby, and his mother never had the courage to fight the adversity raise a child alone, so she left her son to be raised by her aunt, Mimi Smith. He grew up and lived an ominous drug filled life, but is still one of the most talented and…

John Lennon’s assassination was unnecessary and completely out of cold blood since he was a worldwide success and a renowned peace activist; his murderer has no clear motive to this day. On December 8, 1980, the former Beatles member was walking back to his Manhattan apartment with his wife, Yoko Ono. Before he could even reach his front door, he was shot four times in the back by the infamous Mark David Chapman (Crime and Investigation, 17). He was rushed to the Roosevelt Hospital and was dead…

protests against it, and had moral intentions to invoke peace and non-violence to listeners. Furthermore, the artist aesthetically differentiates the song by recording three versions. Sparked by the uprise of protests against the Vietnam War, John Lennon decided to write the song “Revolution” in response. In 1968, Communist North Vietnam initiated an attack, known as the Tet Offensive, against South Vietnam, resulting in causalities from both the South Vietnamese and American troops (“Tet…

After the breakup of The Beatles, Lennon expected to feel free and liberated but felt the opposite. Lennon, with the encouragement of Yoko Ono, turned to “primal scream therapy,” where he relived traumatic moments of his childhood and relieved the tension that built up through screaming and crying. Lennon later said, “I’m not bitter anymore . . . I meditate and I cry” (Corbin 99). Lennon and Yoko Ono had a falling out in 1973, when she forced Lennon to move out. Lennon called this his “Lost…

love affairs, drugs and alcohol abuse. John Ono Lennon a musician from The Beatles a well-known band from the 1960's to 1970's from Liverpool, Uk. John Lennon a troubled musician struggles in life with his childhood, music career , and lovelife. To begin with on October 9th, 1940 John Winston Leonnon was born in Liverpool Uk . As a young boy john grew up never knowing his father while his mother Julia Lennon lived with her other children and husband which left John to be rasied by his aunt mimi…

One of the last interviews with John Lennon took place in his home at The Dakota NYC. In September of 1980 Journalist for Playboy, David Sheff interviewed the Lennon’s over a 20 day period regarding life in general and the upcoming release of Lennon’s much awaited Double Fantasy album (fantasy = imagination). Release of this album marked an end to the artist’s 5-year hiatus. When asked why he walked away from the limelight for such length of time, Lennon stated there were many reason’s…

and their name still exists after fifty years. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison were the four main musicians who played in the Beatles. Paul McCartney was born June 18th 1942 in Liverpool. He was born to a working class family. His father a musician encouraged McCartney to explore music. He started learning music through lessons and soon taught himself. When he was fifteen years old he met John Lennon at a Church festival. The two discovered their rapport and…

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…

John Lennon was murdered in 1980 by Mark David Chapman. At the court case, mark help up the novel, The Catcher in the Rye and the only words he said was “it's all in this book”. Mark made such a connection with the novel that he believed John Lennon was a phony just as Holden thought so many people in New York were. Set in America, Salinger's novel, is successful because we make a close connection with the protagonist Holden Caulfield through the brilliant literary techniques and are interested…

When you think about what Lennon said it makes you wonder, “Did he somehow know that he could not make it alone?” That he needed more people to share the dream with. John met Paul McCartney in 1957 at a church function, where Paul impressed John by playing Eddie Cochran’s Twenty Flight Rock. John asked Paul to join the band, which at the time was not called The Beatles but The Quarrymen. Then Paul met George Harrison at an acclaimed grammar school. Paul was impressed with George’s talents and…