Yoko Ono

The Beatles The Beatles are one of the best artists of all time. Nobody in history of music was as popular as the Beatles. Everyone knows the Beatles. You don 't have to love them, but you do have to respect them. Michael Stipe from REM once said “The Beatles are elevator music.” To which Ringo Starr responded “If it weren 't for the Beatles, REM would still be taking the stairs.” The Beatles are one of the most iconic cultural legacies of the 20th Century and their influence shows itself in…

Art has always been a controversial subject, whether it be with deciding on what art is or what is acceptable. Music is a form of art that these questions are also asked about. Over time, music has been changed and banned by many governmental bodies and organizations because it was too suggestive or not acceptable for a governments’ traditional values. This is called music censorship (“Censorship Overview”). Music censorship should be abolished because one’s right to express himself should…

“The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing Ourselves” said Yoko Ono, peace activist. People in the 60s felt they could express themselves and be the person they want to be. From this the 60s created a subculture called hippies. Hippies believed in freedom, peace, love, and people’s rights. Commonly, that is what people associate with this decade, but there’s much more to it than that. Social, political, and historical events helped shaped the culture of the…

The Beatles were a pop/rock band active from the early 60’s to around 1970. They contributed so much to rock and pop music and have been awarded multiple grammys and prestigious awards over their short span of only around ten years. However their legacy still remains. Formation of the band In the 50s guitarist and singer John Lennon formed a band known as “the Quarrymen” In 1957 “the Quarrymen” added guitarist: Paul McCartney, to the roster. Not much later George Harrison (a friend of Paul…

Since the beginning of time, people stood up against the government, and all of these people had different reasons for going against the government. Whether these reasons were economic, environmental, or based on the need for basic human rights, all of these reasons are important enough for these people to stand up to his or her government to try to make a change. Even the smallest act of rebellion is known to spark a revolution that would not only change the government, but change the course of…

an international anthem for peace. “Former president Jimmy Carter told NPR, “In many countries around the world — my wife and I have visited, you can hear John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’ used almost equally with national anthems.” Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono moved to the United States in September 1971, but were constantly harassed and threatened with deportation by the Nixon Administration. Lennon was told that he was being kicked out of the US due to his 1968…

THE PEACE MOVEMENTS Key Question: “What influences did the peace movement have on day-to-day life in the United States?” The Vietnam War was an armed conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam with the help of their allies, the United States of America. The peace movements were put in place against US involvement in the war. It started off on a rather small scale amongst intellectuals however it gained national prominence in 1965 when the US began to bomb North Vietnam. Protests…

George Harrison was an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is most famously known for being the lead guitarist in the Beatles. Known as the "Quiet One" in the band, he wrote some of their most popular songs such as “Here Comes The Sun,” “Something,” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” After his success with the Beatles, he went on to have a long and successful solo career. Through Harrison 's interest in Eastern culture, he introduced the Western World to Indian mysticism, philosophy,…

There are certain circles within the music world that hold firm to the belief that this art form is of the purest and most abstract, and should remain so, while others think music should remain open to as many people as possible. Within the context of the 21st century, the later positon has become increasingly important to adopt, not only for the continued success of this art form, but to inspire and motivate positive change in the world. The current project under consideration, titled Divided…

statements, and the artist utilized defamiliarization to remove movement from its original context and redefine it as performance art. Some of Forti 's earlier performances were actually presented in various art galleries of New York City and Yoko Ono 's loft (Ono herself being a multi-disciplinary artist). Through placing live bodies in a still position and maintaining engaged stasis, Forti managed to combine sculpture and dance with ground-breaking execution. (Forti, 1974). Robert Morris, a…