John Lennon was one of the most opinionated yet brilliant artists that will forever live on in generations to come. He believed that there was more beyond what everyone conformed to. John Lennon was a man that left an impact that may seem minimal to society but in reality‚ he captured the vision of what a peaceful world should look like. As a man that was not fond of abiding by any rules or the status quo‚ he decided to take his ability and passion for music in another direction. Most people would
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2/22/13 McCartney vs. Lennon: Loving and Losing John Lennon and Paul McCartney are two revolutionary artists who grew and developed a very beautiful and distinct style of song writing that shaped or rather influenced musicians apart of and after their generation. Besides a distinct difference in tonality between John and Paul‚ both musicians are very different from one another and it is this chemistry that is the very essence of The Beatle’s aura. It is important to understand this distinct
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these four young men from Liverpool ultimately affected the course of pop culture and music in America‚ beginning with their 1964 visit. Each member was born in the midst of World War II; John Lennon and Ringo Starr in 1940‚ Paul McCartney in 1942‚ and George Harrison‚ the youngest of the group‚ in 1943. John‚ Paul‚ George‚ and Ringo were working-class guys with no formal music education. Yet their music were changing the world. The birth of Beatlemania was in 1964 and influenced America and the
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John Lennon It is 1968‚ there are thousands of people gathered in New York City to protest the Vietnam War. People are passionately chanting and singing about what they believe in. There are draft cards burning‚ posters‚ and a peaceful resistance from a minority group against the war. Events like these were a major part of the late 1960’s and early 70’s; and John Lennon had a major influence and connection to the politics and music of the era. Lennon was born on October 9th‚ 1940 in Liverpool‚ Uk
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The Beatles had its start as a young band in the early 1960’s; they came about just as some of the most influential rock n’ roll artists were exiting the scene‚ as a result‚ their success and music had a great impact on music in their time. They brought with them a fresh kind of music which involved fusing of different musical sounds like rhythm & blues as well as different types of pop music at the time. With continual experimentation with non standard instruments‚ exploration of new recording
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On February 7th‚ 1964‚ Great Britain was known for a lot of things: tea‚ spiffy tailoring‚ the Queen. “Exciting musical exports‚” however‚ was not high on the list. Everything changed 50 years ago today when four young British musicians landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and detonated a cultural explosion. I refer‚ of course‚ to the thrilling arrival in America of that one-of-a-kind band that we have all come to know and love‚ this great band that transformed American music
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Over the past 45 years‚ the British Invasion had a huge impact on American culture including music and art. The original members of the Beatles were John Lennon‚ Paul McCartney‚ George Harrison‚ and Pete Best. This greatest band had their small beginning‚ it started on October 9‚ 1940‚ John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool‚ England. He was raised by his aunt Mimi after his parents got a divorce. He formed his first band in 1956 known as “The Quarrymen”. He soon met Paul through one of his friends
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When discussing the Beatles‚ most people first think of the music written by Paul McCartney‚ or John Lennon. Often forgot is George Harrison‚ whose impact on the musical world is still seen today. George Harrison is an English multi-instrumental musician/songwriter‚ most well known for being lead guitarist in the Beatles. His greatest legacy in terms of his music career was his additions to the “Great Sitar Explosion”‚ where a plethora of American and British music was flooded with Indian sounds
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majority of country to the band when a special about the band was shown. Teenagers were already hooked by their records‚ with their biggest hit being ‘She loves you’. The popularity and fame of the Beatles worldwide had a huge impact on the small country of New Zealand. One impact the Beatles had on New Zealand was the mass hysteria created amongst their teenage fans‚ especially young women. Seven thousand screaming fans awaited them when they landed in the country‚ and the events that took place at
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These thoughts all went through John Lennon’s head as he sat down and wrote a very influential song‚ “Imagine” in 1971. This song was written during the Vietnam War‚ the peace movement‚ and the first Nixon Administration. A very large amount of the popular culture of that time‚ were centered all around those factors. In his song‚ “Imagine”‚ Lennon describes what divides us and what should be uniting us to make heaven on Earth. In the first stanza‚ John Lennon wants us to forget about our worries
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