Lennon Turning Point

Today, there are so many protests around the United States and the world like when Martin Luther King Jr. was alive. They think that protesting violently is the way to get the message across. But imagine the world and how effective protesting would be if people followed Gandhi’s and Martin Luther King Jr’s footsteps and took the violence away. People would listen to what they had to say and people wouldn’t be dying. Protesting peacefully would be so different than violence that the word would get around faster and have a bigger

The song Give Peace a Chance is basically asking America to be peaceful and to actually try and be peaceful. America is constantly going back to back in war and people from the late 60s and 70s were tired of fighting with people for little reasons. The song is also saying the government should give peace a chance. Just like in the new article by Joan Herbers, the protesters were demanding justice peacefully. Over 200,000 of them showed up

There is a famous quote by President Richard Nixon on November 3rd, 1969. What it meant was that if everyone can protest correctly or patriotically then they can reduce the bad effects of whatever issues they were protesting about but as the people protested Americans reached different conclusions about how the peace should be achieved and what even exactly what the peace was anymore and that all together sparked even more controversy about the subject as a whole. The quote was “ The wheel of density has turned so that any hope the world has for the survival of peace and freedom will be determined by whether the American people have the moral stamina and the courage to meet the challenge of a free world

Well, originally, John Lennon was in a band called the Quarrymen. John recognized Paul McCartney’s musical talent somewhere and invited him to come watch his band, The Quarrymen, play. Paul really enjoyed it. After the show, John and Paul got to talking and they discovered they had very similar musical interests. They were into the same songs and liked the same artists. They decided to start a band together . Soon after, Paul showed John his friend, George Harrison. George was a few years younger than them, so at first John wasn’t so sure. He thought about it, and eventually let him join the band. Shortly after, Ringo Starr was also invited to join The Beatles. They had no idea how popular they would

John Winston Ono Lennon was born under the name John Winston Lennon well before he was married. He was born on the 9th of October 1940 and died on the 8th of December 1980 was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band The Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon as said. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to raise his infant son Sean , but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.

There has been no other band that has influenced pop culture like the Beatles have, according the Rolling Stone website. The Beatles were an English rock band that performed in a city called Liverpool. The Beatle’s members consists of John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Paul McCartney. There genres was rock and pop during the years they were active in 1960-1970.

In every American War, the citizens always stated their opinions and protested in case they believed it was an unjust fight. According to an article written by Kerry Candaele, “Music has always kept company with American wars” (Candaele). Artists and Bands would often use their talents and influence to send the message to the people about keeping peace and doing what is best for the nation. The Beatles are perhaps known as one of the greatest bands to ever play. For the time they played in, there is no comparison for how famous they were for their musical genius. While being a great band, they were also quite persuasive and helped lead people towards peace. The Beatles were an anti-war band that devoted a large fraction of its time in order to send their message to their fans. Through their music and songs such as “Imagine” and “All You Need Is Love”, they hoped to put peace into people’s minds. While they also worked to become the greatest band of all time, the Beatles, as well as other artists, all worked for peace within the United States through the influence of their music.

The beginning of their career (1960s-1966) the Beatles started new trends that ultimately lead to styles and ideas that are still used today. The Beatles affected pop culture through a wide range, they started by changing the way men wore their hair in the for example the moptop, to supporters having a similar lifestyle to them during the psychedelic era. The Beatles started off as a clean cut British pop/rock band and over time they developed. They first started off with the mop top and and clean cut suits.

“We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells” (McCartney). The early Beatles did not have Ringo Starr because they had Pete Best. But they told Pete that they needed someone who was a good image in sound and look of fame and let him go and replaced him for Ringo Starr (Glassman 62) But once they started to think about their solo careers they started to break apart. But the real moment people saw this break was when Yoko Ono came in and caused a few problems with some of the band. The Beatles thought about breaking up for many years and each of them has tried to quit but always came back until Paul McCartney Officially announced

John Winston Lennon was born on October 9th 1941, during a German air raid on World War II in England. His parents separated when he was four years old and he was raised strictly by his aunt. Though his mother still visited him often and taught him how to play the banjo and piano, she also bought him his first guitar. He was a prankster and enjoyed getting in trouble as a child, though he enjoyed drawing as well. John’s school master thought he should go to art school since he didn’t get good grades but had artistic talent. At age sixteen, John was inspired to start his own group by Elvis Presley’s explosion onto the rock music scene. John decided to name it “Quarry Men” named after his school. Soon he met Paul McCartney at a church and invited him to join his group and eventually formed the most successful songwriting partnership in music history with McCartney. John’s friend Holly, had a band named The Crickets and John liked it so he decided he wanted to name his band after a insect as well so he changed their name to the Beatles, but with a A.

It took a lot of time and a lot of chance. Originally, all members of the group were leading their own musical lives. It wasn’t until July 6th, 1957, that John Lennon was first introduced to Paul McCartney (citation). At the time, John Lennon was in his own musical group called, The Quarry Men (citation). However, this group couldn’t quite catch on because it was missing a second vocalist and songwriter (John being the first). For years, Lennon had been looking for a high caliber performer and, luckily for him, the smooth toned McCartney fit right in (citation). With Paul, the group was able to rise to a higher level of recognition in Liverpool. Most of the group found the sprouting popularity ample, except for John and Paul that is (citation). The iconic duo were looking for another leg-up on other groups in the area. This is why Paul McCartney turned to his pal, George Harrison. He was an excellent guitarist and vocalist that added an immediate edge to the Quarry Men’s stage presence (citation). These three young men became the backbone of the group. While other non-important members came and went, the group tried different names that might catch the ear of listeners, these included: The Silver Beatles, and Johnny and the Moondogs (citation). The name-changing tactic worked because it attracted the fourth and final member to the band, Ringo Starr. After the previous drummer, Pete Best, was fired, Starr was brought on,

Whenever people thought about peace activism people would think about John Lennon as well making him synonymous with being a peaceful person. John Lennon was a person who believed that violence was not the answer and someone who was a peaceful activist does not deserve to be killed in such a heinous

President Jimmy Carter believed The Beatles and John Lennon changed “the spirit of a whole generation.” (*) Besides being apart of a rock band, Lennon was very influential. Not only influential, John Lennon was inspirational. Fans of John Lennon that were having a rough time would come to him for advice. One piece of advice that John Lennon gave was “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” There are many other inspirational quotes that John Lennon gave. (*) John Lennon’s death changed the spirit and mindset (outlook on life) of his fans and the world.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama, both, have very strong arguments concerning nonviolent/violent movements. While King believes nonviolent movements tend to work better than fighting back and stooping down to the oppressors level, Obama believes peace can’t always be a helping hand and that there will be times where violence is necessary to prove a point. Discussing the topics of the role of violence and dealing with uncivil and dehumanizing belief systems, as well as, the steps to peace, we can see their contrasting ideas. Although, both King and Obama differ in opinions, these two men can come together when speaking of nonviolence and whether the movements can help.

In 1962, Lennon wrote ‘Please Please Me’ by his infatuation with Bing Crosby’s famous pun, “Please, lend your little ears to me please,’ (www.lifetimetv.co.uk). Based on the textbook’s definition of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, Lennon most likely had linguistic intelligence. As it states in the textbook, linguistic intelligence refers to skills such as “language, speaking, reading a book, [or] writing a story,” and these skills may have harvested Lennon’s interest in this pun. (Tanner et al. 2015, p. 338)