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John Lennon’s Musical Influences & Solo Career
By Mia DohrmannPeriod 2
Born: October 9, 1940
Liverpool, England
Mother Julia absent throughout John’s childhood
Died in a car crash when Lennon was 17
Mimi was the dis c iplinerGeorge was an artistic influence
Taught Lennon to draw and paint
The Beatles
• Member of world famous rock band, The Beatles
• One of 4 members
Paul McCartney George harrison
Ringo StarrJohn Lennon
Involvement with The
Beatles
Co-wrote with McCartney
Founder Singer Guitarist
Lennon's lyrics reflected his personal and career
demands, philosophical outlook, his
unease with his fame and current events. – http://www.popstarsplus.com/music_johnlennon.htm
Songs envisioned a peaceful ,
Utopian society
“Rain”
“In My Life”
Marriages
First Wife: Cynthia Powell
Marriage lasted from 1962 – 1968
Son: Julian
2nd Wife: Yoko Ono
Son Sean
1969 – June 1973
May Pang
“Lost Weekend”
1973 - 1975
Yoko: 1975 – 1980
Drug Influence
LSD (“I Am the Walrus”)
Preludin
Cannabis
Marijuana
Book: The Psychedelic Experience
BREAKUP IN 1970
Solo Career
Plastic Ono SongsReflect Childhood
“Mother”
“Working Class Hero”
“Remember”
Possibly the most popular solo album of John Lennon
Songs written about equality, realism,
war, love,
Yoko Ono
“Imagine” Lyrical Meaning
“Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die forAnd no religion too
Imagine all the peopleLiving life in peace...”
“You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join usAnd the world will be as one”
Peace
Equality
Anti-War
World Conflicts
Dreaming
Solo Albums Continued..
Some Time in New York City (1972)
Mind Games (1973)
Walls and Bridges (1974)
Rock ‘n’ Roll (1975)
Shaved Fish (1975)
Double Fantasy (1980)
Mark David Chapman
New York City
December 8, 1980
/Musica l Influences Dreams
Social Activism
Ego
Peace
Equality
• “Innumerable times since his death Lennon has been sorely missed. And just as many times and more he has been present - evoked by all of us who find ourselves and each other in the music he made and the vision that he articulated and tried to make real.”
– Anthony DeCurtis
Works Cited
• Info– http://www.johnlennon.com/html/biography.as
px– http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/john-lennon
– http://www.john-lennon.com/songlyrics/– http://www.popstarsplus.com/music_johnlenn
on.htm
