Each year fans celebrate 9th October as the birthday anniversary of John Lennon, arguably one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. John was born in 1940 and would have been 70 today had his life not been abruptly ended by a gunman just outside Lennon's Manhattan residence on 8th December 1980.
John Lennon was born is Liverpool, England in 1940. He formed his first band, a skiffle group called The Quarrymen, in 1956 with future Beatles members, George Harrison and Paul McCartney.
This post won't go into the phenomenal success of the Beatles, but the Fab Four lasted the entire decade of the 60s, and split up somewhere around 1970. John Lennon, with his second wife Yoko Ono, began a solo career and that was when he released his classic songs "Imagine" and "Give Peace a Chance". John was a fervent peace activist, and was very much against the Vietnam War.
I believe many of us Josephians of the Seventies love and can identify with the music of John Lennon, especially "Imagine". Here's a videoclip to trigger those memories ...
Thank you to John Lennon for his music. May he rest in peace
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yeah, love john! peace man!
ReplyDeleteclassic song. will be sung and remembered for generations.
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John Lennon songs had a great impact on society during the 70s. The famous "peace" sign and anti-war songs/demos eventually turned public opinion against US involvement in Vietnam - culminating in the fall of Saigon in 1975.
ReplyDeleteWe had the "beatles hairstyle" and "Elvis' side-burns", but "John Lennon spectacles" were a hit during the 70s - the famous rounded glasses that he used to wear. Opticians must have experienced a sudden surge in sales during that period.
"Imagine" and "Woman" were two of his best songs.
Cheers !
John Lennon and Paul McCartney were great as a song writing pair. Many, many, many hit songs during the Beatles days.
ReplyDeleteYeah baby, a grovvy and hippy fellow. Love all his songs though esp. 'Imagine'
ReplyDeleteCannot understand why anyone wants to shoot him, he didn't do anything to hurt anybody right?
BTW, what happened to the killer? Was he sentenced to the electric chair?
i think the killer is still around. in jail.
ReplyDeleteImagine there's no Heaven ...
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ReplyDeleteKiller shd be in hell by now instead of in jail, wasting tax payers money feeding him. John Lennon to die and killer gets to live, very unfair....very unfair.
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