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John Lennon Quotes
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John Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon ) ( 9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980 ) was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, political activist, humorist, painter and writer. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Playboy interview (1980) 2 Lyrics 2.1 John Lennon/Plastic Ono...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Lennon, John (1940-1980) Summary
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Most famed as one of the members of the Beatles as well as the co-composer of the Beatles song catalogue which includes many of the most popular rock songs ever written, John Lennon is also notable for his solo career, his enduring status as a...
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John Lennon Information
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John Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English rock musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of The Beatles. In his solo career, Lennon wrote and recorded songs such as "Give Peace...


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AUMLA : Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association
The Mourning of John Lennon
05/01/2001: 574 words, approx. 2 pages
Anthony Elliot. The Mourning of John Lennon. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1999. Using a multidisciplinary approach that draws on psychoanalysis, politics, biography, cultural studies and postmodernism, Elliott's study provides a comprehensive overview of the ex-Beatle's career, focusing in particular on the latter period...
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The Washington Post
The Mysteries Of John Lennon
01/22/1989: 935 words, approx. 3 pages
THE LIVES OF JOHN LENNON By Albert Goldman Morrow. 719 pp. $22.95 IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON "Foreward" by Yoko Ono Preface by David L. Wolper Written and edited by Andrew Solt and Sam Egan Macmillan/Sarah Lazin. 255 pp. $39.95 ACCORDING to...
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The New York Observer
Local Yoko! John Lennon\'d5s Widow Gives Upper East Side A Chance
6/19/2007: 391 words, approx. 1 pages
On Monday, June 18, The Transom curled up with artist and activist Yoko Ono on a loveseat in her dressing room at the 92nd Street Y, where she had just finished a question-and-answer session with Anthony DeCurtis, music critic and Rolling Stone contributing editor, before...
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AP News
Lock of Lennon's hair sells for $48,000
12/12/2007: 254 words, approx. 1 pages
Imagine that. A lock of John Lennon's hair sold for $48,000 Wednesday in an auction of Beatles' memorabilia collected by the band's hairdresser.The hair — inside an autographed copy of Lennon's book "A Spaniard in the Works" — sold to an unnamed telephone bidder.Gorringes auction...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Wilfrid Mellers
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[What] kind of world did [the Beatles] evoke in their early years, from [their] interfusion of American black blues and white rock and Country-Western, of Anglo-Irish folk music and song and dance from music-hall and pub? From the start the Beatles were individualities who sought a corporate identity. Though only during the first year or two did Lennon and McCartney actually compose together, there's point in the ascription of the songs to their joint authorship. They needed one another for their ful...
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Critical Essay by Greil Marcus
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[The music on Meet the Bealtes] was instantly recognizable and like nothing we had ever heard. It was joyous, threatening, absurd, arrogant, determined, innocent and tough…. It was only in the context of the Beatles event that their music was perceived for what it was.
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Critical Essay by Roy Carr and Tony Tyler
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[The initial meeting between John and Paul] in the late 'fifties led to events that shook the world. This is no exaggeration. How many of us can look around and deny that the Beatles at least seemed to initiate many of those changes in our social attitudes and tastes that took place in the 'sixties and which still reverberate today? Possibly it was just the group's good luck to be so closely identified with these mass changes in consciousness. Yet many who still view the whole Beatle Ph...
 
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Death of John Lennon
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This essay is about Mark David Chapman and the death of John Lennon.
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A Day in the Life of John Lennon
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The Death of John Lennon
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Briefly describes the life of John Lennon and depicts his death and what comes of it throughout history.


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