John Lennon Summary

Lennon, John (1940-1980) 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 ... Read more

The English musician, poet, and songwriter John Winston Lennon (1940-1980) was a founder of The Beatles, the single most important and influential group in the history of rock 'n' roll music. He was m... Read more

Critical Essay by Francis Newton The Beatles are an agreeable bunch of kids, quite unsinister (unlike some of the American teenage comets), with that charming combination of flamboyance and a certain... Read more

Critical Essay by Frederic V. Grunfeld [The] Beatles are now in a position to do anything at all and have it listened to. Their recent oeuvre, notably Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and... Read more

Critical Essay by Tom Wolfe September…. The Merry Pranksters are getting ready to head bombed out into the mightiest crazed throng in San Francisco history, come to see the Beatles at the Cow ... Read more

Critical Essay by John Gabree The Beatles, ninety minutes of music on two records, is massively boring, a collection of mediocre compositions given some of the most flaccid performances of recent mon... Read more

Critical Essay by Michael Wood Lennon and McCartney's early lyrics were thin and conventional. There was rain in the heart, there were stars in the sky, birds were always threatening not to si... Read more

Critical Essay by Russel Nye While the Beatles' audience might be preponderantly pubescent, at the same time their musical ideas attracted and influenced serious, sophisticated, professional m... Read more

Critical Essay by Bud Scoppa When I first heard Ram in bits and pieces on the radio several weeks ago, I hated it. I didn't care much for the single, either. But then, feeling myself getting s... Read more

Critical Essay by Richard Poirier Any close listening to musical groups soon establishes the fact that as composers and performers the Beatles repay attention altogether more than does any other grou... Read more

Critical Essay by Bruce Harris Since the breakup of The Beatles, Paul has had the unhappy role of playing villain, a problem that has been amplified by things John Lennon has said and sung, statement... Read more

Critical Essay by Wilfrid Mellers [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-Iris... Read more

Critical Essay by Tom Wolfe Literary London, from parlor to arty mews, has been one great wide open door for noble primitives, even though London literati still live in the mental atmosphere of the 1... Read more

Critical Essay by Paul Nelson As time goes by, John Lennon's importance to the Beatles becomes more and more self-evident. The same old story we've been hearing for years—that Le... Read more

Critical Essay by Lester Bangs What has McCartney got that makes people of all ages the world over respond, that makes the media sit up and bark soon as he strolls across the pond, that makes his com... Read more

Critical Essay by Greil Marcus [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 to... Read more

Critical Essay by Peter Schickele [In His Own Write] not only has a style of its own, but at its best it has a very sure and delightful style. Moreover, it is not about the author or the group which ... Read more

Critical Essay by Richard Goldstein If being a critic were the same as being a listener I could just enjoy "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Other than one cut which I... Read more

Critical Essay by Don Heckman That "Sgt. Pepper" is different from [the Beatles'] previous albums should surprise no one. Every edition of their work has revealed change, sometim... Read more

One of the most notorious assassinations in our history was the death of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980. Chapman was a depressed man who had mental problems and unfortunately ... Read more

John Lennon's assassination was a premeditated act by a deranged and obsessed fan. Lennon wrote many songs preaching peace and love. John was just entering a new stage in his life and his music wh... Read more