Biografia Szósta

BORN: October 9, 1940, Liverpool, England
DIED: December 8, 1980, New York, NY

John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England. When hewas four years old, his parents separated and he ended up living withhis Aunt Mimi. John's father was a merchant seaman and John did not seea lot of his father when he was small. As a child, John was a pranksterand he enjoyed getting in trouble. As a boy and young adult, Johnenjoyed drawing grotesque figures and cripples. One of the reasons forhis obsession with cripples and deformities was because of the Death ofhis Mother Julia. The John's school master thought that John could goto an art school for college, since he did not get good grades inschool, but had artistic talent. He made it to art school, and was notallow to play "Rock and Roll".

At this college, he met a woman by the name of Cynthia Powell, whobecame his first wife. As a child, John lived a life of uninterruptedcalm. He didn't recall feeling desperately sad or unusually happy.Unfortunately that calm was suddenly shattered when his mother diedbefore his 18th birthday. John did not like to talk about the death ofhis mother, because it was to great a sorrow to be publicized. Afterthe death of his mother, John went to live with his Aunt Mimi. Johnconsider his Aunt Mimi the greatest person. They lived in a littlehouse, with frilly curtains at the windows, and an old apple tree inthe front garden. When John was away from home, he thought about AuntMimi and her frilly curtains and her apple tree, and he realized howfortunate he was. Because, though his mother was taken away from him,he was given something precious in return.

At sixteen, Elvis is what was happening. John created the group calledthe "Quarry Man". They performed at school. One day, Paul McCartney wasintroduced to him. At this point, John ask Paul if he could join thegroup, and he accepted the next day. Paul McCartney introduced GeorgeHarrison to John Lennon. The first recording they made was called "Thatwill be the day" by Buddy Holly.

John came up with the name Beatles for the group. John had a visionwhen he was 12 years old - a man appeared on a Flaming pie and saidunto them 'From this day on you are Beatles with an 'A'. The Beatleswere discovered by Brian Epstein in the Cavern, where they wereperforming. After Brian discovered the Beatles he became their manager.The Beatles released their first single "Love me Do", with GeorgeMartin as their producer. This song went up the charts the second dayit was released. "Love Me Do" got up to 17. The Beatles first numberone chart was "Please Please Me" written by John Lennon. This song wasinspired primarily by Roy Orbison but also fed by John's infatuationwith the pun in Bing Crosby's famous "Please, lend your little ears tomy please,"

John married Cynthia Powell in August 1962 and they had a son togetherwho they called Julian.Cynthia described John as "Rough, ready and nother type at all, but had an irresistible character". Since the Beatleswere becoming very popular at the time, Cynthia had to keep a very lowprofile. John Lennon divorced Cynthia and re-married with Yoko Ono whohe met at the Indica Gallery in November 1966. In 1970, the Beatlesbroke up also, after Paul McCartney has announced that he is leavingthe Beatles. After the Beatles broke up, John Lennon went his way andhe tried to send out his message out clearer. He started doing this byreleasing his first solo album Imagine.

Imagine was a passion of John. It crystallized his dream for the worldand his idealism. And it was something that John really wanted to sayto the world. Imagine was the most commercially successful andcritically acclaimed of all John Lennon's post-Beatles efforts. Afterthe Beatles broke up, Paul wrote some songs with hidden message, whichupset John. In response to this John wrote, "How do you sleep ?" andreleased this also on the Imagine album.

In 1972, John Lennon gave a charity concert. The concert was held inMadison Square Garden, August 30, 1972, to help improve the livingconditions of the mentally handicapped children. Starting with theToronto Peace Festival in 1969, John with Yoko did a series of rockconcerts as their statement of Peace and Love, and to spotlight varioussocial issues effectively. All proceeds from the concerts were given tothe needy. This concert in Madison Square garden turned out to be thelast concert John did with the Plastic Ono Band. In 1972 the VietnamWar protest was at its height. The Feminist Movement was in a stage ofawakening. The concert was filled with love of brotherhood andsisterhood. Everybody joined in on the stage at the end when they sang"Give Peace a chance". People could not contain themselves and marcheddown Fifth Avenue after the performance, singing "Give Peace a Chance".John Lennon performed with his new band : "Plastic Ono Band".

In 1973, John and Yoko separated for 14 month, because of all thepublic pressure and problems they were going through. John went to LosAngeles and he was single again after a long time. John became a drunkand was only partying . May Pang became John's companion during thistime as a guidance. During this time, people start seeing more of John.John recorded different records like "Mind Games", "Rock and Roll","Walls and Bridges" . He worked with Ringo on his album, David Bowiewith his "Fame" album and also with Elton John during this time. Aftergoing through all this, John realizes that there was not really anybodythat loves him, besides Yoko. So he returned back to Yoko. He realizesthat he really really loves her and that he could not live without her.

On October 9, 1975, Yoko gave birth to John's other son Sean. John lefthis whole music career for 5 years to raise his son. John did not missmusic at all during this period. He became a househusband and raisedhis son. John did not really exist anymore in the music world. Johnrealized that there is no life without music after 5 years. He was ableto write songs now with ease since there were no pressure. John wroteall the songs on "Double Fantasy" in a period of 3 weeks. This albumwas written, recorded, and released in 1980. When John was singing andwriting this album, he was visualizing everybody in his age group.Unfortunately, John was shot in front of his apartment complex in NewYork while he was in the process of releasing another album "Milk andHoney". John died of the age of 40 in the Roosevelt Hospital onDecember 8, 1980, after receiving multiple gun shot in the back.

The Double Fantasy album is a great album, which contain one ironictitle songs "Just like starting over" now after John's death. John wasjust starting over again, when he was killed. John Lennon created theBeatles and with Paul, Ringo and George, they made great musictogether. John was not a follower, but a leader and was always fightingfor people's right. He was a person that cared for other people andexpresses himself by making different political statements. John wasnot only a great music writer, but also an excellent pop artist and dida lot in the Rock and Roll music world. John can not and will never bereplaced by anybody. His songs will live forever in all our hearts andminds. Just Give Peace a Chance and lets work together to a great andmuch better world.

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