John-Lennon

JohnLennonBornduringtheSecondWorldWar•BorntoJuliaLennonin1940.Hisfatherwasasailorandawayatsea.•HewenttolivewithhisAuntieMimiaged5asitwasdecidedthatsheandherhusbandwouldbebetterabletoprovideforhim.Schooling•Johnwasnotveryacademicatschoolalthoughhewasverygoodatart.•HisMumboughthimaguitarwhenhewas15yearsold.•Heformedseveralbands,the1stin1956calledTheQuarrymen.•HesooninvitedPaulMcCartneytojoin.Bythe1960safterplayinginGermanytorefinetheirskills…•ThenamewaschangedtoTheBeatles•The4memberswereJohn,Paul,GeorgeandRingo•In1962theyreleasedasingle‘Lovemedo’whichwenttoNo.1Beatlemaniafollowed…•Thealbum‘Please,PleaseMe’wentstraighttonumberoneasdidalltherecordstheyreleasedatthistime.•Theirsoundwasyoungandenergetic•TheyweremobbedhereandtheninAmerica.By1966..•ThesongsweremostlywrittenbyJohnLennonandPaulMcartney•TheBeatleswereexhaustedbytheattention•Theystoppedtouringandrecordedtheirsongs,usingrareinstrumentsandunusualtechniquestocreateauniquesound.Theymadesuccessfulfilmsaswellasrecordinginnovativemusic.JohnLennon•Hehadmarriedafellowartstudent,in1962,beforetheBeatleswerefamousandhadasonJulian.•In1967HewenttoanartexhibitioninLondonbyYokoOnoandfellinlove.•HedivorcedCynthia,andmarriedYokoin1969JohnandYokobecameinvolvedinthePeacemovement•DuringthelatesixtiestheHippyMovementevolved,manyyoungpeoplebecameinterestedinalternativelifestyles.•TheBeatleswerepartofthis,theygrewtheirhair,wentontripstoIndiaandtalkedaboutworldissues.TheBeatlesbrokeup…•Theylastplayedlivein1969,ontopofabuildinginLondon.•Theyhadallbeguntowanttododifferentthings.•JohnandYokobegantorecordtheirownrecords,theywereveryunusual.TheBeatleshadbeenawardedMBEsin1965•JohnreturnedhistoTheQueenin1968inprotestofthesupportgiventotheUSAintheVietnamWaranditspoliciesinAfrica.JohnandYokobecameinvolvedinworldpoliticsusingtheirfametogainpublicity•1969JohnandYokostayedinbedforaweek,invitedtheWorld’spressandcomeandrecorded‘GivePeaceaChance’.JohnLennonnowlivedinAmerica•Johnrecordedhismostfamoussongin1971‘Imagine’.ItwasvotedSongoftheMillenniumnearly30yearslater.•AfteratemporaryspiltfromYoko,theyhadasonin1975.Johnbecameahousehusband•Yokowentouttowork,managingthemoneythatJohnhadmadeaspartofTheBeatles.•Helovedbeingathomewithhisbabyson,ashehadmissedoutonallthatwithJulian.By1980…•Johnhadbeguntorecordmusicagain.•HewroteofhishappinessandloveforYoko.•OnDecember8th1980acrazedfanshotJohndeadoutsidehisflatinNewYork.TheLegacyofJohnLennon•AwonderfulmusicalpartnershipwithPaulMcCartneyinTheBeatleswhichwasthesoundtrackofTheSixties.•Awidebodyofmusicusingdifferentstylesandinstruments.•Hebroughtahighprofiletothepeace/anti-warmovementinvolvingyoungpeopleinPolitics.