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John Lennon

DeCurtis, Anthony. "John Lennon History/Biography." //John Lennon//. not listed, 25 March 2010. Web. 28 Apr 2010. .

1. interviews were long and in depth 2. changed the standard for how artists should act 3. was very outspoken 4. murdered in 1980 after a 20 year music career 5. has been called a "prince of peace" 6. songs were very emotionally and for some people are hard to listen to 7. wrote songs like "Mother" and "God" as a theraputic way to get over trauma from his childhood 8. his mother was in and out of his life all the time- raised by aunt 9. father walked out when he was an infant 10. father returned when he found out John was a famous musician 11. was very direct with his writing 12. used only the basic instruments needed for a song 13. song "Imagine"became historically important 14. activism caused legal issues for Lennon because his writing was so true and honest 15. withdrew from music for 5 years to focus on family 16. reunited with Yoko Ono to make an album about their life with their son Sean 17. said to be the enemy of the "status quo" for his many contradictions about life 18. everyone can find themself and others in his music 19. has artistic immortality with the music he wrote 20. views were well beyond his time

"Beatledämmerung ." //Time Magazine// Jan. 25, 1971 : n. pag. Web. 27 Apr 2010. .

21. struggled with drugs 22. said people never appreciated him before the Beatls 23. his aunt would throw out the music he wrote 24. said his writing talents were able to compete with Shakespeare 25. said he was "born into" rock 26. artists are judged by their work, not what they do in public 27. the song "God" talks about John saying goodbye to the Beatles 28. defined love in his songs as feeling, reaching, needing, freedom 29. music matched is soul-baring mood perfectly 30. Lennon said that what he remembers from the Beatles is the misery that fame brought him 31. music changed alot after the break up of the Beatles 32. song "Working Class Hero" is a "hard lived truth" (honest) 33. "Working Class Hero" made it to Bilboards top ten in only 4 weeks 34. wrote many pop classics with Paul McCartney 35. Lennon regretted not leaving the Beatles before McCartney 36. in the 70's Lennon was struggling to find his values 37. people questioned whether he was a peace activist or not 38. went through treatment to get all of the traumas and hardships of his past out of his mind 39. used interviews as a form of public therapy 40. wallowed in self-pity after the Beatles broke up

"Keno's John Lennon Web Site." //Keno.org//. Keno Internet Services, 2010. Web. 28 Apr 2010. .

41. "Mother" written about parents that weren't involved 42. "Revolution" written about people always saying they want to change the world 43. "Imagine" talks about imaging a world where people aren't divided 44. "All You Need is Love" talks about how the only thing needed in life is love 45. "Watching the Wheels" was written about someone in retirement 46. "(Just Like) Starting Over" talks about his comeback and reunion with Yoko 47. "Woman" talks about his love for Yoko 48. "Give Peace a Chance" talks about how many different artists are writing about giving peace a chance 49. "Jealous Guy" talks about a guy who was jealous and now appologizing to her for it 50. "I'm So Tired" written about a guy being stuck with one girl while wanting another 51. "Grow Old With Me" talks about someone wanting to stay with the person they are with forever 52. "Whatever Gets you Through the Night" talks about a guy being the thing that can get a girl through life 53. "Give me Some Truth" talks about people wanting the truth of the world not the lies the media makes up 54. "Cold Turkey" talks about someone giving up something or quitting something 55. "Crippled Inside" talks about a common person looking at the government figures and seeing the truth behind them 56. "Norwegian Wood" talks about an affair 57. "A Day in the Life" was written from the point of view of a common person after the war ended 58. "Instant Karma" talks about how someone who is full of themself will get what they deserve, karma will hurt them 59. "The Ballad of John and Yoko" goes through the life of John and his wife Yoko 60. "Working Class Hero" written form the point of view of a famous person discussing common people

Gilmore, Mikah. "Lennon Live Forever." //Rolling Stone// 15 December 2005: 56+. Web. 28 Apr 2010. .

61. once said the "Pain is what we're in most of the time" 62. portrayed that quote in music 63. remade his life and the world with his music 64. past made no sense after he died 65. in its time the Beatles group meant everything to people 66. after he left the band he strived for honesty 67. made music that moved the world 68. nobody in music's history mattered as much as Lennon 69. took greater risks than other people and made more interesting music 70. made optimism and compassion seem easy and possible 71. believed that he could make a difference in his time 72. believed in what he wrote about 73. changed the possibilities in the years ahead of him 74. wrote songs as away to get things out 75. rebelious side reflected in his writing came from his mother 76. traumatic experience of his mother being killed by an off duty police officer led him to write "Mother" 77. other then fear of nuclear weapons the Beatles were the biggest thing in the world 78. world started changing when Lennon started writing 79. psychologist Arthur Janov had him write music to express his traumas 80. no song has ever match "Imagine" in what it means