What inspired John Lennon to write the Imagine and why is it considered one of his greatest songs? At first it had been hard to pick a song from the list because there were so many songs on the list that I had known prior to this assignment and a lot of them had sentimental meanings to me. Through the process of narrowing down the songs I looked up what was going on in the world at the time they were made and that helped narrow it down to a few. My last step was to just pick the song that had the greatest meaning to me and that song was Imagine. When I was growing up I remember listing to this song on car rides and at parties. My dad loves John Lennon and one of his favorite songs is Imagine, that is why I ultimately pick Imagine as the song I wanted to do this project on.
Imagine, by John Lennon, was written in 1971 by Lennon and Yoko Ono. Imagine was inspired by Ono 's book Grapefruit and specifically the poem Cloud Piece. Lennon gave co-credit on the song to Ono saying, "The song was originally inspired by Yoko 's book Grapefruit. In it are a lot of pieces saying, imagine this, imagine that. Yoko actually helped a lot with the lyrics, but I wasn 't man enough to let her have credit for it. I was still selfish enough and unaware enough to sort of take her contribution without acknowledging it. I was still full of wanting my own space after being in a room with the guys all the time, having to share everything." (All We Are Saying. David Sheff) (Beatles Bible) Imagine was
I choose the psychological lens. I chose this lens because it focus on what the character think .It also focus on what motivates them. In my song the author writes about what she thinks about women 's confidence or way of thinking about thir bodies. She also wrote about how her mother motivated her. In the song she wrote that in popular magazines they use alot of photoshop .Trainor
Different races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, and religions banded together to pretest the war. People view the John Lennon song, “Give Peace A Chance,” as a good example of how the war brought people together. The recording of the songs features an acoustic guitar, with a tambourine, and the voices of, reportedly, 50 people in a hotel room. The song was written by Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono during their “bed-in,” where they stayed on a bed in a hotel for a week at a time, in order to protest the war. This song was adopted by the anti-war movement as its
They were creating things out of the box that no one could imagine. The famous song “Tomorrow Never Knows” stood out from other songs being produced at the time. Using unaccustomed techniques “The song itself sounded like virtually nothing the band had recorded up to that point,” (Dempsey). The Beatles were pushing themselves musically. They were setting an example for other musical groups showing that experimenting with sound and going beyond comfort will pay off in the long run.
They started new and innovative trends of experimentation with sex and started the idea of using drugs for recreation. They promoted peace and opened up capitalist society to the idea of socialism. These are all major themes which have forever altered the course of future societies and are themes that are still massive influences on our societal decisions today!
The band consisted of John Lennon (1940–1980), Paul McCartney (b. 1942), George Harrison (1943–2001), and Ringo Starr (b. 1940)
He also brought The Beatles into considering the psychedelia and folk side of music. Many of the first songs The Beatles created were directly influenced by Buddy Holly with slight influences from Roy Orbison. They wanted to create a similar sound to Holly with their own spin on the genre. Paul McCartney’s songwriting was created to emulate the technique of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
Paul McCartney accomplishes a difficult song writing task as he places the verses In the key of B and choruses in the key of A, then changes back to B using ' 'E ' ' as the pivot chord.
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The American Dream is the ideology that every United States citizen has the equal opportunity to achieve their own set goals, if they are willing to put in the hard work and determination to do so. Throughout John Mellencamp’s music career, he is known for interpreting the American Dream within the narrative style of his songs. In the song “Little Pink Houses” by John Mellencamp, which was released in 1983, was no exception towards his normality. Mellencamp emphasizes his viewpoints towards what it means to obtain and achieve the American Dream in the modern day society. John Mellencamp suggests that not everyone is able to achieve the American Dream because only some can achieve it, but most others are unable throughout the lyrics.
The Beatles were undoubtedly one of the best song composers of the twentieth century. Their countless number of hits have motivated and inspired millions of songwriters and fans all throughout the world. “Hey Jude” is certainly one of their most popular songs of all time. Not only has the track been recognized as one of the Beatles’ greatest songs of all time, but has been influential enough to be classified as an anthem. What was is about “Hey Jude” that was so captivating, and influential in rock and roll history?
However, the purpose of them playing this song is not to move a plot forward, but to establish themselves. This song was recorded at the beginning of their career when they had gained popularity but were only known as being a rock-n-roll group. Thus, by covering this song, they showed that they were not confined to just rock and were able to tackle all genres of music. Thus, I believe The Beatles’ performance of the song is effective in that sense.
Since February of 1964 when the beatles showed their music to the souls of America, everyone was hooked. The Beatles transformed not just the United States form of music but the entire world’s perspective on Rock and Roll; by their attitudes, style and sound.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney are very famous names that have come up in many different topics. These guys are the vocalists behind the Beatles. Lennon and McCartney wrote over 300 songs together but not all were put to music and released.
(Charness 7). Secondly, Fowler overlooked another factor that contribute to the success of the band which is the mass media as it is a medium that helped promote and develop pop music thus allowed the idols (the Beatles), pop music and youth culture to connect. Finally, even though we don’t know the fact whether the Beatles did it for money or out of interest (as the ones who could truly answer this question are the Beatles themselves), I find Fowler’s comment that ‘the Beatles worked for commercial benefit’ too strong as he has ignored the fact that creativity cannot emerge out of money but one’s
I) Introduction:
Hello everyone today I will speak to you about an English rock band who most of you have heard off, “The Beatles”. They were one of the biggest musical icons in history. The band consisted of 4 legends: John Lennon (guitar), George Harrison (guitar), Paul McCartney (bass) and Ringo Starr (drums).
Imagine by John Lennon under his album Imagine brings a vision of hope to listeners; an idea that becomes a possibility. Who would have thought that the world could get along? Throughout the song peace is shown to be something that can be accomplished if only we could overcome our selfish desires. Throughout the song he refers to religion, culture divide, and greed. When listening to the song the tone is very sanguine.
