Critical Reading Log #1 John Lennon vs. A Perfect Circle “Imagine” by John Lennon and “Imagine” by A Perfect Circle are both powerful songs with powerful videos. However‚ even though they are the same song I feel as though the two contradict each other in many ways. I feel as though in Lennon’s song‚ he is trying to convey a message of peace‚ and say that if people want to get through dark times‚ if they try hard enough they can. In contrast‚ I feel as though A Perfect Circle’s version is
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John Lennon was one among many inspiring and peaceful performers of his time. Lennon first began to perform with his first band‚ the Quarrymen‚ named after his high school the Quarry Bank School‚ at the age of sixteen. This was the year 1956‚ after World War II. His hometown was still recovering from the aftermath‚ both physically and emotionally. Lennon’s big musical break happened when he joined the Beatles‚ around 1960. At this time‚ his hometown celebrated popularity for its “Merseybeat sound”
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John Winston Lennon Early Life John Winston Lennon was born to Alfred and Juila Lennon on October 9th‚ 1940 in Liverpool England. John was Named after paternal grandfather and the prime minister at the time‚ Winston Churchill. With his parents messy relationship‚ and his father never being around. His aunt‚ Mimi Smith‚ complained to the Liverpool Social Services‚ causing Lennon’s mother to handover the care of John to her. Throughout the rest of his childhood he lived with his aunt and uncle
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thought out process based around two basic questions: who has made a significant difference‚ and done it in more than one way? After really coming down to it‚ I came up with two prime candidates; John Lennon and Ronald Reagan. After researching both‚ I found some extraordinary things. To talk about Lennon I found that he was an extreme positive influence on everyone with his music when the people craved influence the most‚ the Vietnam War‚ but that he also was a major advocate for peace and equality
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in the society we live in. John Lennon believed people should have a chance to do whatever they wanted to do in life. In his song “Working Class Hero‚” he shows how people are small and worthless compared to the people at the top. In order to get to the top‚ you have to give up everything you believe in including morals and ethics. I believe that Lennon is attempting to get people to open their eyes and see that there is more to life than a 9-5 job in a cubicle.John Lennon is able to convince his audience
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“Well‚ I am not average. I am extraordinary.” John Lennon and Me was performed at The Kentucky Center‚ by Stage One on February 7th. The play was written by Cherie Bennett‚ and produced by Peter Holloway. All of the actors that performed were incredible‚ even though they were all only in high school. I thought the play was very good‚ even with it’s minor flaws. The play was about a girl named “Star”‚ which she came up by herself‚ her original name “Stella Grubner”. Star had cystic fibrosis‚ a
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John Lennon was one of the most opinionated yet brilliant artists that will forever live on in generations to come. He believed that there was more beyond what everyone conformed to. John Lennon was a man that left an impact that may seem minimal to society but in reality‚ he captured the vision of what a peaceful world should look like. As a man that was not fond of abiding by any rules or the status quo‚ he decided to take his ability and passion for music in another direction. Most people would
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2/22/13 McCartney vs. Lennon: Loving and Losing John Lennon and Paul McCartney are two revolutionary artists who grew and developed a very beautiful and distinct style of song writing that shaped or rather influenced musicians apart of and after their generation. Besides a distinct difference in tonality between John and Paul‚ both musicians are very different from one another and it is this chemistry that is the very essence of The Beatle’s aura. It is important to understand this distinct
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these four young men from Liverpool ultimately affected the course of pop culture and music in America‚ beginning with their 1964 visit. Each member was born in the midst of World War II; John Lennon and Ringo Starr in 1940‚ Paul McCartney in 1942‚ and George Harrison‚ the youngest of the group‚ in 1943. John‚ Paul‚ George‚ and Ringo were working-class guys with no formal music education. Yet their music were changing the world. The birth of Beatlemania was in 1964 and influenced America and the
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The Beatles had its start as a young band in the early 1960’s; they came about just as some of the most influential rock n’ roll artists were exiting the scene‚ as a result‚ their success and music had a great impact on music in their time. They brought with them a fresh kind of music which involved fusing of different musical sounds like rhythm & blues as well as different types of pop music at the time. With continual experimentation with non standard instruments‚ exploration of new recording
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