Wiki Spotlight: John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon,
MBE (9 October 1940 – 8
December 1980) was an iconic
20th century composer and
singer of popular music
with Paul McCartney as Lennon-McCartney
throughout the 1960s, and
was the founding member
of The Beatles.
Lennon's songwriting was
an integral part of The
Beatles' profound commercial
and critical impact. His
melodies, written during
the Lennon-McCartney era,
and later, in his solo career,
are distinctive and unashamedly
romantic. Lennon's lyrics
reflected his personal and
career demands, philosophical
outlook, his unease with
his fame and current events.
He and McCartney popularized
the use of electronic effects
in rock music.
Lennon, on television and
in films such as A Hard
Day's Night (1964), and
by press conferences and
interviews, revealed his
rebellious, iconoclastic
nature and quick, irreverent
wit. Lennon channeled his
fame and penchant for controversy
into his work as a peace
activist, artist and author.
He was murdered in New York
City in December 1980.
In 2002, the BBC polled
the British public about
the 100 Greatest Britons
of all time. Respondents
voted Lennon into eighth
place...
Lennon had a profound influence
on rock 'n' roll and in
expanding the genre's boundaries
during the 1960s. He is
widely considered, along
with McCartney, to be one
of the most influential
singer-songwriter-musicians
of the 20th century. Many
of the songs written exclusively
or primarily by Lennon,
however, are more introspective
— often in the first person
— and more personal than
McCartney's. His most surreal
pieces of songwriting, "Strawberry
Fields Forever" and
"I Am the Walrus",
are examples of his unique
style. Lennon's partnership
in songwriting with McCartney
involved him - many times
- in complementing and counterbalancing
McCartney's upbeat positive
outlook with the other side
of the coin, as one of their
songs, "Getting Better"
demonstrates:McCartney:
I've got to admit it's getting
better, it's getting better
all the time.
Lennon: It can´t get no
worse!
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