...musician. For other uses, see John Lennon (disambiguation). "Lennon" redirects here. For other uses, see Lennon (disambiguation). John Lennon MBE Lennon rehearsing in 1969 Born John Winston Lennon 9 October 1940 Liverpool, England Died 8 December 1980 (aged 40) Manhattan, New York City, US Cause of death Murder by shooting Resting place Ashes scattered at Central Park, New York Occupation Activist artist record producer singer songwriter writer Years active 1957–75, 1980 Spouse(s) Cynthia Powell (m. 1962;div. 1968) Yoko Ono (m. 1969–80; his death) Children Julian Lennon Sean Lennon Parent(s) Alfred Lennon Julia Stanley Website JohnLennon.com Musical career Genres Rock pop experimental Instruments Guitar piano vocals Labels Apple Capitol Geffen Parlophone Polydor Associated acts The Quarrymen The Beatles Plastic Ono Band Harry Nilsson The Dirty Mac Yoko Ono David Bowie Elton John Notable instruments • Rickenbacker 325 Epiphone Casino • Gibson J-160E • • Mellotron Signature John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who co-foundedthe Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With fellow member Paul McCartney, he formed a lucrative songwriting partnership. Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle...
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...citizens were broken. But the worst laid ahead. In May 1941 Liverpool was hardly bombed. Thousands of people were killed. Others lost their home. Survived were broken and wounded. But nothing could break the spirit of the citizens and people fight against all misery with renewed vigour. The reason why Liverpool was so badly attacked explains a lot. First of all, at that time Liverpool was one of the shipping ports that could provision the country. Secondly, the city was a strategic navy base. Widely known Frederic John Walker (captain in the Battle of the Atlantic Sea) was a hero whose actions led to destroing of twenty German submarines. There is a monument to Walker at the Liverpool’s Pier Head in honour of his heroic deed. The spirit of the city and its citizens was supported through very amazing way. The music was a medium to forget...
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...as attending dead celebrity memorial events, these occasions are predominantly joyous, while leaving moments for quite reflection. These interpretations forward the agenda of these scholars, including stereotypical interpretations of fans, while unable to capture the distinction of fan action and its variance within and among fans. In response, consider a John Lennon fan, Jerry, his explanation of what he does every...
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...“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ― Oscar Wilde “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ― Mae West “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” ― Dr. Seuss “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” ― Mark Twain “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ― George Bernard Shaw “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” ― Albert Einstein “Death ends a life, not a relationship.” ― Mitch Albom “Where there is love there is life.” ― Mahatma Gandhi “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.” ― John Greenleaf Whittier “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swaps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.” ― Jess C. Scott “The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.” ― Walt Disney Company “It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you...
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...involves something happening as a result of interaction between Leaders and followers. A real life example of how leadership is a process and not a position is the Andes experience where an amateur Uruguayan rugby team was travelling by airplane en route to a game in Chile. They had a plane crash and never arrived at their destination. In order to ensure continual survival for those who were still alive in the snow covered mountains, everyone took upon themselves to work on ways to survive. Some of the basic issues the Andes survivors faced: tension between individual and group goals, dealing with the different needs and personalities of group members, and keeping hope alive in the face of adversity (Book).The Andes experience also gives us an example of informal leaders emerging from a group. Before the flight there was a boy named Parrado who was awkward and shy both athletic and socially. Nonetheless this unlikely hero became the best loved and most respected among the survivors for his courage, optimism, fairness and emotional support. (Book) Parrado rising as a leader through the situation didn’t start overnight, as it is said he was an awkward and shy person, there was a process that led to him emerging the most respected and loved hero. According to the story, he was a “second stringer”, he wasn’t the most skilled or knowledgeable in the team. This can...
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...To Be Your Everything Spirit In The Sky We Do It Drift Away Orinoco Flow She's Like The Wind Gimme Little Sign For Your Eyes Only Words Are Not Enough Perfect Bye Bye Love I've Never Been To Me Year Of The Cat If I Can't Have You Knock On Wood Don't Pull Your Love You've Got Your Troubles Romeo's Tune Blowin' In The Wind Artist RB Greaves Lesley Gore Bobbie Gentry Aretha Franklin Boris Gardiner Gallery John Paul Young Four Tops Gary & Dave Adrian Gurvitz Dan Hartman Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt Albert Hammond Harpo Delta Goodrem Henchmen Andy Gibb Norman Greenbaum R & J Stone Dobie Gray Enya Patrick Swayze Brenton Wood Sheena Easton Jon English Fairground Attraction Everly Brothers Charlene Al Stewart Yvonne Elliman Amii Stewart Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds Fortunes Steve Forbert Peter Paul & Mary 965 964 963 962 961 960 959 958 957 956 955 954 953 952 951 950 949 948 947 946 945 944 943 942 941 940 939 938 937 936 935 934 933 932 931 930 929 Zoom The Twist Song For Guy Miracle Of Love Kiss You All Over Hold Me Close Lady What's Your Name Forever Autumn Lotta Love Lily Was Here Celebration Up Where We Belong Chuck E's In Love Green Tambourine If I Had Words Beach Baby A Hard Day's Night Play Me Sunny Afternoon Lonely Days Rock & Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) Time After Time Telephone Line I Should Have Known...
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...remains unanswered- How far can the human spirit actually take anyone? Two words, Lance Armstrong. Ladies and Gentlemen my topic for today is my role model in sports and that has to undoubtedly be Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong is an American cycling legend who has won the prestigious Tour de France 7 times. To win this competition is an ultimate dream for any cyclist, but to achieve it after being diagnosed with stage 3 cancer is next to impossible isn’t it? He didn’t think so. The biggest things in life which eventually go on to define you happen when you least expect them. As John Lennon says “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” In the year 1995, Armstrong, then aged 25 was diagnosed with stage 3 testicular cancer. This is the age when a sportsman is supposed to be at his physical peak. But this man was suffering from a type of cancer which spread to his lungs and brain. He had a less than 40% chance of survival. On the face of it this seems to be not only a career threatening but a life threatening situation. Ladies and gentlemen it is not how you go down in flames, but how you rise from the ashes that make a person a true hero and a champion. Cycling is one sport which requires one of the highest levels of physical fitness. Armstrong had to undergo a brain surgery and countless chemotherapy which would have mentally and physically crippled any other person but unbelievably he started practicing and practicing...
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...P1 For this part of my assignment I will be talking about two organisations promotion mix and how they use them. I will select a product from an organisation and explain how this organisation uses promotional strategy to promote their products. Sponsorship Sponsorship is a fee paid to an organization or groups for example sports, arts, entertainment in return for increased awareness. Awareness for that organisation increases because the logo is on display for everyone to see. Unlike advertising, sponsorship cannot communicate specific product attributes because it only shows the logo not the products. While advertising messages are controlled by the advertiser, sponsors do not control the message that is communicated. The business Apple uses sponsorship as a promotional mix. They have done this by sponsoring the American TV show American Idol. In return, Apple’s iPod becomes the official digital music player for American Idol, while the iPhone becomes the shows official handset. By doing this it pr0omotes their products, due to American Idol being a popular TV show millions of people will see Apple’s products. Nike use sponsorship as well, they sponsor popular athletes. These include superstars like Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba and Neymar. Cristiano Ronaldo is a prime example; he makes £14.1million per year from being sponsored by Nike. By sponsoring Ronaldo their logo will appear on what he wears. When he plays a football match, he will wear Nike boots and this...
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...His daring collision of country and Rhythm n Blues is now a precedent to all rock artists here now. He was a big part of getting more black singers out there with everyone else. Those who didn’t love elvis, thought of him as despicable for associating with african american artists. His dance moves were considered raunchy and risque as he was named “Elvis the Pelvis”. Elvis was powerful enough through his singing and dancing to break through those prudish 50’s and 60’s barriers. He forever changed the way of rock n roll and had the biggest effect on how it looks today. Elvis is probably one of the better people that this could have happened for. “Elvis Aaron Presley came from a small humble family who took the Christian messages of all kind being created equal” (Article 3). It’s that fact that makes it sure that he was the best person to give music a make over. He was sympathetic to african...
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...their famous live performances, as well as a number of "dreamscape" sequences for songs from the Abbey Road Studios recording sessions during the group's studio years. The game's soundtrack consists of 45 Beatles songs; additional songs and albums by the Beatles were made available for the game as downloadable content.[1] The game was released internationally on 9 September 2009, coinciding with the release of new, remastered compact disc versions of the Beatles' albums. It incorporates many of the gameplay features of the Rock Band series; however, it is not an expansion pack for the Rock Band series and content for it and other Rock Band titles is not cross-compatible. Harmonix co-founder Alex Rigopulos described the game as "... a new, full game title production built from the ground up."[2] Gameplay mechanics differ slightly from previous Rock Band games, including the addition of a three-part vocal harmony system. Subsequent games in the Rock Band series would reuse these new elements, including vocal harmonies. The game was developed with the blessing and critical input of Apple Corps, including former Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, who both made public appearances supporting the game. George Harrison's son Dhani helped to bridge discussion between...
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...dictionary defines art as a skill acquired by experience, study, or observation; a branch of learning of the humanities; the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects ("Art," 2012). Art has found its way into our lives via many forms and media types ranging from Painting, Sculpting, Architecture, Photography, Printmaking, Conceptual Arts, Installation Arts as well as the Performing Arts. A famous 1975 painting titled “Newton” which was created by poet, artist, printmaker and illustrator William Blake ("William Blake,”); depicts the world renown physicist and theologian as he gazes in awe in the attempt to decipher intelligence and the Whys in life. "Newton" , Blake 1975 In this painting the artisans skills are defined through the use of soft contrasting colors which clearly define Newton star gazing. Blake was also printmaker; printing a book titled America, a prophecy; and Europe, a prophecy ("William Blake America," 2012), clearly he was aquired his skill through experiences making him an entrapenuer in his time. America, a Prophecy; and Europe, a Prophecy/ Blake 1973-1974 Sculpting has also been a grand force in the art world; Michaelangelo’s David which depicts the Biblical King David completely bare ungarnished, without clothing; Michaelangelo used his honed skills and expert crafting skills to depict king David’s natural...
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...were: a contraceptive known as “The Pill”, A Peace sign, a picture of Martin Luther King Jr., Beatles memorabilia, and a newspaper article from 1963 on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Development of oral contraceptives In 1948 with the help of a small grant awarded from the Planned Parenthood organization (Parethood, 2014) and with the assistance of Dr. Min Chueh Chang American Biologist Dr. Gregory Pincus, began working in the early 1950’s on a hormonal contraceptive (Bio.com, 1996-2013). The experiment was using progesterone to inhibit ovulation. They were later joined by a fertility specialist Dr. John Rock and began human trials in the late 1950’s. Margaret Sanger, the Founder of Planned Parenthood, Medical Director, and Vice-President of the organization was a champion of the work being completed by Dr. Pincus and his colleagues. Frustrated with the meager amount of the Planned Parenthood grant Sanger joined forces with Katharine McCormick, biologist, millionaire philanthropist, and activist who was highly involved with the Women’s Rights Movement (Engel, n.d) and was able to increase funding for further research on the contraceptive to two million dollars. These additional funds allowed the doctors to develop a stable and a safe method of oral contraception for women. Enovid was FDA approved and released in the United States in the year 1960. The use of “the pill” helped to lead to a new...
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...Mom, video games should not be judged by popular games like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto which are at times just mindless entertainment but not harmful. If you do not know what these are then just think about the most popular things amongst your favorite form of media or hobby. A common argument that parents and people unfamiliar to video games like to address is how unhealthy they can be. In a sense this can be very true but enjoy it in moderation, too much of anything can be a bad thing. Other studies have found an association between compulsive gaming and being overweight, introverted and prone to depression. The studies didn't compare the benefits of gaming with such downsides. (Hotz. 2012) I come from a family of people who enjoy video games very often and none of us are considered overweight or have any signs of health problems but we may be an exception. It is obviously unhealthy, especially for younger children, to be sitting down playing video games all day when it is recommended that they be outside more. Though they have just become the primary target for this problem of recent years, they are not fully to blame. On occasions when the problem is not video game related, its children and teenagers spending time on the internet or...
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...his experiences and opinions from a sanitarium in California. A heavy smoker, Holden Caulfield claims to be already six feet, two inches tall and to have wisps of grey hair; and he wonders what happens to the ducks when the ponds freeze in winter. The novel was published on 16 July 1951, sold for $3.00, and was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. Within two weeks, it had been reprinted five times, the next month three more times-though by the third edition the jacket photographof the author had quietly disappeared. His book stayed on the bestseller list for thirty weeks, though never above fourth place.' Costing 75?, the Bantam paperback edition appeared in 1964. By 1981, when the same edition went for $2.50, sales still held steady, between twenty and thirty thousand copies per month, about a quarter of a million copies annually. In paperback the novel sold over three million copies between 1953 and 1964, climbed even higher by the 1980s, and continues to attract about as many buyers as it did in 1951. The durabilityof The author appreciates the invitationof Professors Marc Lee Raphaeland Robert A. Gross to present an early version of this essay at the College of William & Mary, and also thanks ProfessorsPaul Boyer and John D. Ibson for their assistance. 1AdamMoss, "Catcher Comes of Age," Esquire, December 1981, p. 57; Jack Salzman, ed., intro. to New Essays on "The Catcher in the Rye" (New York:Cambridge UniversityPress, 1991), pp. 6, 7. 567 568 THE NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY ...
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...The legend of Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was born in African American working-class family, in 1958, Gary, Indiana. His career began at age 6 with his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon in a band formed by his father. An R&B, soul, funk, disco group “The Jackson 5” was founded in 1964 and became very famous after reaching the top of Billboard hot 100 with their four first major labels “I Want You Back”, “ABC”, “The Love You Save” and “I'll Be There”. It became noticeable that Michael is the most talented member of a band so he began a solo career in 1971 and released his debut album “Got to Be There” in 1972. In the early 80's, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos of his songs like “Beat It”, “Billy Jean”, “Thriller” were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool. Popularity of his videos helped to bring a new TV channel MTV to a fame. Jackson's album “Thriller” (1982) is the best-selling album of all time with his other albums also in top 10. This unique case of extreme popularity and fame from such a young age made Michael Jackson a mysterious figure surrounded by more rumours and legends than any other artist. Even now, after his death in 2009, it's hard to tell what is true and what is false and even to describe what exactly image Michael Jackson has because his personality is really controversial and there are so many aspects and variations in his career. Although there are no doubts...
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