2. The Beginning
John was born on October 9th, 1940 in Liverpool. He was raised by
his Aunt Mimi.
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3. Liverpool
“The clubs, the bands,
trend-setting fashions,
world-class architecture
and a thriving economy, all
came together to make
Liverpool the success story
of the Swinging Sixties...
Liverpool was at the centre
of a decade that shook the
world.” (Claire Brown,
2009)
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4. Growing Up
“Part of me would like to be accepted by all facets of society and not be this loudmouthed lunatic
poet/musician. But I cannot be what I am not ... I was the one who all the other boys' parents—
including Paul's father—would say, 'Keep away from him' ... The parents instinctively recognised I was
a troublemaker, meaning I did not conform and I would influence their children, which I did. I did
my best to disrupt every friend's home ... Partly out of envy that I didn't have this so-called home ...
but I did ... There were five women that were my family. Five strong, intelligent, beautiful women,
five sisters. One happened to be my mother. [She] just couldn't deal with life. She was the youngest
and she had a husband who ran away to sea and the war was on and she couldn't cope with me, and
I ended up living with her elder sister. Now those women were fantastic ... And that was my first
feminist education ... I would infiltrate the other boys minds. I could say, "Parents are not gods
because I don't live with mine and, therefore, I know.”- John Lennon (Sheff 1981, pp. 134–136.)
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5. The Beginning of The Beatles:
“The Quarrymen”
John met Paul at church. They were inspired by
Elvis Presley and decided they wanted to start a
band. Paul knew was friends with George, so he
introduced him to John as their guitarists,
though he was younger. They named their band
“The Quarry Men” after their high school Quarry
Bank High School. They later added Pete Best as
their drummer for a brief amount of time until
they replaced with with Ringo Starr.
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6. Who he was John Lennon was known as the “Smart
Beatle”(Anthony DeCurtis, 2012)
“In fact, he was a far more complex and
difficult person, which, in part, accounts for the
world’s endless fascination with
him.” (Anthony DeCurtis, 2012)
“It was a Messianic attitude, to be sure, but one that was tempered by an innate
inclusiveness and generosity. If he saw himself as larger than life, he also yearned for
a world in which his ego managed at once to absorb everyone else and dissolve all
differences among people, leaving a Zen-like tranquility and calm.” (Anthony
DeCurtis, 2012)
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7. The Beatles
The Beatles were a very talented band that affected
many people. They made several movies and
released thirteen studio albums. The Beatles hold the
Guinness World Record for the “Biggest All Time
Sales for a Band” with around a billion records sold.
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8. “Let It Be”
This was really a breaking point for The Beatles.
They were fighting, John was no longer interested
in the Beatles, and they would be parting soon.
“By this time, John had found the great love of his
life, the woman of his dreams, the enigmatic Yoko
Ono, and the sad truth was he just didn't care much
about being a Beatle anymore. Also, John's
growing drug use, especially his current
experimentation with heroin, definitely added to
his growing disenchantment, paranoia, and
hostility.” -Eddie Deezen
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9. Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono was a very controversial
women at that time, and still is. Many
people hate her. She was John’s wife.
Many people think that she broke up
The Beatles. After John left the Beatles,
they started a band called the Plastic
Ono Band.
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