1940 10 October 9: John? Lennon was born in a broken family and was raised by menstruation. He studied at Liverpool Art Institute in his early years. 18 years old, my mother died in a car accident.
1956: I met PaulMcCartney, age 14. 1958: Paul's good friend, 16 year old George? George harrison joined the band. The Beatles has basically taken shape.
1May, 962: Signed a contract with Parlophone, a small company owned by EMI in London. From then on, the rock music "British invasion" featuring the Beatles began.
1964: At the end of the year, 30 Beatles songs were selected into the "100 songs chart" of that year, and their three albums were exclusive to the album chart for 30 weeks. In the next five years, almost all the albums became music classics.
1968: John met the avant-garde artist Yoko Ono Lennon Lennon in new york, and then his marriage with Cynthia broke up.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon got married in Gibraltar.
1970: The release of the album ABBEYROAD caused disagreement among the band members. John and Paul accused each other's wives of being too involved in the affairs of the band, which led to an argument and even a lawsuit. The Beatles finally parted ways in the first year of the 1970s, and the music scene finally fell apart.
1970s: John Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon settled in Greenwich Village, new york, and continued their music and artistic creation.
1On the evening of February 8, 980, John was shot dead by a crazy gunman in front of his apartment in Manhattan on his way home after playing the guitar for Yoko's song "Walking on Thin Ice". Later, the fan was arrested by the police and sentenced to live in a mental hospital for life. 65438+February 14 at 2 pm, Lennon's global fans collectively mourned for him 10 minutes, and his unexpected death also caused the sales of records such as Double Fantasy to soar around the world.
In the years after Lennon's death, his influence and reputation grew day by day. Until the mid-1980s, some of Lennon's unreleased tracks were listed one after another, and the video of a charity performance he participated in at 1972 was also collected by many fans. In addition, in order to commemorate Lennon, several founding members of the Beatles re-recorded several old songs popular in the 1970s at 1995, and these last songs later made the charts as new songs at 1996.
In 2000, "Lennon fever" made a comeback. A large number of books about this cultural icon have been published, among which Geoffrey Giuliano's Lennon in America, robert rosen's Nowhere: John Lennon's Last Days and Lennon's Members: Full Interview with Rolling Stones since 1970 are famous. It can be said that Lennon and his Beatles influenced a whole generation and will continue to do so.
Restore a real John Lennon
As a superstar in the history of pop music, John Lennon's influence has already gone far beyond the field of pop music and become a symbol of the times. The Beatles band he formed, his music, his life and his filming ending have become the focus of people's long-term attention and shocked the whole world. However, what is the real performance of this superstar in daily life? What kind of love-hate entanglements does he have behind the scenes? My John restores a real John Lennon from the perspective of Lennon's closest lover.
My John was written by John Lennon's first wife, Cynthia Lennon. They met while studying at Liverpool Art Institute, and soon fell in love. They got married in 1962 and gave birth to their son Julian in 1963. Their love kept pace with the rise of the Beatles and spanned the most important decade in the Beatles' history. 1968, their marriage broke down, and finally they divorced on 1969. Since John was shot in new york in 1980, Cynthia has kept silent about many things since then. In this book, for the first time, she reveals the little-known and fascinating past of the Beatles era, tells the story of her emotional entanglement with John Lennon, and shows the warmth and indifference of this legendary superstar.
Cynthia and Lennon went through the magical process of the Beatles from obscurity to fame together, so she also witnessed how John Lennon became a world superstar from a teenager in Liverpool from the nearest distance. In this book, the author shows readers her love-hate entanglement with Lennon with real and vivid brushstrokes. When we look at the stars in the light, strong light often stings our eyes. In Cynthia's works, Lennon has completely lost his aura. He is just a husband and a father. He used to get along with him day and night and share joys and sorrows. In the author's opinion, Lennon is lovely and simple. They used to tide over the difficulties together and enjoy a quiet and peaceful life, especially after their son Julian was born, and their feelings had a common bond. However, with Lennon's frequent performances, the two spent less and less time together, and their feelings also cracked, until a scene that broke Cynthia's heart happened-Lennon betrayed his wife after meeting Japanese Yoko Ono Lennon.
Cynthia can tolerate Lennon being angry with herself for no reason. His long-term lack of due fatherly love for his son Julian is understandable, but when she was abandoned by Lennon, she felt even more confused. As she said in the book: "I never stopped loving John, but this love is extremely expensive." Someone asked me, if I knew the ending ahead from the beginning, would I still choose this life? My answer is "no". "One side is deep love, and the other side is pain, torture and humiliation. John Lennon, who once brought passion and dreams to countless people, brought his wife Cynthia complex emotions beyond words. This book not only traces the glorious history of the Beatles, but also makes people understand the true meaning of life.
Hai Quan, a famous musician, strongly recommended this book. He said: "An ordinary woman told a black-and-white story. She had a vigorous love, but she was tortured by this love all her life." I absolutely believe what I found in this book-the most ordinary side of the extraordinary Beatles; No matter how much you love them or their works, don't miss every detail here. "I believe that readers will have the same resonance after reading this book.