The Art And Music Of John Lennon

Author : Peter Doggett
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857121264

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The Art And Music Of John Lennon by Peter Doggett Pdf

From his childhood paintings to the song he recorded on the day he died, here is a complete catalogue of Lennon's work across many fields: songwriting, performing, drawing, painting, film, poetry, prose and conceptual art. This magnificent book also contains detailed information about all of the Lennon recording sessions as part of the Beatles, as a solo artist and with Yoko Ono. Plus a complete UK and US discography, home demo recordings, composing tapes, studio out-takes, live recordings, collaborations, and interviews. Peter Doggett's fascinating book traces the story of a unique creative adventure that ended too soon but left behind an incalculable legacy of words, images and music from a giant of rock n roll who always searched for the truth beyond the limits of his frame. Beatles Historian Peter Doggett provides the definitive guide to the imaginative work of John Lennon. This comprehensive account details a man whose life and work were indivisible. Whether it was his amusing drawings to amuse classmates, recording million-selling hits with the Beatles or making avant-garde with Yoko Ono, John Lennon never stopped being a creator and Doggett explores his vivid imagination across many different Lennon projects spanning many years and creative forms.

Author : Robertson John
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0846429527

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Art & Music of John Lennon by Robertson John Pdf

Author : John Robertson
Publisher : Carol Publishing Corporation
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Artists
ISBN : UCSD:31822025044306

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The Art & Music of John Lennon by John Robertson Pdf

This is a complete catalog and history of John Lennon's work as a musician, writer and artist - the definitive portrait of one of the most substantial and influential figures in rock history.

Author : John Lennon,Scott Gutterman
Publisher : Bantam Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Musicians as artists
ISBN : 0593073444

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John Lennon: the Collected Artwork by John Lennon,Scott Gutterman Pdf

Throughout the course of his career, John Lennon's work as an artist expressed common societal themes from every epoch he witnessed. Until now, little of this work has been seen in one place. For the first time, John Lennon: The Collected Artwork offers a visually captivating history of Lennon's art, including more than 200 images and featuring 25 never-before-published pieces from the archives of Yoko Ono. Often surreal and extremely vibrant, Lennon's drawings were widely considered some of the finest interpretive art of the era. His 1969 Bag One series, frequently censored due to its overt eroticism, is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and his peace-themed sketches have been used in antiwar movements since the 1970s. Selections from these and many other series are featured in this matchless collection, a beautiful showpiece and a timeless record of Lennon's emotional, political, and imaginative spirit.

Author : Janne Mäkelä
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 082046788X

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John Lennon Imagined by Janne Mäkelä Pdf

Considered one of the most innovative artists in the history of popular music, John Lennon is also a fascinating example of the relationship between rock music and celebrity. Through investigation of the cultural and historical background of his stardom in England and the United States, this book explores why John Lennon became a much-debated celebrity and why he remains so. Lennon's career from the 1960s until his tragic death in 1980, and even beyond, demonstrates how different expectations articulated by the star, the music industry, the media, and the fans form relations which change in terms of time and place. Using a multidisciplinary approach and intriguing case studies, this book also examines cultural identity, authenticity, and gender in popular music stardom.

Author : Yoko Ono
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000-10-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780743201100

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Grapefruit by Yoko Ono Pdf

"With a new introduction by the author"--Jkt.

Author : Tim Riley
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 809 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781401303938

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Lennon by Tim Riley Pdf

In his commanding new book, the eminent NPR critic Tim Riley takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a Liverpool art student from a disastrous childhood to the highest realms of fame. Riley portrays Lennon's rise from Hamburg's red light district to Britain's Royal Variety Show; from the charmed naivetéf "Love Me Do" to the soaring ambivalence of "Don't Let Me Down"; from his shotgun marriage to Cynthia Powell in 1962 to his epic media romance with Yoko Ono. Written with the critical insight and stylistic mastery readers have come to expect from Riley, this richly textured narrative draws on numerous new and exclusive interviews with Lennon's friends, enemies, confidantes, and associates; lost memoirs written by relatives and friends; as well as previously undiscovered City of Liverpool records. Riley explores Lennon in all of his contradictions: the British art student who universalized an American style, the anarchic rock 'n' roller with the moral spine, the anti-jazz snob who posed naked with his avant-garde lover, and the misogynist who became a househusband. What emerges is the enormous, seductive, and confounding personality that made Lennon a cultural touchstone. In Lennon, Riley casts Lennon as a modernist hero in a sweeping epic, dramatizing rock history anew as Lennon himself might have experienced it.

Author : Jorg Heiser
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783956790959

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Double Lives in Art and Pop Music by Jorg Heiser Pdf

Exploring the relationship between art and pop music over the last fifty years. Why did Andy Warhol decide to enter the music business by producing the Velvet Underground, and what did the band expect to gain in return? What made Yoko Ono use the skills she developed in the artistic avant-garde in pop music, and what drew John Lennon, in turn, to visual art? Why, in 1982, did Joseph Beuys record the pop single “Sonne statt Reagan,” and why, around the same time did, West German artists such as Michaela Melián move into pop music? In Double Lives in Art and Pop Music, Jörg Heiser argues that context shifting between art and pop music is an attempt to find solutions for contradictions faced in one field of cultural production. Heiser looks closely at the careers of artists and pop musicians who work in both fields professionally. The seeming acceptance and effortlessness today of current border crossings can be deceptive, since they might be serving vested economic or ideological interests. Exploring a pop and art history of more than fifty years, Heiser shows that those leading double lives in art and pop music may often be best able to detect these vested interests while he points toward radical alternatives.

Author : Chris Wade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1326926888

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The Music of John Lennon by Chris Wade Pdf

""John, like many great geniuses, was completely his own man. He was always completely genuine and honest. He saw everything with new eyes and I think his great gifts were sometimes a heavy load for him to carry. What I remember most was that he was a good friend that I had a lot of fun with while I had the privilege of witnessing him create some of the most important music of the 20th century."" - Dan Richter. A series of articles on John Lennon's recorded work, from The Beatles' Please Please Me, through Imagine and Mind Games, right up to Double Fantasy and Milk Honey. Also features interviews by the author with those who worked with John, like Gary Van Scyoc, Rick Marotta, Lizzie Bravo, Ron Aprea, Gary Mallaber and Dan Richter.

Author : Johnny Rogan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023060242

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The Complete Guide to the Music of John Lennon by Johnny Rogan Pdf

The books in this series detail every recorded song in each artist's catalogue from the start of their careers to the present day. Shaped like a CD box, these books are designed to sit neatly alongside a CD collection.

Author : John Lennon,Yoko Ono
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1538747154

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Imagine John Yoko by John Lennon,Yoko Ono Pdf

Personally compiled and curated by Yoko Ono, Imagine John Yoko is the definitive inside story-told in revelatory detail-of the making of the legendary album and all that surrounded it: the locations, the creative team, the artworks and the films, in the words of John & Yoko and the people who were there. Features 80% exclusive, hitherto-unpublished archive photos and footage sequences of all the key players in situ, together with lyric sheets, Yoko's art installations, and exclusive new insights and personal testimonies from Yoko and over forty of the musicians, engineers, staff, celebrities, artists and photographers who were there-including Julian Lennon, Klaus Voormann, Alan White, Jim Keltner, David Bailey, Dick Cavett and Sir Michael Parkinson. "A lot has been written about the creation of the song, the album and the film of Imagine, mainly by people who weren't there, so I'm very pleased and grateful that now, for the first time, so many of the participants have kindly given their time to 'gimme some truth' in their own words and pictures" -Yoko Ono Lennon, 2018 In 1971, John Lennon & Yoko Ono conceived and recorded the critically acclaimed album Imagine at their Georgian country home, Tittenhurst Park, in Berkshire, England, in the state-of-the-art studio they built in the grounds, and at the Record Plant in New York. The lyrics of the title track were inspired by Yoko Ono's "event scores" in her 1964 book Grapefruit, and she was officially co-credited as writer in June 2017. Imagine John Yoko tells the story of John & Yoko's life, work and relationship during this intensely creative period. It transports readers to home and working environments showcasing Yoko's closely guarded archive of photos and artifacts, using artfully compiled narrative film stills, and featuring digitally rendered maps, floorplans and panoramas that recreate the interiors in evocative detail. John & Yoko introduce each chapter and song; Yoko also provides invaluable additional commentary and a preface. All the minutiae is examined: the locations, the key players, the music and lyrics, the production techniques and the artworks-including the creative process behind the double exposure polaroids used on the album cover. With a message as universal and pertinent today as it was when the album was created, this landmark publication is a fitting tribute to John & Yoko and their place in cultural history.

Author : John Lennon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691239231

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Lennon-isms by John Lennon Pdf

A compelling collection of quotations from musician, activist, and artist John Lennon So much has been written and said about John Lennon that it is fascinating to look again at what he said himself—about his music, art, life, politics, and more. Lennon-isms is a collection of quotations from the cofounder of the Beatles and one of the most influential and important songwriters and musicians of all time. Gathered from interviews and other primary sources, this comprehensive and nuanced selection of quotations sheds new light on this complex and hugely influential artist by presenting Lennon’s most telling, interesting, and surprising thoughts unfiltered, in his own words. The result deepens our understanding of a cultural icon whose impact has only grown with each new generation. Select quotations from the book: Put your political message across with a little honey. Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. There is a great woman behind every idiot. There’s no other time but the present.

Author : Francis Kenny
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781684350360

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The Making of John Lennon by Francis Kenny Pdf

Despite the nearly universal fame of the Beatles, many people only know the fairytale version of the iconic group’s rise to fame. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Liverpool, Francis Kenny reveals the real John Lennon who preceded the legend, showing how his childhood shaped his personality, creative process, and path to success, and how it also destroyed his mental health, leading to the downfall of one of the most confident and brilliant musicians of the past century. The Making of John Lennon is a must-read for any Beatles fan. It explains how Lennon’s turbulent family background affected his relationships, why the true inspiration for “Strawberry Fields” could not be revealed, how Pete Best's college connection led to his removal from the group, and why class backgrounds were the real reason for the breakup of the legendary band. Offering a complex portrait of Lennon’s early life, The Making of John Lennon tells the true story behind the rise of the legendary icon.

Author : Patrick Cadogan
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1441427317

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The Revolutionary Artist by Patrick Cadogan Pdf

John Lennon began his career as an ordinary pop star who made extraordinary music. He slowly began to evolve as his fame grew and became radicalized through meetings and associations with sixties activists. During this time, John referring to himself as a "revolutionary artist." The Revolutionary Artist is an examination of Lennon's forays into activism, his political views, and the music he created during the period. This edition is fully revised and updated. Specific areas of focus include: an in-depth look at the 1969 Montreal bed-in, with extensive and wide-ranging interviews; a previously unreleased transcript of peace seminar Lennon attended at the University of Ottawa; discussions between John and Yoko recorded during their Primal Therapy sessions in 1970; a song-by-song analysis of Lennon's first three major solo releases, with commentary from John; an analysis of all of the songs that John and Paul wrote as the Beatles from Lennon's perspective in 1972.

Author : Rob Sheffield
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062207678

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Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield Pdf

An NPR Best Book of the Year • Winner of the Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism “This is the best book about the Beatles ever written” —Mashable Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known a world without them. Dreaming the Beatles is not another biography of the Beatles, or a song-by-song analysis of the best of John and Paul. It isn’t another exposé about how they broke up. It isn’t a history of their gigs or their gear. It is a collection of essays telling the story of what this ubiquitous band means to a generation who grew up with the Beatles music on their parents’ stereos and their faces on T-shirts. What do the Beatles mean today? Why are they more famous and beloved now than ever? And why do they still matter so much to us, nearly fifty years after they broke up? As he did in his previous books, Love is a Mix Tape, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran, and Turn Around Bright Eyes, Sheffield focuses on the emotional connections we make to music. This time, he focuses on the biggest pop culture phenomenon of all time—The Beatles. In his singular voice, he explores what the Beatles mean today, to fans who have learned to love them on their own terms and not just for the sake of nostalgia. Dreaming the Beatles tells the story of how four lads from Liverpool became the world’s biggest pop group, then broke up—but then somehow just kept getting bigger. At this point, their music doesn’t belong to the past—it belongs to right now. This book is a celebration of that music, showing why the Beatles remain the world’s favorite thing—and how they invented the future we’re all living in today.