{"id":63782,"date":"2012-12-08T13:45:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T13:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=63782"},"modified":"2012-12-26T23:54:02","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T23:54:02","slug":"john-lennon-musicphilosophy-and-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/john-lennon-musicphilosophy-and-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lennon: Music,Philosophy And Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Ruwan M Jayatunge<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge MD<\/p><\/div>\n

December 8th 2012 marks the 32 anniversary of John Lennon’s\u00a0 death:John Lennon: Music, Philosophy and Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n

My role in society, or any artist\u2019s or poet\u2019s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.\u201d
\nJohn Lennon<\/p>\n

John Lennon who was an inspirational character changed music in to a new direction. He was one of the key figures in the Post War generation whose music and the ideology changed the world. Lennon was a humanitarian. He condemned violence and truthfully worked for peace. John Lennon\u2019s music, philosophy and mission is still adored by millions of people. He is an immortal in people\u2019s hearts. Lennon was born to a working-class family in Liverpool in 1940. His childhood was disrupted and when he was a teenager his mother got killed in an accident. All the suffering he felt in his heart was expressed in the form of lyrics in later years. In 1956 he met Paul McCartney which was a turning point in his life. They began writing songs together and formed the most popular group of all time the Beatles.<\/p>\n

The Beatles were young revolutionists in the field of music. Where ever they went they captured the hearts of millions creating a Beatle\u2019s mania. John Lennon was considered as the most energetic and the driving force behind the Beatles. John was enthusiastic and transforming in to a new wave. When he met his future wife and the soul companion Yoko Ono they began to work collaboratively. The Beatles pronounced their official breakup in 1970. With the breakup Lennon began his solo career in a more advanced way. Lennon\u2019s songs began exploring profoundly political, psychological and existential themes.<\/p>\n

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John Lennon\u2019s song Imagine is one of the greatest songs of all time an anthem of universal hope. In this song Lennon tells us about an imaginary world where people live in peace and harmony.<\/p>\n

He further says \u2026.
\nImagine no possessions
\nI wonder if you can
\nNo need for greed or hunger
\nA brotherhood of man
\nImagine all the people
\nSharing all the world\u2026<\/p>\n

One critic described Lennon\u2019s masterpiece Imagine as thus<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine,\u201d the song, was unquestionably Lennon\u2019s finest moment. Its lyrical and conceptual clarity shone sunlight of vision upon our dark and violent world. It urged us to imagine a world without property, without religion, without nations, living in peace. It postulated an economic order in which both greed and hunger would be impossible\u201d.<\/p>\n

John Lennon provided the intellectual, political and aesthetic influence to nations. They openly protested against the Vietnam war. John Lennon began to make history with his painfully honest and political songs. He wanted to change the world but not through violence. Lennon clearly gives this message in his song Revolution.<\/p>\n

You say you want a revolution
\nWell, you know
\nWe all want to change the world
\nYou tell me that it\u2019s evolution
\nWell, you know
\nWe all want to change the world
\nBut when you talk about destruction
\nDon\u2019t you know that you can count me out?<\/p>\n

October 1968 Lennon recorded \u201cGive Peace a Chance\u201d now which is a motto of the peace loving community. His\u201dNowhere Man\u201d on \u201cRubber Soul\u201d (1965) carried a philosophical as well as psychological theme which described about alienation. He was sort of the vicar of Art Rock. Lennon\u2019s songwriting genius was uncanny. Author John Stevens explains Lennon\u2019s intuitive talent from a technical point of view, through the lens of songwriting three basic elements: melody, harmony, and lyric.<\/p>\n

John Lennon\u2019s mission was unexpectedly stopped on the December 8, 1980. When Lennon was returning with Ono to their Dakota apartment on New York City he was shot by Mark David Chapman a Beatles fan and a person who suffered paranoid delusions. Although Lennon is dead his music legacy continues still inspiring people around the world.<\/p>\n

Killing of a Butterfly<\/p>\n

On that doom s day
\nNear the Dakota Building NY
\nMark David Chapman gun downed a legend
\nThe ex Beatle with circular lenses
\nPaid the prize for the Generation of 60 s<\/p>\n

He is a phony
\nYelled the killer
\nHe is the one who said
\nImagine there is no possession
\nBut he had everything
\nExpensive cars, boats and houses<\/p>\n

All the way Chapman came from Hawaii
\nWaited many hours near the Dakota Building
\nUntil his prey returned with Yoko<\/p>\n

He was a nowhere man from nowhere land
\nBut he made his plans to kill somebody
\nAs Chapman said
\nI was nobody until I killed somebody<\/p>\n

Imagine – John Lennon<\/h1>\n

httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WivoeUdSB8k<\/p>\n

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