Word: lennons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...year 1971 witnessed the arrival of surprisingly few new superstars. Heroes from the days of psychedelic idolatry--the Airplane, the Dead, the Stones, John Lennon--regained their mortal human natures. The dream was over, music was de-politicized, and according to the media, students became either wonks or Jesus freaks. At concerts, the widespread occurrence of antisocial behavior, pseudo-radical disruption, and hostility toward performers seemed to reflect the pain of abandoning an essentially delusional relationship with popular music. The crash was an inevitable reaction, encouraged by many stars who combined a renewed emphasis on pure entertainment with a more...
...snobs," said John Lennon. "We don't mind mixing with straights." With his wife Yoko Ono, the ex-Beatle was on hand for a party given by ex-U.N. Ambassador Charles W. Yost and ex-Saturday Review Publisher Norman Cousins for soon-to-be ex-U.N. Secretary-General U Thant. Borrowing Folk Singer Pete Seeger's guitar, Lennon stepped up to the mike with Yoko to give out with a peace song he had written. Excerpt: "Imagine no countries/ nothing to kill or die for/ no religion too./ Imagine all the people/ living for peace...
...music. As the Fab Four progressed from writing most of their own material to writing all of it, rock fans began to show somewhat less interest in the style of performance and more interest in the actual quality of the song as a piece of writing. Accordingly, a Lennon-McCartney song recorded by a mediocre group (such as "Bad to Me" by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) would become more popular than a rehashed oldie by the Beatles themselves. Even the Rolling Stones, who made their name and their first few hits as interpreters, and sometimes imitators, of other...
...sizable T made of ice and melting fast. These and about 80 other treasures, executed or inspired by Yoko Ono, made up the show that opened at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, N.Y. The works were officially called "Concept Art," but proud Husband John Lennon, who celebrated his 31st birthday with the show's opening, noted-perhaps revealingly-that "Yoko likes to call her work con art." Over-30 Syracusans mostly refused to be conned, but the young turned out 6,000 strong on opening day to view Painting to Let the Evening Light Go Through...
...John Lennon's first solo album, released about a year ago, was the kind of record people like to call an "intense personal statement." Unfortunately, it was so intense and so personal that after the first dozen listenings, it became uninteresting and downright unpleasant...