Word: lennons
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...which they did not support. In the case of art, the war represented the rejection of love and beauty; supporting the war would mean that one was unable to critically question the goings-on of the outside world. Avant-garde art and music literally began sleeping together. John Lennon and Fluxus artist Yoko Ono’s famous bed-in, followed by their erection of billboards in cities around the world reading “WAR IS OVER” epitomized the joint efforts of the musical and artistic communities in to effect social and political upheaval...
Harrison said that his friendship with John Lennon transcended his friend’s death...
...devil took the first Beatle, and now God has taken another. When John Lennon was murdered in 1980, it was a sad anomaly, the impossible-to- predict act of a madman. The death of George Harrison, 58, of cancer in Los Angeles this week is something different. It's the sadly natural passing of a guiding spirit of the 60s and a prince of classic rock. "All Things Must Pass," was the title of Harrison's post-Beatles solo album in 1970. It could also be his epitaph...
...Harrison, first and foremost, will always be thought of as a member of the Beatles. He was their lead guitarist, "the quiet Beatle," and a sometimes frustrated songwriter suffering under the shadow of the great team of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Still, Harrison produced his share of classic Beatle tunes, including "Taxman," "Here Comes the Sun," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Something." Any single one of those songs would guarantee an artist immortality on VH1 and classic radio stations worldwide. "I wouldn't say that my songs are autobiographical," Harrison said. "?Taxman' is perhaps. Some of them were...
...whole. Harrison, between "All Things Must Pass," his work with the Traveling Wilburys and his work as a film producer ("Time Bandits" and "Monty Python's Life of Brian") had a solid solo career, but his best work was still was the Beatles. The same is true of John Lennon, Paul McCartney - they were good, sometimes even great, solo, but they were best when they were all together (and Ringo, of course, was definitely more interesting as a Beatle). And isn't that what being in a band is all about? Heck, isn't that what living in a society...