John Lennon was born on 9 September in Liverpool. He wanted to be famous but he had no idea how it was to be famous. He didn’t have any special efforts to be a “good person”.
Imagine all the people, living for today
Paul McCartney says that when people whom he meets ask “What do you do?”, he answers “I compose, I write songs” but the next question was always “Which team do you support?” When they have the same conversation with John Lennon, Lennon answers as follows: “I also compose.” Thus, Paul McCartney and John Lennon took the first step of a very strong team. When George Harrison, the spiritual part of the team and silent and talented Ringo Starr joins them, the team is complete: The Beatles.
The Beatles defines themselves as the answer to “what is the best thing you can do with your friends?”
Imagine there’s no countries, nothing to kill or die for
The desire to set the world free from evil and to fall in love must have the same basis. Both of them are a bit eccentric, a bit far away from the reality and the limits you can do goes beyond you…
Hunter Davies, the author of “The Beatles” biography book is a journalist. One day a woman called Yoko Ono calls him. She said she wanted to naked photos of the journalists for a project. Davies goes with his journalist curiosity because this invitation is weird. This way, Hunter Davies meets Yoko Ono before John Lennon. Years later, when he stops by to one of the studio recordings of The Beatles, he sees Ono next to Lennon. As you know, Yoko Ono was always by his side until John Lennon was shot by a fan in 1980.
Imagine no possessions
The love of John Lennon and Yoko Ono is one of the most disputed topics in the music world. We may discuss how Yoko Ono is and what kind of lover she is but there is one thing for sure that Yoko Ono is a strong activist.
When John Lennon met with Yoko Ono, he was really overwhelmed to be “a famous person”. And since Yoko Ono was a different woman outside this world, she was not aware how famous Lennon was. She knew him as John. John, who was not the Lennon for the first time, added new things to his “John” side with Yoko Ono. Working hard to make the world beautiful, be sensitive about human rights, demand for equal life for everyone and to ask for peace…
And no religion, too
Imagine was written in 1971. The most striking lyric of the song is:” And no religion, too” … Of course, this lyric made some people uncomfortable. World Church asked these lyrics to be changed as “one religion” but John Lennon did not accept it because this change would be against the soul of the song. 2012 announcer that translated the lyrics of Imagine in 2012 London Olympics to Turkish avoided translating “no religion” and choose to be silent.
Imagine all the people, living life in peace
John Lennon was killed on 08 December 1980 by a fan called Mark David Chapman in front of his house. Chapman was a The Beatles fan and he was angry with “The Beatles is more popular than Jesus” statement. One day, a joke was made in a group that he attended for religious rituals: “Imagine, imagine John Lennon was dead.” And Mark David Chapman put in his mind to kill John Lennon. Everything was ready. 6 hours before taking 5 shots, he got near him and got a signature from John Lennon. Only 6 hours later bang-bang-bang-bang-bang!
