The song I chose is “God” by John Lennon. Recorded from September to October in the year 1970 it was released in the United States and United Kingdom in December. It was included in John Lennon’s first post-Beatles album. John himself produced it, as well as Yoko Ono – his wife – and Phil Spector – an American record producer, musician and songwriter. John Lennon was responsible for the vocals and the piano. He was accompanied by Billy Preston – an American musician who specialized as a keyboardist, particularly the Hammond organ which is an electric organ – on piano, Ringo Starr on drums – he was an English musician, singer and songwriter who was also the drummer for the Beatles – and lastly, Klaus Voormann on bass. Voormann, a German …show more content…
Apart from its classic reputation and good sound, the first one being it talks about God and John Lennon’s beliefs, which relates well to our class. I interpreted some moral decision-making as he chose and expressed his theories. While expressing his own beliefs, he was not being prejudiced, racist or discriminatory against any of the concepts he mentioned. He chose to form his values and he cherished his choices before he acted on it when he sang this song. I developed a sense that his values changed and he wanted to express that alteration. As mentioned, he wrote this after the Beatles broke up, he probably could not handle the struggle therefore he communicated it in the way that he knew, music. After reading the lyrics, I concluded that John Lennon could have potentially been an amoral person. He probably did not contemplate moral standards when he wrote this song and he most likely did not consider how it would cause other people to feel. Both of which are qualities of an amoral person. Therefore, I chose this song because I found that I could relate it to several concepts that we have learned so far in this course. Additionally, it encourages people to stand up for themselves and express themselves, which is an exceptional message for us as …show more content…
He did not believe in religion. In another one of his songs “Imagine,” he sang of an improved world where there was “no religion,” consequently, I think it is safe to assume that he put no importance on a higher power. Within this song “God”, he states, “I believe in me” which shows that he leaves his fate up to himself; he does not depend on anyone or anything else to secure his decisions. In the first section of the song, he says God is “a concept by which we measure our pain.” In my opinion, this is a strong message as when we have a great deal of pain, for example, if we just lost a loved one, we occasionally question God and His abilities and we often wonder if He even exists at all. However, it could also be interpreted a different way. He might have meant that people do not often pray to God more than when they are in trouble or struggling. John Lennon was struggling with the loss of his mother as well as the breaking up of his band, I assumed that he could not handle all the stress in his life and blamed everything on God. This line made me question what God means to me and I questioned how much importance I put on religion in different areas in my own life. Furthermore, by describing God as a concept, Lennon is denying God as a divine supreme being. This entire song shows us how hard life can be and that it is acceptable to form our own beliefs based on our experiences. The major message that I
There are a lot of songs to choose form when there is songs that break down norms and one that reinforce some. There are songs that mean nothing. Great songs always have a hidden mean behind them even if when listen to them we do not know what they are.
The song sends a positive and peaceful aura; John Lennon hopes we can all live as one. He establishes his credibility, or ethos, by being one of the original
Throughout American history, many have suffered in order to fight for their beliefs. Rather that cowering when things get tough or accepting a loss, some people have decided to pursue their beliefs and fight for what they believe is right. Even though the situations that they lived through were different, John Proctor from Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” and John Lennon fought for what they believed in and suffered for it. Instead of turning their backs, both men decided that their beliefs were worth fighting for. John Proctor was portrayed in “The Crucible” as a respected man living during the Salem Witch Trails. He was ultimately hung because he refused to sign his name to put on the church door that he was a witch. He would rather die than live a lie. John Lennon, on the other hand was a famous music artist who was most noted for his part in the “Beatles,” a highly influential band of the 1960s. At this time, he and his second wife Yoko Ono were well known for their anti-war beliefs and
3. This song portrays women’s desire for men’s love. This shows that women couldn’t reveal their love toward men. It draws a miserable love of a woman. Also, Spector,
... lines of each stanza and the “Yes” before most lines. This makes the words really stick to you. I think the song is very affective because all of the comparisons he makes are all so true. I also think because he made the song from different perspectives including the blacks, whites, and the government makes a big difference too. It makes it so that you can rather see what it feels like to be in the different people’s shoes.
“Imagine” by John Lennon, released in 1971, was one of the most influential, and important songs of the last 50 years. This track was viewed as his final statement on religion after many years of confusing mixed signals (WND). Lennon constantly calls upon the power of Imagery to appoint his ideas throughout the song, hence the title. Imagery is the formation of figures, ideas, and mental images through diction (Dictionary.com). Many of the ideas Lennon creates are supported, and even inspired by real life events. In John Lennon's “Imagine”, he uses the power of Imagery and applicable real life events to portray an idealistic Utopia.
On the night of Dec. 8th, 1980 – the New England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins were locked in a 13-13 tie with only seconds left in the 4th Quarter. What should have been an exciting finish to a close game suddenly became unimportant; as Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford struggled to find the words to broadcast the information they had just been given.
During the time of the Vietnam War and Nixon administration the society was in a state of anger and unrest. John Lennon took a stand against the government and society by writing music and performing physical acts of protest. He did these separately and alongside his wife Yoko Ono. Immediately, he was faced with a deportation scandal, and many were rallying for change on his behalf. His long-term impact is shown even to this day, through his song “Imagine” and other political songs that were screaming for someone to take a stand.
In essence, this song carries various sociological concepts. It concentrates on the main idea about the social construction of reality and talking about how reality is changing. The song questions the actions and mentally of individuals violating the norms and values of society. The band takes into consideration various factors of why it is happening including the media and religion. As a result they talk about such influences taking control building and developing a sense of self. This is a great song about present day problems and how society changes with them.
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While they were much different than Lennon’s, they consumed him. If Chris were to write a song, it would come out very similar to “Imagine”. Something like “Imagine there are no yellow cars” or “Imagine there are no liars”. Many people believe this song envisions the perfect world and implies that the human race is responsible for all the hatred cast upon our environment and upon each other. This is another very subjective belief voiced by Lennon in such a poetic way.
The song that I chose for for my Essay is “Neil Diamond-America”. This song is all positivity on American ethics and American culture. All it talks about it America's great accomplishments. It talks about how great that is that people from other countries are coming from land and by sea just to see how amazing it is to live in America. It talks also made me realize that most Americans don't see America in the same way, that we don't realize the places we have and how truly great our country is. This song analyzes what a foreigner looks in in finding a safe haven or just a new place to live.
The song essentially sent the message that the Jacobites had several flaws, the doctrines they believed in were problematic, and they were wrong in their actions. The song served as a
His songs, which might be considered as simple, actually have deeply philosophical meaning to contemplate on. For instance, the song “Our Love” which he performed tells about the power of love over any biases, stereotypes and differences. Like the song “Our Love”, there are many lyrics which reaffirm the belief in life and love, as well as depict the challenges and struggles on the way. That is why everyone can connect to the songs, finding one aspect of life or another which one has experienced, as
All four theories, realism, liberalism, Marxism and constructivism, could be seen in Lennon’s music. He knew the world around him was full of people who followed realism and Marxism, because of the continuous violence over possessions; however he held mostly on to a constructivist view point with a liberalist heart, by desiring peace and trying to help people around him see peace without violence in this lyrics. He believed that his music and lyrics could change the mind of people from, revolution with violence (Marxist) and war thought as the human nature (realist) to people’s ideas being able to change the social reality with peace made by no violence (liberalist and constructivist).