Sunday, May 29, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Chapter 2: There Was Something Slightly Worrying About Him
Retell
Once they had started performing, no one paid much attention to them, they mainly played at bars, during beer breaks, if ever. During that time, people were mostly into jazz, so they certainly didn't pay much attention to unknown group from Liverpool, playing skiffle-type music. If you're wondering what skiffle music is, it's kind of like a variation among folk, country, blues and jazz.
Here's Skiffle music...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2GvW7Qsguc
In the group, John Lennon was cosidered the leader. He had a way of taking all of his favorite artists and turning their music into something completely unique. By the time he'd started art college, "The Quarry Men" got more popular. Not long after, everyone wanted to here them played on the Merseyside. They were constantly booked.
Relate
I relate to him, when it comes to liking different music then the norm. I for one, love Kpop (Korean pop) and African music, and I probably only know 6 other people that listen to it, but hey, I like what I like and I won't stop listening to it because it isn't considered normal. Another thing that I have in common with John Lennon is that I hate being like everybody else. I always have to have that one thing that separates me from everybody else. Whether it be clothes,hair,language (Korean XD) just something unique.
한국에서 음악을 좋아해요!!!
Reflect
John Lennon was part of a group known as "The Quarry Men" who would later become "The Beatles". He's a pretty interesting person. I can't wait to learn more about him.
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If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
John Lennon
John Lennon
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Prologue & Chapter 1: Who am I to regard as Mother???
Retell
The prologue basically just talked about how, the author has read many John Lennon biographies and that he finds them redundant and boring, and that his so called book is unique and special. Four pages, to read that. -_-아이구... Off to a bad start.
The first chapter talks about John Lennon's early days. It's actually rather sad. Once he was born his mother moved in with her sister and her husband. At five, John's day abandoned him and so did his mother, she moved in with another family nearby, and left him with his aunt Mary who he nicknamed Mimi. Once John turned 14, Mimi's husband died. So she and John were the only ones left. Since he felt rejected by his birth parents, he would misbehave, and disrespect authorities. It got to the point where he had to go to another school, because things were getting worse. Which only added to the problems and brought him to the point where he was smoking up to three 20 packs a day .o_o On another note he was a huge fan of Elvis Presley. He worshiped him, ever since he heard the song "Heartbreak Hotel."
As far as the rest of the chapter goes, I don't get. I read three times, but it still sounds like gibberish to me.
Relate
I don't really relate to him on any level. I mean I have both my parents and they're still together. I guess the only we relate to one another is feeling rejected by someone that's important to us, but even then the way I coped compared to him is really different, and no I'm not going to get into details.
Reflect
After reading this I learned that John Lennon had a rough start, but for someone who went through the stuff he has, he turned out pretty amazing. XD
Xo.Melissa.oX
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