https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g By: James Patterson en-us 2023-02-01 20:15:36 UTC 2023-04-01 05:56:48 UTC hello@padlet.com gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2465201839 Patterson, James. The Last Days of John Lennon. Little, Brown and company. New York, Boston. 2020.]]> 2023-02-01 20:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2465201839 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2537616961 John and the band meet their future drummer "Rinrgo" at a rehearsal in the Jacaranda cellar of Allan Williams.]]> 2023-03-30 02:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2537616961 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2537622979 The Beatles hire their new manager, Brian Epstein. He would later become known as the reason the Beatles were successful.  

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"The Beatles want to be the biggest. And anyone can see that Brain has class, money, and connections in the music world." (37)]]> 2023-03-30 02:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2537622979 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2537629695 The Beatles hire and play their first music with their new band drummer. Ringo would later go on to help right the Beatles most popular songs like "yellow submarine" and "Let it be".   ]]> 2023-03-30 02:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2537629695 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2539218000 John Lennon hears the news that his friend and former bandmate has died. Stuart Died from a brain aneurysm, which caused a massive stroke. John Lennon was impacted a ton by Stu's death. So much so that John would take so many pills that he wouldn't be able to keep his eyes closed.

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"You have to decide: either you die with Stuart or you go on living your life, be honest and decide. You can't just cry all the time, you've got to get on." (47)]]> 2023-03-31 02:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2539218000 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2539391467 John Lennon and the Beatles release their first song "Love me do". Their song reached #17 on the UK charts on December 27, 1962. Once the Beatles released their song to the US charts it ranked number 1 in 1964. ]]> 2023-03-31 04:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2539391467 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2539398356 John Lennon and Paul McCartney release their song "Can't Buy Me Love". The two musicians wrote this song within the course of a few hours while on a break in Miami. This song hit number 1 in both Britain and The United States simultaneously Being the first to do so. Within the first week of its release, 2 million copies were sold. ]]> 2023-03-31 05:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2539398356 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540467184 John Lennon plays a gig with his and the "Quarry Men". Paul McCartney and his friend Ivan Vaughan are watching John's band play. They are there to scout him out to see if he is a good musician. ]]> 2023-04-01 04:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540467184 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540470283 John writes his first book "In His Own Write" during the filming of A Hard Day's Night. This book is filled with drawings and lyrics. These lyrics were often seen as childish and as nonsense. ]]> 2023-04-01 04:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540470283 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540472262 While the Beatles were on tour they were given a chance to visit Elvis Presley at his mansion in Bel Air. When the Beatles left they were followed by fans and the Media. When the Beatles meet Elvis, they start playing music and drinking alcohol. 

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"...I thought we'd sit and talk about music and maybe jam a little." (105)]]> 2023-04-01 04:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540472262 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540474740 John says that the Beatles are more popular than Jesus. This sends a lot of backlash to the Beatles. Beatles albums are burned in the street by people who disliked this comment. 

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"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink I needn't argue about that... we're more popular than Jesus now. " (119)]]> 2023-04-01 04:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540474740 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540477958 John Lennon meets Yoko at an Artists Collective. John showed up a day early to the artists collective while Yoko was still setting up her exhibition. ]]> 2023-04-01 04:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540477958 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540479241 A couple of years after John meets Yoko they meet up again and fall in love. John's first wife Cynthia divorces John and takes half of everything. John later goes on to marry Yoko. ]]> 2023-04-01 04:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540479241 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540480079 On August 27 the phone rings at the Beatles house. There is terrible news from London: Thirty-two-year-old Brian Epstein has been found dead at home from an overdose of sleeping pills. John thought that maybe this was linked to him. 

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"I introduced Brian to pills-which gives me a guilt association with his death. " (147)]]> 2023-04-01 05:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540480079 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540483685 John releases his first solo album "Plastic Ono Band". This song came a couple months after the Beatles Break up. In this song The lyrics talk a lot about John's problems.]]> 2023-04-01 05:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540483685 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540484394 The Beatles break up the band on this date after playing on top of a building for there last song together. ]]> 2023-04-01 05:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540484394 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540485545 Not long after John got into a car accident, John starts writing a song call "Come Together".

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"It's an upbeat, rock-a-beat-a-boogie, with very Lennon Lyrics". (181) ]]> 2023-04-01 05:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540485545 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540487506 John Lennon is shot by Mark Chapman with a .38 pistol. John is shot outside of the hotel he is staying at, The Dakota. 

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"I've Just shot John Lennon." (311)]]> 2023-04-01 05:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540487506 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540488401 John Lennon has his final concert with Elton John at the Madison square garden. This is John Lennon's last concert without the Beatles. 

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"I just went up and did a few numbers, Bute the emotional thing was me and Elton together." (251)]]> 2023-04-01 05:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540488401 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540490664 John lennon says his final goodbyes to his kids when he kisses the goodnight. Little does he know that he won't see them again. 

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"I want to go home and kiss Sean good night."]]> 2023-04-01 05:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540490664 gramebre000 https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540491428 John is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame as a solo artist. This is a nice fitting end to Johns Career as he is honored. 

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"That was the greatest rock musicians in the world" (335)]]> 2023-04-01 05:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gramebre000/x529hp8ryi8k9b3g/wish/2540491428