John Lennon’s song Imagine speaks of how he imagined a utopian society where there is no prejudice and only equality; there are no wars but only peace. Lennon dreamed of a society that was one and worked together as one, and he was not the only dreamer that wanted this reality. However the issues mentioned within the lyrics did not only apply to the 1980s when the song was produced; it applies to all history of mankind and will apply to future events as well. The era of when the song was produce gave insight to the population about the culture, political affairs, and social issues of the time, but these issues can still be applied to today’s generations.
The era of the 1980s was full of culture within the music being produced. The songs of the time were laced with thoughts and meanings of peace, justice, equality, and the desire for change. The age of the hippie movement started during the mid-1960s and continued into the 1980s but then soon died out when many blended into the materialist culture. This was also the era of when hard-core drug usage was frequent and led to many becoming non-conformist and rebelling against their government. In part that these drugs were so readily available, musical artists were heavily in the grasp of these narcotics and “influenced” their lyrical talents. Lennon as well as the rest of the Beatles had their experience with drugs and inherently influenced what their lyrics meant. They often spoke of finding peace in a dream world that to the normal citizen’s belief did not exist on the Earth, when in reality their world was at war.
The Cold War started in 1947 when Joseph Stalin rose up and created a communist authoritarian country of modern day Russia. He reflected his ideal ways of living onto th...
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... was produce gave insight to the citizens about the culture, political affairs, and social issues of the time, but these issues are still very much an issue in modern day, and they are only getting worse.
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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.
The Beatles wrote hundreds of songs throughout their long career and many of which had the same main ideas in them. Those two ideas seem to standout in most of their songs, and they are the ideas of peace and love. They were so passionate about these two ideas especially world peace, that they became avid participants and leaders in the anti-war movement, against the War in Vietnam. It seemed strange ...
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