Were the songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles hidden drug references due to them living in the sixties and seventies when drug use was very common? The songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles are some of the best songs ever written‚ but to many people’s surprise The Beatles have hidden references to drugs like marijuana‚ acid‚ heroin‚ LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide)‚ and cocaine. Both Paul McCartney and John Lennon have had problems with drugs throughout
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recording twenty-five number-one singles on the US Hot 100 Chart. Paraphrase: In the 50’s‚ Lennon and McCartney had such a love for Elvis that it drew them together. When the two first met McCartney said that Lennon played a lot like Elvis. He also said that Lennon looked like Elvis too! On the first day that the two boys met Lennon immediately knew that he wanted to start a band with McCartney. Later that day John asked him to join the group. John Lennon said that nothing really affected him or
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was born in 1940‚ Paul McCartney born in 1942 turned out to be Lennon’s writing soul mate. George Harrison was the third member of the group who met McCartney during school. The last member of the beatle clan was Ringo Starr. Before the Beatles‚ America believed that rock-‘n’-roll music was just a forgotten moment in time‚ but the Beatles helped the Americans remember those forgotten times‚ and after 1963‚ no one could stop the Beatles‚ except each other. Even though McCartney‚ and Lennon were inseparable
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______________ composed and sang this late 1970s song. Ringo Starr George Harrison Klaus Voorman Paul McCartney John Lennon 2 Beginning at the end of June of 1977‚ John‚ Yoko‚ and son Sean will spend four months visiting ________‚ including local tourist attractions and Yoko ’s family. China Korea Japan Miami Beach London 3 _________ sings lead on his version of a 1955 hit. Paul McCartney George Harrison John Lennon Phil Spector Ringo Starr 4 In May of 1977‚ George Martin ’s remixed
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oCan Paul Simon‚ Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney Have Anything in Common? Paul McCartney will be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the White House on June 2‚ 2010 by the Library of Congress. Many of his contemporary songwriters will be present for the event. Photo Credit What do Paul Simon‚ Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney have in common other than popular icons of music: the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The Gershwin Prize is one of the many honors awarded by the Library
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known as The Beatles) and ended in 1970. In between that decade or so they managed to release 13 studio albums (recorded 1963-1970)‚ so it’s like two in a year‚ couple of movies and enormous amount of live shows and events. The arrival of Paul McCartney in The Quarry Men coincided with and assisted the band’s natural evolution into a rock n’ roll outfit. They skiffeled on for a few months but by March 1958 Macca’s mate George Harrison had been recruited into the group and their repertoire soon extended
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When I read “Stella by Starlight”‚ I saw many examples of racism in plain daylight. Racism is no longer legal in corporations themselves (private organizations are allowed to discriminate‚ but not against the basis of race)‚ but in individual people it happens all the time‚ and we hear about it on the news constantly. Why does this occur? What can make somebody actually think that race can make somebody inferior to you? I think it is ignorance. Many of what happens in the book and modern movements
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1 Recording sessions for Paul’s hugely successful 1973 album ___________ took place in Lagos‚ Nigeria‚ with two key members of Wings quitting just prior to departure and Paul playing guitars‚ bass and drums. Red Rose Speedway Band on the Run McCartney Live and Let Die Wildlife 2 Paul’s 1973 single ___________ tells the story of taking a trip from his Scottish farm to London‚ and features bluesy guitar riffs and Paul saying "bye bye" and counting at the end. "Band on the Run" "My Love" "Helen
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Paul McCartney and Lennon met in July of 1957‚ and McCartney soon became the guitarist for the band. In February of 1958‚ McCartney invited his friend George Harrison to watch the group. He ended up auditioning for the band. Lennon was impressed by Harrison but he thought he was too young for the band because he was
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relationship between Stella and Blanche‚ the relationship between Stella and Stanley‚ the relationship between Blanche and Stanley‚ and the aspiring relationship between Mitch and Blanche. I think that it is from these relationships‚ and the dialogues between these people that we get to know what kind of people they are‚ and how they are alike or different. From Stella and Blanche’s relationship‚ we can see that they are very different‚ yet they care a lot about each other. Stella seems a little
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