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John Lennon: The Life   作者：Philip Norman   出版日期：2011 / 04 / 29   出版社：HarperCollins   ISBN : 9780007344086   原價：NT 473 元   售價：NT 378 元

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John Lennon – the iconic songwriter, composer and one quarter of The Beatles – was a giant of the twentieth century. As the founding member of the world's most successful group ever, he changed lives. The popularity and significance of The Beatles is beyond comparison in our age – in the UK alone, they released more than 40 number one singles and albums. But their impact extended well beyond their music. Their clothes, hairstyles, statements, and even their choice of instruments made them trend-setters from the 1960s to this day, while their growing social awareness – reflected in the development of their music – saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s. Following the painful collapse of The Beatles, John came out a wiser but angrier person. Together with his wife Yoko Ono, he attempted to transform the world through non-musical means. Their bed-in in Amsterdam and Montreal, their black bag appearances on stage, their innocent flirting with political activists and radicals, all received massive media attention. These events were in search of world peace. John Lennon was shot dead by a mentally disturbed fan outside his New York apartment building on December 8, 1980. Featuring previously unseen photographs, this truly is the definitive John Lennon.

約翰·藍儂既能寫詞又能譜曲，創作了四分之一的披頭士歌曲，是二十世紀的音樂巨人。作為世界上最為成功的樂團的創始人，他的生活徹底改變了。在那個時代，披頭四的流行與影響無人能及。單就英國而言，他們發行了超過四十首的單曲與專輯。然而，他們對世界的影響遠遠不限於音樂。從二十世紀六十年代起至今，披頭四的服飾、髮型、言論甚至對樂器的選擇都左右著流行趨勢，他們不斷增長的社會意識（這一點可以從音樂上反映出來）與二十世紀六十年代發生的社會與文化革命存在關聯。 披頭四解散後，約翰變得更為大器， 他試圖聯合小野洋子