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Rhetoric of protest songs

ne idea to flow into the next with great ease. The song was highly lucid because the thesis was clearly outlined during the song. Many of his lyrics metaphorically represented the actual events in Vietnam offering his audience a dose of the truth, but they had to look into the meaning of the lyrics before they could truly understand the message. He represented the social values of the sixties in a very comprehensive and interesting manor. The second influential artiest to be covered is John Lenin. He was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England. When he was four years old, his parents separated and he ended up living with his Aunt Mimi. He later attended art school, and was not allow to play "Rock and Roll". (The Legend of John Lenin). At this college, he met a woman by the name of Cynthia Powell, who became his first wife in August 1962. At sixteen Lennon created the group called the "Quarry Man". They performed at school. One day, Paul McCartney was introduced to him. At this point, Lennon asked McCartney if he could join the group, and he accepted the next day. Paul McCartney introduced George Harrison to John Lennon. Lennon came up with the name Beatles for the group. Lennon divorced Cynthia and re-married with Yoko Ono who he met at the Indicia Gallery in November 1966. In 1970, the Beatles broke up. After the Beatles broke up, John Lennon went his way and he tried to send out his message out clearer. He started doing this by releasing his first solo album Imagine. On October 9, 1975, Yoko gave birth to Lennons second son Sean. John left his whole music career for 5 years to raise his son. Tragically, Lennon was shot in front of his apartment complex in New York while he was in the process of releasing another album "Milk and Honey". John died of the age of 40 in the Roosevelt Hospital on December 8, 1980, after receiving multiple gun shot in the back.The song of importance is "Imagine". It was a passion of John Lenn...

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