人物介绍

约翰·列侬(John Lennon,1940-1980),英国摇滚音乐家,歌手,作曲家,艺术家,演员,和平主义者,曾获大英帝国勋章(Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)。他因为披头士乐队(The Beatles)的创始人之一而享誉世界。列侬和保罗麦卡特尼(Paul McCartney)的组合是最成功最有影响力的歌曲创作组合之一,他们共同创作出了历史上最著名的摇滚歌曲。列侬在电视中,电影中,著作中,采访中展现出了放任不羁的性格和过人的机智。

John Lennon was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of the Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music.

Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film and in interviews. Controversial through his political and peace activism, he moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt to deport him, while some of his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement.

Lennon is responsible for 25 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

在The Beatles时期之后,Lennon成为了一名出色的独唱歌手,在此期间,他发行了"Give Peace a Chance"和"Imagine"等著名歌曲。经过1976到1980年的短暂隐退,Lennon带着他的全新专辑复出。但是,一月之后,他于1980年12月8日在纽约被伪装成歌迷的杀手枪杀。

列侬十大经典歌曲

虽然约翰-列侬只在人世间活了四十年,但是却给世人带来了太多经典太多传奇。他的歌曲至今仍广受欢迎。著名的音乐网站也曾评选出列侬生平的十大经典歌曲:

10. And Your Bird Can Sing
9. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
8. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
7. Jealous Guy  Imagine (1971)
6. Revolution
5. Working Class Hero
4. I Am The Walrus
3. Strawberry Fields Forever
2. Imagine
1. Happiness Is A Warm Gun

相关链接:纪念约翰列侬七十年诞辰:经典歌曲回顾

银幕上的约翰·列侬

2002年,根据BBC的民意调查,John Lennon被评定为有史以来最伟大的100位英国人中的第8位。2004年,在滚石音乐杂志的评论“流芳百世的人物:有史以来最伟大的50名流行音乐艺 术家”中,John Lennon名列第38位,而他和Paul McCartney一手创建的The Beatles则名列第一。

无处的男孩 Nowhere Boy (2009)

导演: Sam Taylor Wood
主演: 克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 亚伦·泰勒-约翰逊

A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.

《无处的男孩》是由戛纳电影节最佳短片金棕榈奖得主、英国女视觉艺术家萨姆·泰勒·伍德执导的一部电影,影片的名字来自披头士著名的歌曲《Nowhere Man》,讲述的是少年约翰·列侬成长的故事,包括他16岁时,咪咪姨妈送给了他一把吉他;17岁时,与保罗·麦卡特尼相遇;18岁时,写出第一首歌等。