John Lennon：The Life

Thefinalwordonmusic’sgreatestlegend,inwhichPhilipNormanrevealsaJohnLennontheworldhasneverseen.Withground-breakinginsightintothepain,beautyandfrustrationthatshapedthegeniusofmodernmusic,JohnLennon:TheDefinitiveBiographyredefinesalegend.JohnLennon–theiconicsongwriter,composerandonequarterofTheBeatles–wasagiantofthetwentiethcentury.Asthefoundingmemberoftheworld'smostsuccessfulgroupever,hechangedlives.ThepopularityandsignificanceofTheBeatlesisbeyondcomparisoninourage–intheUKalone,theyreleasedmorethan40numberonesinglesandalbums.Buttheirimpactextendedwellbeyondtheirmusic.Theirclothes,hairstyles,statements,andeventheirchoiceofinstrumentsmadethemtrend-settersfromthe1960stothisday,whiletheirgrowingsocialawareness–reflectedinthedevelopmentoftheirmusic–sawtheirinfluenceextendintothesocialandculturalrevolutionsofthe1960s.FollowingthepainfulcollapseofTheBeatles,Johncameoutawiserbutangrierperson.TogetherwithhiswifeYokoOno,heattemptedtotransformtheworldthroughnon-musicalmeans.Theirbed-ininAmsterdamandMontreal,theirblackbagappearancesonstage,theirinnocentflirtingwithpoliticalactivistsandradicals,allreceivedmassivemediaattention.Theseeventswereinsearchofworldpeace.JohnLennonwasshotdeadbyamentallydisturbedfanoutsidehisNewYorkapartmentbuildingonDecember8,1980.Featuringpreviouslyunseenphotographs,thistrulyisthedefinitiveJohnLennon.