LennonCloset said
People at my school don't even know that he was in the Beatles! Or any cliches! Can't you come to my town, too, to teach these unknowledgeable children about music history?!

haha! I would love to ... ! Where in the world are you???

The Strawberry said
Did you go into things Pre-Beatlemania? Like Stuart, and Julia?

Not so much in this particular talk, although I did mention JL's traumatic family issues as a small child. I showed them the bit from Nowhere Boy where they are recording In Spite of All the Danger, where John is obviously in anguish and there are 'flashbacks' of him dancing with Julia.

I went more into this aspect, and Stuart, in the original talk I did last year which was more adult orientated. Most people didn't know about these aspects of JL's life.

The Strawberry said
I wish there was a John Lennon lecture over here. No one knows who he is except me and my friend. (I'm 13, so I meant people my age don't know.)

These kids knew stuff like "he was in The Beatles" and "he was married to Yoko Ono" and "he's dead" . .which was fair enough. Of course I had to educate them on some of the finer points without going into too much detail.

They seem quite taken by the 'bed peace' idea!

Someone asked me if we could listen to "Let it Be", but I had to ...]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:14:29 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/essential-lennon/page-6/#p52081 John Lennon http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/essential-lennon/page-6/#p52081 I wish there was a John Lennon lecture over here. No one knows who he is except me and my friend. (I'm 13, so I meant people my age don't know.)

mithveaen said
Hey I'm glad your presentation was very succesful!! congrats!!

cheers Mith!

.. but just to let you know I gave an adapted version of my John Lennon lecture to some 15 year olds in a school last Saturday and it went very well.

They were surprisingly knowledgeable about JL (with a few clichés too!), which was good to hear.

We listend to just a half a dozen songs and I was quite overcome when they all joined in with Merry Xmas (War is Over)!

 Those are the essentials, Cornflake.

cool!

I came across this video this morning on youtube, which says that Ch*pman was in the audience and is duly pointed out.

More like C***man.

 

PLAYLIST:

1. That’ll Be the Day / In Spite of All the Danger(first recordings)
   
2. Hello Little Girl  (Decca session) (first song written and recorded)
3. Please Please Me
4. She Loves You (Ed Sullivan Show)
5. A Hard Day’s Night
6. I’m a Loser
7. Help!/ Ticket to Ride / You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
8. In My Life
9. Tomorrow Never Knows
10. Strawberry Fields Forever
11. A Day in the Life
12. All You Need Is Love
13. Julia
14. Revolution
15. Revolution no. 9
16. Ballad of John & Yoko
17. Give Peace a Chance
18. Instant Karma!
19. Mother
20. God
21. Power to the People
22. Imagine
23. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
24. New York City
25. Mind Games
26. #9 Dream
27. Be Bop A Lula
28. (Just Like) Starting Over
29. Nobody Told Me

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