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Mucsicans as Activiest Musicians as Activist I first got interested in this topic when we briefly talked about musicians being Activist in my Vietnam history class.
Submitted by SlimJim422 on December 7, 2005
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Musicians as Activist
I first got interested in this topic when we briefly talked about musicians being Activist in my Vietnam history class. Back in the 60's and 70's some Musician's were Activist for the Vietnam War and Equal rights. Even today with such thing as high gas prices and the war over in Iraq a lot of Musicians are being political activist. One of the most famous Activists was a member of one of the most popular band's from the 60's and 70's the Beatles. John Lennon, in a 1966 Interview Lennon told the reporter that he felt that he and the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ was to Teenagers. All though that brought a lot of heat with Christian group all bashed him for being Anti-religious but that's not what Lennon meant all along he just meant that among all of the teenagers he and the Beatles were more popular. So since John was so popular with his music and being on 70's talk show scene week after week expressing his feelings on the Vietnam War and other problems that were going on at that time. He would appear week after week on the 70's talk show scene and he would also lead some protest marches in the streets for equal rights and peace love and happiness, and not in support of any type of war. John Lennon was an activist all the way up to his murder; Lennon got shot in December 8th, 1980 in New York City by a deranged fan Mark David Chapman.
Activism to John Lennon meant to speak about how you felt and what you believed in and to express it anyway you could, Lennon didn't express it as much in his music as someone like Bob Dylan. Also some one like John Lennon wanted to become a singer songwriter first and then used his fame to be a voice as an activist. And some one as Bob Dylan used his voice to vocalize how he felt politically and emotionalize his feelings towards the Vietnam War and other social issues.
Bob Dylan a Folk singer, who was influenced by the Beatles, became a big part of the civil rights...
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