{"id":42725,"date":"2020-12-08T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=42725"},"modified":"2020-12-08T09:00:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T09:00:14","slug":"still-relevant-or-a-man-of-yesterday-40-years-without-john-lennon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/still-relevant-or-a-man-of-yesterday-40-years-without-john-lennon\/","title":{"rendered":"Still relevant or a man of Yesterday? \u2013 40 years without John Lennon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, on 8th December 2020, marks 40 years since John Lennon\u2019s tragic death. The whole world was thoroughly shocked when the true icon, former Beatle and a peace activist, was shot in New York City. That event marked a whole generation but is John Lennon still an impactful figure for people who were born after his death?<\/p>\n

We asked young Londoners if they think John Lennon is still an influential person and these are the results:<\/p>\n

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Chart by Karolina Pracht on Canva<\/p><\/div>\n

Some of the survey takers know him only because of the song Imagine<\/em>, some stated that he stopped being a part of the conversation a while ago and some mentioned his libel case: “Allegations of domestic abuse have dogged his image recently.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, most of the responses were positive, stating that John Lennon is still an icon or go as far as saying that “along with McCartney his writing is to music what Shakespeare is to the English language.\u201d<\/p>\n

No one can deny that the \u201cFab Four\u201d changed popular music forever. Even if you\u2019re not a fan you probably know the lyrics to a lot of The Beatles songs anyway. From radio to movie soundtracks their music is still present in the media circulation.<\/p>\n

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Infographics by Karolina Pracht on Adobe Spark<\/p><\/div>\n

The Beatles Story<\/a>, the band\u2019s museum in Liverpool, welcomed 317,156 visitors during the 2019\/20 season. Also according to Forbes\u2019s article from 2019<\/a>, \u201cSpotify research shows that of the 1.7 billion streams, 18- to 24-year-olds account for more than 30% of Beatles listening to this year, the largest share among all demographics.\u201d<\/p>\n

And if you want to contribute to this years\u2019 statistics and commemorate John Lennon by listening to his solo-tracks or co-written Beatles hits, we got you covered:<\/p>\n