Ideological and Political Message of the John Lennon’s Song «Revolution» in the Focus of the Foreign, Soviet and Russian Historiography
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Bokarev V.V. Ideological and Political Message of the John Lennon’s Song «Revolution» in the Focus of the Foreign, Soviet and Russian Historiography. Vlast’ (The Authority). 2015. Vol. 23. No. 3. P. 183-187. (in Russ.).
Abstract
The article is devoted to the historiographic analysis of the ideological and political message of the John Lennon’s song «Revolution» to the participants of the youth riot in 1968.The article presents the results of the research as of the single and album versions of the song «Revolution», so of the reaction of the various political forces (conservatives, liberals, communists, left radicals) on the Lennon’s position on the problem of revolutionary violence and radical reconstruction of society. The author also pays attention to the main directions of the falsification the song. The author argues that the true significance of the Lennon’s «Revolution» for the mass audience was the protest against the Maoist script of the youth revolution in the West in 1968.
Keywords:
revolution, youth revolution, Maoism, new left, historiography, political rock, John Lennon, The Beatles, Mao Zedong
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Bonoski F. 1978. Dve kul'tury. M.: Progress. 434 p.
Viner Dzh. 1994. Vmeste! Dzhon Lennon i ego vremya. M.: Raduga. 304 p.
Goldman A. 2000. Dzhon Lennon. M.: Molodaya gvardiya. 615 p.
Dehvis A. 2006. Interv'yu. – Dokumental'nyj fil'm «Soedinennye Shtaty protiv Dzhona Lennona».
Klejson A. 2005. Dzhon Lennon. M.: Ehksmo. 320 p.
Mingo Dzh. 1996. Sekrety uspekha velikih kompanij (52 istorii iz mira biznesa i torgovli). SPb.: Piter. 256 p.
Myalo K.G. 1985. Pod znamenem bunta. Ocherki po istorii i psihologii molodezhnogo protesta 1950–1970-h gg. M.: Molodaya gvardiya. 287 p.
Razzakov F. 2006. Din Rid. Tragediya krasnogo kovboya. M.: Ehksmo. 832 p.
Rozental' Eh. M. 1976. V poiskah ideala. M.: Politizdat. 191 p.
Skorodenko V.A. 1992. Moi «Bitlz», ili ot sostavitelya. Lennon Dzh., Makkartni P., Harrison Dzh., Starr R.
Feofanov O. 1975. Muzyka molodezhnogo bunta. – SSHA: ehkonomika, politika, ideologiya. № 7. P. 37-44.
Feofanov O.A. 1978. Rok-muzyka: vchera i segodnya. M.: Detskaya literatura. 158 p.
Yugin I. 1999. Anatomiya kvarteta Bitlz (analiz tvorchestva legendarnogo ansamblya). Har'kov: Miloserdie. 128 s.
John Lennon in His Own Words. 1980 (comp. by B. Miles; ed. by P. Marchbank). L.; N.Y.; Sydney: Omnibus Press. 128 p.
Lennon J., McCartney P. 1981. Revolution. – The Complete Beatles (ed. by M. Okun). N.Y., Toronto; Delilah: ATV Music Publications; Bantam Books. Vol. 2. P. 236-238.
Noebel D.A. 1965. Communism, Hypnotism and The Beatles: An Analysis of the Communist Use of Music, the Communist Master Music Plan. Tulsa (Okla.): Christian Crusade Publications. 26 p.
Noebel D.A. 1969. The Beatles: A Study in Drugs, Sex, & Revolution. Tulsa (Okla.): Christian Crusade Publications. 64 p.
The Beatles. 1968a. Hey Jude / Revolution. SP. Apple records R 5722.
The Beatles. 1968b. Revolution 1. – The Beatles. 2 LP's. Apple records PCS 7067/8.
Wenner J. 1972. Lennon Remembers. The Rolling Stone interviews by Jann Wenner. L.: Talmy, Franklin. 189 p.
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