By John Lennon

Nick M-LevyBlock 5

You say you want a revolutionWell, you knowWe all want to change the worldYou tell me that it's evolutionWell, you knowWe all want to change the worldBut when you talk about destructionDon't you know that you can count me outDon't you know it's gonna be all rightall right, all right

Song Lyrics

You say you got a real solutionWell, you knowWe'd all love to see the planYou ask me for a contributionWell, you knowWe're doing what we canBut when you want moneyfor people with minds that hate

All I can tell is brother you have to waitDon't you know it's gonna be all rightall right, all rightAh

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...

You say you'll change the constitutionWell, you knowWe all want to change your headYou tell me it's the institutionWell, you knowYou better free your mind insteadBut if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao

You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhowDon't you know it's gonna be all rightall right, all rightall right, all right, all rightall right, all right, all right Back

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John Lennon

• John Lennon was born October 9th 1940 in Liverpool England

• Lennon was the first of the well known The Beatles to join the band

• Lennon was brought up by is aunt in postwar England in the spring of 1955 Lennon and some other students made a band called Quarry men after their school Quarry bank high school two years latrer McCartney and Harrison joined.

• In October of 1962 they released their first single “love me do” in January of 1963 they releases “Please Please me” which remained at the top of the charts for six months

• The Beatles first came to America in 1964 after their huge success from the song “I Want to Hold your hand” in fact to song stayed on the top of the charts for 7 weeks dropping to number 2 for “love me do” another Beatles song

• The Beatles made over 300 songs • Although the group was doing well John Lennon

and McCartney began to fight and argue eventually the Beatles split up

• John started a new band with his wife Yoko Ono which he called ”the Plastic Ono Band” he wrote several famous songs such as “give peace a chance” and “Imagine”

• He led several rallies against the Vietnam War.• He was shot December 8 1980 by a fan named

Mark Chapman he was declared dead when he arrived at the hospital

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Revolution

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During the time this song was written the Vietnam war was in full swing and it was very unpopular with the public. Many people were upset with the government for staying in the war. There were many protests about it and a great many people joined the Hippy movement to try to stop the war.John Lennon hated the Vietnam war so much he returned his metal Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in protest to the war

The significance of “ the institution”

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During this time in the U.S. people were angry at the government for staying in the Vietnam war their was many names they called it such as “big brother” and “the institution” in this song John is saying that if you blame the government you should just let it go and not to get angry about everything it does. What I feel when reading this is that he was angry at people who blamed the government for all of the worlds and saying that they would have done more to avoid the problems without actually having a plan of how they would do it

End RhymeA repetition of sound at the end of two or more poetic linesYou say you want a revolutionWell, you knowWe all want to change the worldYou tell me that it's evolutionAnother example isYou say you got a real solutionWell, you knowWe'd all love to see the planYou ask me for a contribution Back

Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of sound in two words next to one anotherSome examples in this song are:You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow or We're doing what we can

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Repetition

Repetition is when a word or phrase is repeated multiple times some examples from this song is;You say you want a revolutionWell, you knowWe all want to change the worldYou tell me that it's evolutionWell, you knowOrDon't you know it's gonna be all rightall right, all rightall right, all right, all rightall right, all right, all right

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ThemeWhat I hear from this song is annoyance not so much anger like most people might think. When I read though this he doesn’t seem to be blaming anyone he just seems to be saying how he feels about everything such as the verse You say you got a real solutionWell, you knowWe'd all love to see the planTo me it sound like he is saying don’t ask me to help if you don’t know what you are doing Orwhen you want moneyfor people with minds that hateAll I can tell is brother you have to wait he sounds like he doesn’t want to be involved in any violence even to further a cause Back

Conflict In this there seems to be conflict between the people and the government this is showed in the lyricswhen you want moneyfor people with minds that hateAll I can tell is brother you have to waitor We all want to change the worldBut when you talk about destructionDon't you know that you can count me out

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MoodI think that this song is trying to teach in a slow easy manner because this if this song had been song faster it would be an angry song but they slowed it down and played it to a nice easy tune. This made the song nice and relaxed and because they did you can hear all the words and see that they are not sung angry but they are sung in a calm patient manner.

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