{"id":515211,"date":"2025-10-20T20:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/515211\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:16:11","slug":"the-band-yoko-ono-said-john-lennon-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/515211\/","title":{"rendered":"The band Yoko Ono said John Lennon “created”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yoko<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Eric Koch \/ Anefo \/ National Archives)<\/p>\n

Mon 20 October 2025 18:30, UK <\/p>\n

Ever tried to imagine a world without The Beatles<\/a>? Danny Boyle tried once, but even he couldn\u2019t capture the magnitude of a world without the Fab Four.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Suppose that\u2019s because the butterfly effect generally starts with something seemingly inconsequential but which eventually has major consequences. And is also probably why, when trying to translate this into film format, Boyle ended up connecting the impact of the Beatles to a bunch of other popular cultural phenomena, like the fact that cigarettes somehow aren\u2019t a thing anymore, and neither is Harry Potter.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a bunch of loose associations there that could back up some of the more bold claims in the film. But rather than unpacking that fictional universe, there\u2019s actually a lot to be said about all of the things that probably wouldn\u2019t exist without the Liverpudlian quartet. Like, for one, the quintessential roots fandom. Granted, something would have eventually come along in their place, but they set the blueprint for everything we recognise in modern-day communities.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also the explosion of musicians who probably wouldn\u2019t have picked up drumsticks were it not for Ringo Starr, or put pen to paper after hearing the eloquent wordplay of Lennon-McCartney, or even approached a music store in search of a guitar after seeing George Harrison play. Their iconic stint on The Ed Sullivan Show<\/a> wouldn\u2019t have captivated an entire generation, meaning we probably would be absent several defining legends that followed in their footsteps.<\/p>\n

Along with the 73 million people who watched from home was a surge of others who went on to become major names, like Billy Joel, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen. And then from there, a surge of secondary generation musicians came to the fore, through the punk and indie rock boom, eventually reaching names like The Strokes and Oasis, which, we all know, ended up with bands like Arctic Monkeys and The Killers.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s with looking at the Beatles as a general, collective force \u2013 think of all the acts who were directly inspired by specific members, like John Lennon, who unknowingly had a heavy hand in pushing the Gallagher brothers to realise the extent of their craft. Yoko Ono even commented on this once, acknowledging just how much Lennon had an impact on the duo they eventually became.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very pleased,\u201d she explained, assessing the state of British pop culture and Lennon\u2019s influence on it. \u201cOasis music is good power \u2013 we should embrace all artists and musicians. I\u2019m happy that\u2019s a group that John created really. He did an incredible job, with the help of the three others. It was his vision that carried them through. He was very good at visualising.\u201d <\/p>\n

A lot of what Ono was getting at was how accessible art and music have now become, like her own concept art, and how, now, it\u2019s become more of an exploration for the masses than it ever was before. Lennon, too, pushed music to become something others could try themselves, an expression that reflected society at any given time, like Oasis, and the ways their voices carried the spirit of an entire generation. That\u2019s the meaning of true impact, a real testament to Lennon\u2019s own butterfly effect \u2013 infiltrating the parts of culture you don\u2019t even notice at first.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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