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MisterDDDD
Just like with the Kennedy assasination and Sept.11th, I will always remember the exact moment when I learned of Lennon's assasination.
Howard Cosell broke it to me and most of the US first on Monday Night Football.
"Dead on Arrival".. I remember him saying as he read the news bulletin on air..
Just like with the other tragic events I mentioned, you knew life was never really going to be the same from that moment on.
When I went to NY for the 2012 50th anniversary show, which was also on Dec. 8th, it was nice attending an vigil in Central Park at Strawberry Fields earlier in the day before the concert.
They opened up the Brooklyn concert with their cover of The Beatles "I Wanna be your Man".. I took as a nod to Lennon.
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MisterDDDD
Just like with the Kennedy assasination and Sept.11th, I will always remember the exact moment when I learned of Lennon's assasination.
Howard Cosell broke it to me and most of the US first on Monday Night Football.
"Dead on Arrival"...
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schillid
he can rot
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LeonidP
The murderer, btw, just had released some statement recently how he regrets it and feels he should never be let out of prison -- sort of a reverse psychological attempt to get out (or so it seems to me), hoping the parole board commission will see this as a sign of true sorrow and acceptance of self blame.
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ash
Agreed and worth mentioning that even if us fans were devastated (and I was at the time), that's nothing compared to a five year old boy who lost his Dad in such a horrifying way not to mention his wife seeing her husband murdered like that.
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MisterDDDD
Nice recent interview about John with Paul by Sean Lennon.
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steffialicia
Thank you so much for posting this. It meant a lot for me to hear this interview!
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steffialicia
Thank you so much for posting this. It meant a lot for me to hear this interview!
It was a great interview I thought as well.
Like listening to them chat in a living room.
A bit of a Stones tie-in for me as well. Thanks to them, in between the Manchester and Edinburgh shows in '18 I was able to spend several days in Liverpool. Was able to see all their childhood houses, neighborhoods, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields etc which I am really grateful for. Would never have made the trip otherwise. A great place to visit, highlight of the trip.
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CaptainCorella
35 years.
Makes me feel very old, and very sad indeed.
A terrible thing to have happened.
But... I did actually exchange a small number of words with John, and for that I'm disproportionately grateful.
In the summer of 1971 I worked in London, very close to the US Embassy, and very near Oxford St.
John & Yoko had just brought out the paperback version of 'Grapefruit' and were doing a book signing in a store in Oxford St. (It's actually in one of the several versions of the movie "Imagine" ) .
Anyway, I thought I'd wander over and see what was going on.
There was a large crowd outside, milling around, and not going it to the shop. So, looking as if I knew what I was doing, I simply walked round the crowd into the shop and pretended to look at the shelves.
A short while later a policeman came up to me (I was in my smart work suit) and asked me if I was the manager!
Then John & Yoko arrived and there was a great surge (HDN reference) around them and where they sat behind a table starting to sign books.
After a while, John looked up and made a comment about wondering if anyone was going to buy one of the books. I replied to him that I'd have two, and he handed them to me - having signed them before my eyes.
Not a lot of interchange, but I'm very pleased to have had it!!
(One book was for me, the other for a colleague who was leaving at the end of the week. A year or so later she came to my place on a visit, and saw my copy of "Grapefruit", opened it, and nearly fainted. She'd seen the autographs in her copy and thought that they were printed in as part of the publication (not unreasonable actually). Seeing mine she realised that she had the real thing.)
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KevinM
John Lennon - Just Because + Reprise
This song has as much soul & beauty as any solo song he's ever done (imho) & gets me every time.
I like this version even better than the original Lloyd Price vs., which I also love.
John Lennon - Be My Baby
John Lennon - Be My Baby (alt. vs.)
RIP Dr. Winston O'Boogie
Somewhere in heaven The Great Pearly Gates Band is practicing & welcoming their newest member, Eddie Van Halen.
John Lennon
George Harrison
Brian Jones
Ian Stewart (Stu)
Nicky Hopkins
Jim Morrison
Jimi Hendrix
Chris Squire
Keith Moon
John Bonham
Neil Peart
David Bowie
Bob Marley
Eddie Van Halen
Kurt Cobain
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KevinM
John Lennon - Just Because + Reprise
This song has as much soul & beauty as any solo song he's ever done (imho) & gets me every time.
I like this version even better than the original Lloyd Price vs., which I also love.
John Lennon - Be My Baby
John Lennon - Be My Baby (alt. vs.)
RIP Dr. Winston O'Boogie
Somewhere in heaven The Great Pearly Gates Band is practicing & welcoming their newest member, Eddie Van Halen.
John Lennon
George Harrison
Brian Jones
Ian Stewart (Stu)
Nicky Hopkins
Jim Morrison
Jimi Hendrix
Chris Squire
Keith Moon
John Bonham
Neil Peart
David Bowie
Bob Marley
Eddie Van Halen
Kurt Cobain
+ John Entwistle