RobertJ.
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I heard about John's death the next day. I was in boot camp in San Diego.
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John Lennon
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dsf
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Allan Sherman was right.
I never was that much of a Beatles fan. I though it was pretty low class to emigrate to another Country and then mouth off about their politics. He didn’t deserve being murdered though, no one deserves that.
Good one!
I liked the Monkees’ tv show, particularly the car.
Saw in concert, or at least Mike, at Street Vibrations in Reno, ‘15ish.
I was in a car in downtown Tokyo, listening to FEN (Far Eastern Network, now known as American Forces Network-Japan), parked and waiting for my then wife to complete an errand, when I heard the news of Lennon's murder.
While Yoko Ono's character and art never appealed to me, I think she is an interesting and accomplished person, and that her relationship with Lennon was an epic love affair.
(I think the romantic relationships of others, whether successes or failures, are very commonly a mystery to everyone else.)
While initially, mid '60s, I was more of a Beatles fan than a Stones fan, that flipped somewhere in the '80s.
While Yoko Ono's character and art never appealed to me, I think she is an interesting and accomplished person, and that her relationship with Lennon was an epic love affair.
(I think the romantic relationships of others, whether successes or failures, are very commonly a mystery to everyone else.)
While initially, mid '60s, I was more of a Beatles fan than a Stones fan, that flipped somewhere in the '80s.
Definitely flawed....
...but a great artist nonetheless. He and that Paul dude revolutionized music, along with those other two. Who were they? Ringer and some electrician's apprentice.
Kidding aside, I grew up with them and they played a HUGE part in my make up early on. I still have a load of their tunes on my phone and I still listen to them often in the car. I sat down to my piano for the first time in a good while last night and played, "Let It Be". Has everybody heard the Dolly Parton version of 'Let It Be' with Paul and Ringo? It's top notch.
PS: John Lennon was somebody that you couldn't take anything he said seriously because he'd say anything one minute and something else the next.
PPS: On Yoko Ono. She didn't 'break up' the Beatles, but she's done enough selfish and mercenary things for me to dislike her immensely.
...but a great artist nonetheless. He and that Paul dude revolutionized music, along with those other two. Who were they? Ringer and some electrician's apprentice.
Kidding aside, I grew up with them and they played a HUGE part in my make up early on. I still have a load of their tunes on my phone and I still listen to them often in the car. I sat down to my piano for the first time in a good while last night and played, "Let It Be". Has everybody heard the Dolly Parton version of 'Let It Be' with Paul and Ringo? It's top notch.
PS: John Lennon was somebody that you couldn't take anything he said seriously because he'd say anything one minute and something else the next.
PPS: On Yoko Ono. She didn't 'break up' the Beatles, but she's done enough selfish and mercenary things for me to dislike her immensely.
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I imagine the moment he died he stopped imagining.
NFrameFred
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In Greg Laurie's book, Lennon, Dylan, Alice, and Jesus: The Spiritual Biography of Rock and Roll: he relates a second hand account of John and Yoko bicycling through a part of Japan where she grew up, was recognized by some people they knew, so she and John turned around and came back to talk to them. Apparently one of them turned out to be a Catholic nun (or maybe a missionary ?) if I recall the anecdote correctly, and she began to take John to task for some of his more infamous comments, especially the one about the Beatles popularity that got him in so much hot water. He reported told them he never should have said it, acted embarrassed, and passed it off with a comment about how when they were in the midst of all that craziness they often said things when talking to reporters and interviewers just to be outrageous. He said it was a ridiculous thing to say.
One can only hope the story is accurate. Of the four, his was the most dysfunctional and troubled life growing up, and as the oldest he no doubt took himself too seriously with the wealth, fame and notoriety that was thrust on them in that time. That he and McCartney produced some enduring works of music and had enormous impacts on the world's culture is indisputable. His death was not 'deserved' any more than any of the rest of us, and only facilitated by the lunacy of a sick mind.
One can only hope the story is accurate. Of the four, his was the most dysfunctional and troubled life growing up, and as the oldest he no doubt took himself too seriously with the wealth, fame and notoriety that was thrust on them in that time. That he and McCartney produced some enduring works of music and had enormous impacts on the world's culture is indisputable. His death was not 'deserved' any more than any of the rest of us, and only facilitated by the lunacy of a sick mind.
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Aggie1906
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Turns out my just 16 year old granddaughter shares a birthday with John.
And she knew it. I knew she was smart, but was still impressed during her birthday phone call. Smart, aware, academic and an athlete! WooHoo!
And she knew it. I knew she was smart, but was still impressed during her birthday phone call. Smart, aware, academic and an athlete! WooHoo!
I imagine John is beyond caring what we think of him.
My brother in law is from India,and moved to the States in about 1968.While in India in the 60s,some guys came up to him and asked directions. He gave them directions and they chatted a bit. Shortly afterwards my brother in law moved to America,and attended Nyack college in NYC. He said he was riding around town on his motorcycle and happened to look up at a billboard. He said he couldnt believe it. On this billboard was the guys who asked him for directions in India. It was the Beatles
Valmet
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Yoko Ono destroyed The Beatles and John Lennon let her, unfortunately. As brilliant as Lennon was, he was much less so without McCartney.
