Remembering John Lennon

[cycloneye]

On the 25th anniversary of his murder, fans brought flowers, candles and their own bittersweet memories Thursday as they gathered in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields — and in the former Beatle’s hometown of Liverpool, England.

I was not a hard core fan of the Beatles however some of the songs from them I liked a lot when I was a kid.

[Stephanie]

I heard the news on the radio while stopped at a light on my way to college. I started to cry. What a loss!

[Miss Mary]

Luis,

Thank you for starting this thread. I kept meaning to but just had little time to spend here today.

I was a Beatles fan, had a few of their albums. As a teen, Paul was my favorite, but then again that opinion was formed when I was 9. As I got older, I realized how very important John Lennon was to the music community. He has inspired thousands and thousands of musicians all over the planet. We know of many local musicians who pretty much all state the same opinion - the Beatles and Lennon were their reasons for sticking with music. The best band there ever was, IMHO. And it's shared by many.

I remember waking up the next morning, walking outside for my newspaper, opening it while still on the sidewalk to our front porch and reading the tragic news - Ex-Beatle Slain. If I had watched the 11 p.m. news the night before I would have learned of the very sad news. I immediately turned on the TV, every station was covering the story. As I drove to work, each radio station I tuned to, was playing Beatles music. Even talk radio stations, all devoted to the Beatles and to John Lennon's memory.

It is a day I will never forget. And that said, I still say December 8, 1980 is the saddest day in Rock n Roll history. Even more so than Elvis' death. John Lennon was living a peaceful lifestyle, bothering no one, and he was ripped from us.



Mary

[Stephanie]

Luis,

Thank you for starting this thread. I kept meaning to but just had little time to spend here today.

I was a Beatles fan, had a few of their albums. As a teen, Paul was my favorite, but then again that opinion was formed when I was 9. As I got older, I realized how very important John Lennon was to the music community. He has inspired thousands and thousands of musicians all over the planet. We know of many local musicians who pretty much all state the same opinion - the Beatles and Lennon were their reasons for sticking with music. The best band there ever was, IMHO. And it's shared by many.

I remember waking up the next morning, walking outside for my newspaper, opening it while still on the sidewalk to our front porch and reading the tragic news - Ex-Beatle Slain. If I had watched the 11 p.m. news the night before I would have learned of the very sad news. I immediately turned on the TV, every station was covering the story. As I drove to work, each radio station I tuned to, was playing Beatles music. Even talk radio stations, all devoted to the Beatles and to John Lennon's memory.

It is a day I will never forget. And that said, I still say December 8, 1980 is the saddest day in Rock n Roll history. Even more so than Elvis' death. John Lennon was living a peaceful lifestyle, bothering no one, and he was ripped from us.



Mary

Well said!

[cycloneye]

Luis,

Thank you for starting this thread. I kept meaning to but just had little time to spend here today.

I was a Beatles fan, had a few of their albums. As a teen, Paul was my favorite, but then again that opinion was formed when I was 9. As I got older, I realized how very important John Lennon was to the music community. He has inspired thousands and thousands of musicians all over the planet. We know of many local musicians who pretty much all state the same opinion - the Beatles and Lennon were their reasons for sticking with music. The best band there ever was, IMHO. And it's shared by many.

I remember waking up the next morning, walking outside for my newspaper, opening it while still on the sidewalk to our front porch and reading the tragic news - Ex-Beatle Slain. If I had watched the 11 p.m. news the night before I would have learned of the very sad news. I immediately turned on the TV, every station was covering the story. As I drove to work, each radio station I tuned to, was playing Beatles music. Even talk radio stations, all devoted to the Beatles and to John Lennon's memory.

It is a day I will never forget. And that said, I still say December 8, 1980 is the saddest day in Rock n Roll history. Even more so than Elvis' death. John Lennon was living a peaceful lifestyle, bothering no one, and he was ripped from us.



Mary

Great post Mary.

[breeze]

There's an old, yellowed paper on my kitchen corkboard
(stuck up there with thumb tacks, next to a few
meaningful postcards and cartoons). A friend sent it to me,
many years ago, attached to a gift package. Most of us
can hear it, in our heads:

"Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one..."

- John Lennon

[Stephanie]

AMEN Breeze!