RushCanuck Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Today is anniversary of John Lennon's murder. Such a terrible event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Imagine what it would be like if he was still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I was just watching some clips from when they played Shea in 65 on you tube. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I'm listening to Walls and Bridges right now, my favorite Lennon solo album. He would have made so much great music if he was still alive today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 He wasn't half-bad for a singer and songwriter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Dec 8 2011, 10:14 PM) He wasn't half-bad for a singer and songwriter! Love John Lennon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 He really wasn't very bright. His heart was in the right place, pretty good music, but he was a hypocrite who put half his mind in half of his statements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 QUOTE (Kenneth @ Dec 8 2011, 11:49 PM) He really wasn't very bright. His heart was in the right place, pretty good music, but he was a hypocrite who put half his mind in half of his statements. He wasn't perfect, far from it. Personally, I'm not on board with a lot of what he said and did, he was basically a mouth piece. But, he never denied his hypocrisy or ran from it. I do admire that. Oh yeah, he was very bright. He was as quick a wit as there ever was in entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 John Lennon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Dec 9 2011, 12:00 AM) QUOTE (Kenneth @ Dec 8 2011, 11:49 PM) He really wasn't very bright. His heart was in the right place, pretty good music, but he was a hypocrite who put half his mind in half of his statements. He wasn't perfect, far from it. Personally, I'm not on board with a lot of what he said and did, he was basically a mouth piece. But, he never denied his hypocrisy or ran from it. I do admire that. Oh yeah, he was very bright. He was as quick a wit as there ever was in entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soni Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Dec 9 2011, 07:00 AM) QUOTE (Kenneth @ Dec 8 2011, 11:49 PM) He really wasn't very bright. His heart was in the right place, pretty good music, but he was a hypocrite who put half his mind in half of his statements. He wasn't perfect, far from it. Personally, I'm not on board with a lot of what he said and did, he was basically a mouth piece. But, he never denied his hypocrisy or ran from it. I do admire that. Oh yeah, he was very bright. He was as quick a wit as there ever was in entertainment. I agree, he said he was really affacted by his mother leaving him when he was child, and he did the exact same thing to his son Julian. But as musician I have nothing bad to say about him (if you don't count the three albums of NOISE he did with Yoko) RIP John, Miss you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 One of the worst days of my life. . . . Fukk. . . . I miss you JL and listen to your music nearly every day and will continue to do so until the day I die. Hope I get to meet you on the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Dec 8 2011, 11:04 PM)I'm listening to Walls and Bridges right now, my favorite Lennon solo album. He would have made so much great music if he was still alive today. Agreed. I think that with Double Fantasy he finally shed the "Ain't I rebellious," crap and realized that he was a gifted songwriter and performer. I remember my Dad waking me up before he left for work to tell me John was dead. Man was I bummed. I had just gotten into the Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Like many of you of a certain age, I heard the news this way, while watching MNF (with Howard Cosell announcing the tragic news) in my dorm room. Here's the clip... RIP, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 QUOTE (Union 5-3992 @ Dec 8 2011, 08:18 PM) Imagine what it would be like if he was still alive. imagine indeed. so much wrong in the world and a man like John Lennon gets shot in the back 4 times. so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of the 7 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I don't remember how I found out, but I was a little kid, and this was the first time it really sank in what murder is. My father loved John Lennon's music and kept the newspaper articles about his death in his dresser drawer until his own death in 1993, when my mom threw them out. Luckily, she gave me my dad's 45 of Starting Over, one of his favorite songs. This story of a doctor (who now works in a hospital here in town) who attended Lennon when he was brought to the hospital may not be up much longer, but it was very interesting. Do be warned, it's graphic and quite emotional: http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/CNY-...iJrBg7zxTg.cspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 2 months and 4 days after I was born as well. Such a tragedy. RIP John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I remember it like it was yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (metaldad @ Dec 11 2011, 06:43 AM) I remember it like it was yesterday Yeah me too. I was 24 and went out to the car to go play some gym rat hoops, turned the radio on, heard the announcement, turned the car off, went back in the house, cried, got drunk. Edited December 11, 2011 by driventotheedge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go2wrk@95974 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 QUOTE (metaldad @ Dec 11 2011, 06:43 AM) I remember it like it was yesterday Yep..me too.I was 21, and me and my ex-girlfriend were watching MNF with some work friends,when the news broke.Couldn't believe it. That was the end of classic rock,imo.Music hasn't been the same since. RIP, John Lennon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Just watched an excellent doc of the last day. Such a ridiculous waste. My fave albums are an even split between JL/PO band and Imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchance to Dream Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I bought my father Double Fantasy for Christmas that year. A few days after I purchased the album he was killed. My dad was devastated as he was a huge Beatles fan growing up. I think I heard the news from Howard Cosell during a Monday Night Football game. Not exactly sure if I'm recalling that correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 QUOTE (Perchance to Dream @ Dec 12 2011, 06:00 PM) I think I heard the news from Howard Cosell during a Monday Night Football game. Not exactly sure if I'm recalling that correctly. Yep, here's the clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchance to Dream Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 QUOTE (laughedatbytime @ Dec 12 2011, 05:04 PM) QUOTE (Perchance to Dream @ Dec 12 2011, 06:00 PM) I think I heard the news from Howard Cosell during a Monday Night Football game. Not exactly sure if I'm recalling that correctly. Yep, here's the clip. Good to know that a few of my brain cells are still functioning within parameters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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