The world lost a true musical genius and a great social commentator who "IMAGINED" a world of peace and people living side by side.
I started this thread to get the Memorium in early, for those of us old enough to tell where we were, or how it affected us. And to pay tribute to the man that changed music, pop culture and was "A Working Class Hero".
I realize there will be some who do not like Lennon or what he said..... PLEASE DO NOT RUIN THIS THREAD OF TRIBUTE WITH YOU PETTINESS..... IF YOU CANNOT COMMENT ON HOW HE POSITIVELY CHANGED YOUR LIFE AND THE WORLD THEN MOVE ON.....
I was 13, and staying up late to watch MNF with my dad when Howard Cosell made the announcement. My mom cried the rest of the night, my dad turned the game off and put on "Rubber Soul", I don't think it truly registered with me.
The next week my mom had attended a memorial with several of her high school friends, my dad would play Beatles and Lennon solo work and even the kids at school were different. We lost the voice of a generation, even if it hadn't been ours he was for most of our parents and none of us had grown up without hearing the music at least.
It is sad and ironic the we seem to lose men of peace through violent means, MLK, Jesus, John Lennon, Robert Kennedy, and so on. Lennon's was the last major assassination of that era that lasted close to 20 years.
They say when JFK was assassinated the baby boomers lost their innocence, they say when MLK was assassinated they lost a uniter, they say when RFK was killed they lost a great leader who had yet to lead............. but this day 25 years ago we lost our heart, our soul and our conscience.....we lost the dreamer, the man who threw fame away so that he could "watch the wheels go round and round and be a stay at home father to his son Sean.
The memory of John Lennon shall live in our hearts till we die, but his music and the words and his dreams shall live forever and someday, hopefully a world leader will put on "Imagine" and be inspired to find world peace, an end to hunger and greed and to just have a brotherhood of man living side by side.............
We loved you John and we still do.... as a baby born the day Sgt. Pepper's was released I will always fel a bond with you....... God gave us someone truly great and special and one man took him away, this day 25 years ago......
I'll close with the 3 Lennon songs that mean the most to me..... one he wrote explaining why he had taken his "sabbatical" from the music world but to me is truly the greatest addiction recovery song ever written and tells me that my dream to help others recover is ok ..... and the 2nd needs no explanation...... the 3rd is how we who love you feel..........
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Watching The Wheels
People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing,
Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin,
When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strange,
Surely your not happy now you no longer play the game,
People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away,
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me,
When I tell that I'm doing Fine watching shadows on the wall,
Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball?
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round,
I really love to watch them roll,
No longer riding on the merry-go-round,
I just had to let it go,
People asking questions lost in confusion,
Well I tell them there's no problem,
Only solutions,
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind,
I tell them there's no hurry...
I'm just sitting here doing time,
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round,
I really love to watch them roll,
No longer riding on the merry-go-round,
I just had to let it go.
Written By: John Lennon
© Lenono Music
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IMAGINE
by John Lennon
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 be as one
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In My Life
There are places I remember,
All my life, though some have changed,
Some forever, not for better,
Some have gone and some remain.
All these places had their moments,
With lovers and friends I still can recall,
Some are dead and some are living,
In my life I've loved them all.
But of all these friends and lovers,
There is no one compared with you,
And these mem'ries lose their meaning,
When I think of love as somthing new.
Though I know I'll never lose affection,
For people and things that went before,
I know I'll often stop and think about them,
In my life I'll love you more.
Though I know I'll never lose affection,
For people and things that went before,
I know I'll often stop and think about them,
In my life I'll love you more.
In my life I'll love you more.
Written by: John Lennon
© Northern Songs LTD
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GOD HAS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR YOU, JOHN LENNON....... RIP.......