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Old 12-08-2003, 11:09 AM   #1 (permalink)
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John Lennon

He was killed 23 years ago today. Coincidently, it was also a Monday. I remember watching Monday Night Football and hearing the news from Howard Cosell. A very deep sense of grief seemed to hang overhead for days and days. Not just with me but nearly everyone I knew. To me his death marked the end of an era, a loss of ideals. The sad irony is that someone so dedicated to peace was taken out by raw violence.

John, we're still thinking of you.

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Old 12-08-2003, 01:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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This is also Jim Morrison's Birthday
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Old 12-08-2003, 01:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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strawberry fields must be packed today... it's cold out but I'm sure people are braving it...
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Old 12-08-2003, 04:46 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I remember finding out on the radio. I was 13. It seemed so tragic..so huge. I was in school in Allen Texas which was a really hick town back then. Later that week my english teacher told the class he deserved to die because he was a druggie. I still pity that small minded woman.
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Old 12-08-2003, 05:15 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Wow, that English teacher comment had me gaping. WOW.

I didn't have the opportunity to be around when Lennon was alive, but I appreciate the music he created. When I hear a song like Imagine, it makes me sad to think that such talent was destroyed so suddenly.
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Old 12-08-2003, 06:23 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I was only nine when he was killed, but I was a huge Lennon fan already at that young age. He was one of only two artists I actually shed a tear over, Stevie Ray Vaughn being the other.
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Old 12-08-2003, 09:00 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I was only five this time 23 years ago. I have often wondered what Lennon would be doing if he were still alive. He was so talented, I can't even imagine how he may have shaped music for years to come.
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Old 12-09-2003, 06:07 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I remember the day. I was a senior in high school. Was learning to play the guitar and
had my eye on a huge Beatles sheet music book.
Went back to the store to buy it a week later and the price was double. Fuckin' wankers.

It was certainly a tragedy. I'm sure there were many years of brilliance yet to be shown.
Certainly there have been many societal issues on which he would have commented in song.
But I can't help thinking that if Lennon had to be taken early,
why couldn't it have happened <b>before</b> he wrote '<b>Give Peace a Chance</b>'?
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Old 12-09-2003, 06:39 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I was 15. I was seriously bummed about it. Losing him wasn't as bad, IMO, as losing Belushi, but it was close.

Lennon has struck me more recently as a bit of a hypocrit, actually. A talented one, but still.
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Old 12-09-2003, 07:16 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Old 12-09-2003, 07:26 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Why him and not that bitch Yoko.

She was talent less, as a artist and a singer.
But Lenon was great. Yea some weird ideas but hey we all have our moments, he just had the opportunity to have them put through the media.
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Old 12-09-2003, 06:25 PM   #12 (permalink)
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We miss you John.
I'm sure that heaven is filled with your wonderful music.
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Old 12-09-2003, 06:52 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Only the good die young...
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Old 12-09-2003, 06:57 PM   #14 (permalink)
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John Lennon in December and Harry Chapin the following summer - a guy of peace and a guy who fought hunger...

we should all miss them both!
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Old 12-09-2003, 07:07 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I'd comment, but I'm too young to know anything about anything :P
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Old 12-09-2003, 08:05 PM   #16 (permalink)
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The thing is since Lennon got taken so long ago, it stands out more for most. He made some truely great music.
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Old 12-09-2003, 09:18 PM   #17 (permalink)
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man... this is a sad day... i wish i could go there but im way on the west coast.... sad sad sad
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Old 12-10-2003, 12:24 PM   #18 (permalink)
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The worst thing about losing John that made it more painful than losing people like Jimi, Janis, Morrison or Belushi was that John's life was taken away from him. The others had their own battles and lost. But John was so brutally taken without a chance. That's what makes it a true tragedy.

I was too young at the time to remember it, but it breaks my heart whenever I think about it.
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