Roux
And That's A Start
...it's all we need.
Posts: 13
|
Post by Roux on Dec 8, 2008 16:24:42 GMT
Today, about 28 years ago, John Lennon was killed. I'm only thirteen, so I wasn't around when he died, but my older sister was. Her quote:
I remember the day it happened...Twas very sad indeed. Of the Beatles he and George were my favorites. I mean, they all rocked but those two to my mind were the soul of the band. Imagine was certainly his opus, though I am sure had he lived it would have been eclipsed by others.
Were any of you guys around when it happened?
Oh, and to brighten things up, what's your favourite John song? Solo, or with the Beatles?
(I don't want any comments on my art. I really don't care, but yes, I made that thing up there.)[/color]
|
|
alexis
I'll Be On My Way
Posts: 447
|
Post by alexis on Dec 8, 2008 16:35:24 GMT
Today, about 28 years ago, John Lennon was killed. I'm only thirteen, so I wasn't around when he died, but my older sister was. Her quote:
I remember the day it happened...Twas very sad indeed. Of the Beatles he and George were my favorites. I mean, they all rocked but those two to my mind were the soul of the band. Imagine was certainly his opus, though I am sure had he lived it would have been eclipsed by others.
Were any of you guys around when it happened?
Oh, and to brighten things up, what's your favourite John song? Solo, or with the Beatles?
(I don't want any comments on my art. I really don't care, but yes, I made that thing up there.) [/color][/quote] I was around. I was watching Monday Night Football, when Howard Cosell came on and made the announcement. He sounded as if he really were sad, I'll always appreciate that. I don't remember who was playing that night ... No comments on the pic? .. But I was going to say I think it is great!
|
|
larosh
What Goes On In Your Heart
Posts: 77
|
Post by larosh on Dec 8, 2008 17:36:16 GMT
I wasn't around either. It makes me so sad, though. Every time I think about it. If I had one wish today it would probably be for him to still be around today. Nice banner.
|
|
|
Post by The End on Dec 8, 2008 23:38:06 GMT
I was 14. I had been really, really ill with measles, and had been off school for about 2 weeks. This was to be my first day back.
My Mum turn on the radio in the morning and I was lying in bed thinking how great it was that so much Beatles and John Lennon music was being played. And it was weird because the phone kept ringing, which was especially strange at that time of morning. Then an announcer came on air and said that John Lennon had been murdered in New York. I just lay there in complete shock. Then my Mum and Dad came into my room where I was still in bed - my Mum was in tears and my Dad's face was drained of all colour - I was so upset.
Apparently, my family, who'd obviously heard the news before me, had been calling all morning to see how I was, not because I'd been so ill, but because of the news about John Lennon's murder. They all new just how how much I loved The Beatles.
I still went to school that day though and I'd like to say all the other kids were sympathetic... but they weren't - you know how kids can be sometimes.
When I got home that evening, I taped every single news and radio broadcast with my little cassette recorder using a microphone pointed at the TV. In tribute, all the TV channels were showing footage of John Lennon including stuff I'd never seen before, such as his appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and later that night on BBC1 The Beatles' film Help! was shown - it actually made me feel worse.
Because John was killed so late at night (British time), the newspapers didn't carry the story till the 10th December... I bought every single newspaper that morning. And then every magazine. Books I'd been after for ages, suddenly filled the bookshelves - such as In His Own Write and A Spaniard In The Works.
Ten years later I went to Liverpool for the first time, it was for a tribute concert celebrating John's 50th birthday. At the end of the show Yoko came on stage and the whole crowd started singing Give Peace A Chance - Yoko just broke down in tears, as did everyone else in the audience. She couldn't even speak and eventually just left the stage with Sean.
I wont ever forget that moment when Yoko was trying to thank us and couldn't say the words - we were united. It really is amazing just how much John Lennon touched us all, and still does.
From that day in 1980 onward, if I hear a more than two songs in a row on the radio by the same artist, I immediately think the worst.
|
|
|
Post by mrmustard on Dec 9, 2008 0:13:31 GMT
Al, that's a lovely story. I wish I could say that on that day it touched me so much but I was only 10 years old at the time and hadn't really found The Beatles as such. I remember the day very clearly though. I can remember watching Help on BBC1 the following night. Also I remember my sister attending the gathering in Liverpool city centre a few days later. It's funny I remember the day so clearly now when at the time it didn't mean much to me. Shortly after, when I did find The Beatles through my sister, it did mean a lot to me. When I realised the senseless waste of such a hugely talented person who inspired me so much I think I felt exactly like all those thousands of people who mourned when he was killed. I still get emotional if I think too hard about it all now especially as he had just returned to active recording and still had so much to give at only 40.
|
|
|
Post by Bobber on Dec 9, 2008 11:48:42 GMT
You're okay now Al?
|
|
|
Post by The End on Dec 9, 2008 12:37:52 GMT
Just about!!
|
|
|
Post by Bobber on Dec 9, 2008 14:23:07 GMT
I wasn't as much into The Beatles myself at that time. I was fifteen years old and was on my way discovering The Beatles via Paul McCartney's Wings. I was into Paul's London Town and Back To The Egg a lot since 1977 or so. Somehow I had just found out that Paul used to be in the famous Beatles, together with John Lennon. John had no output in the second half of the seventies, so he had not really caught my ears and eyes up till then. I remember not being very impressed by (Just Like) Starting Over and couldn't really understand the fuzz about it. I thought (and think) that Paul's output of that time was much more interesting. On the 9th of December I remember that I heard about the news at school. In my mind it was all over the place. The first lesson of the day was Biology and I knew I had to get home as quickly as possible. Instead I sat there half a day wasting my time. I realized there was a lot of Beatles music on the radio all day and as I hadn't got the money to buy records, I had to tape everything from the radio. The days after John died, I collected a treasure of tapes full of Beatles music. Funny thing is that in the mid-seventies (my sisters bought the red album. When was that, 1976?), I thought that The Beatles were a long long time ago. In fact, they had only split up six years before.
|
|
alexis
I'll Be On My Way
Posts: 447
|
Post by alexis on Dec 9, 2008 14:48:26 GMT
I wasn't as much into The Beatles myself at that time. I was fifteen years old and was on my way discovering The Beatles via Paul McCartney's Wings. I was into Paul's London Town and Back To The Egg a lot since 1977 or so. Somehow I had just found out that Paul used to be in the famous Beatles, together with John Lennon. John had no output in the second half of the seventies, so he had not really caught my ears and eyes up till then. I remember not being very impressed by (Just Like) Starting Over and couldn't really understand the fuzz about it. I thought (and think) that Paul's output of that time was much more interesting. On the 9th of December I remember that I heard about the news at school. In my mind it was all over the place. The first lesson of the day was Biology and I knew I had to get home as quickly as possible. Instead I sat there half a day wasting my time. I realized there was a lot of Beatles music on the radio all day and as I hadn't got the money to buy records, I had to tape everything from the radio. The days after John died, I collected a treasure of tapes full of Beatles music. Funny thing is that in the mid-seventies (my sisters bought the red album. When was that, 1976?), I thought that The Beatles were a long long time ago. In fact, they had only split up six years before. Yes, that is about when I discovered the Beatles too, and they seemed about as contemporary as Lincoln and Jefferson, even though they broke up just 6 years prior as you said! Now, 6 years ago seems like a drop in the bucket. But to my 15 year old son, music from 6 years ago is definitely of historic interest! Though I must say, I have managed to get him turned on to Beatles, Zep, and Hendrix
|
|
EuanB
I'll Be On My Way
Posts: 109
|
Post by EuanB on Dec 17, 2008 10:54:04 GMT
I was born 4 years after, my Dad told me he was going to a concert that day but as soon as he heard he didn't go. Last Xmas my uncle gav me orinal newspapers he had after the murder in good condition and I have them in my drawer
|
|