RIP - John Lennon 1940-1980

[Gvac]

<p>I can't believe it was 26 years ago today that John Lennon was gunned down.&nbsp; i know a lot of you weren't even born yet, but it was an incredible shock and I can't really think of an entertainer today that I can equate it to.&nbsp; It was news that literally stunned the entire world.&nbsp; </p><p>Sometimes I'll listen to Lennon's solo stuff and I can't help but wonder what he would have done through the 80's and 90's.&nbsp; He's a huge inspiration of mine musically and I'm sure several of my fellow posters here feel the same.&nbsp;</p>

[Don Stugots]

<p>i dont know what he would be like in the 80's but i could see him getting into Grunge and maybe doing something with Nirvana but not Pearl Jam.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>God Speed Mr. Lennon and for once i dont mean that as a goof. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[torker]

I remember waking up to go to school and hearing a whole lot of Beatles songs.&nbsp; I said to myself &quot;One of the Beatles must have died.&quot;&nbsp; I'm smart like that.&nbsp;

[Hottub]

Our life together is so precious together <br />We have grown, we have grown <br />Although our love is still special <br />Let's take a chance and fly away somewhere alone <br /><br />It's been too long since we took the time <br />No-one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly <br />But when I see you darling <br />It's like we both are falling in love again <br />It'll be just like starting over, starting over <br /><br />Everyday we used to make it love <br />Why can't we be making love nice and easy <br />It's time to spread our wings and fly <br />Don't let another day go by my love <br />It'll be just like starting over, starting over <br /><br />Why don't we take off alone <br />Take a trip somewhere far, far away <br />We'll be together all alone again <br />Like we used to in the early days <br />Well, well, well darling <br /><br />It's been too long since we took the time <br />No-one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly <br />But when I see you darling <br />It's like we both are falling in love again <br />It'll be just like starting over, starting over <br /><br />Our life together is so precious together <br />We have grown, we have grown <br />Although our love is still special <br />Let's take a chance and fly away somewhere <br /><br />Starting over

[FezPaul]

<p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">I remember I was watching the MNF game when Cosell broke the news.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">I also remember being annoyed at Cosell for breaking the drama of the game which was coming down to a field goal attempt.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">I'm a Beatles fan.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">But Double Fantasy sucked ass.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">So it wasn't like I felt as if I was losing an important artist.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Strangers die every day.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">I'm not going to get choked up about someone I don't know just because he wrote some cool tunes.</font></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Gvac]

<p>Even if you found out Alex Lifeson just died?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Gvac]

<p>I still get sad that Waylon Jennings is gone.&nbsp; </p><p>He was (and is) a HUGE musical hero of mine.&nbsp; When I was 19 I bought a black Telecaster hoping to look half as cool as him. &nbsp;</p><p>And Double Fantasy sucks ass only because half the songs are Yoko's.&nbsp; Lennon's contributions are incredible.&nbsp; &quot;Beautiful Boy&quot; is one of the songs that I should have listed in the &quot;Songs that break you down&quot; thread. &nbsp;</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<p>Such a waste.&nbsp; Not just musically, but in terms of losing a truly dynamic human being.&nbsp; He wasn't afraid to take chances and fall on his ass and just&nbsp;LIVE life, period.</p><p>Instant Karma's gonna get you, <br />Gonna knock you right on the head, <br />You better get yourself together, <br />Pretty soon you're gonna be dead, <br />What in the world you thinking of, <br />Laughing in the face of love, <br />What on earth you tryin' to do, <br />It's up to you, yeah you. <br /><br />Instant Karma's gonna get you, <br />Gonna look you right in the face, <br />Better get yourself together darlin', <br />Join the human race, <br />How in the world you gonna see, <br />Laughin' at fools like me, <br />Who on earth d'you think you are, <br />A super star, <br />Well, right you are. <br /><br />Well we all shine on, <br />Like the moon and the stars and the sun, <br />Well we all shine on, <br />Ev'ryone come on. <br /><br />Instant Karma's gonna get you, <br />Gonna knock you off your feet, <br />Better recognize your brothers, <br />Ev'ryone you meet, <br />Why in the world are we here, <br />Surely not to live in pain and fear, <br />Why on earth are you there, <br />When you're ev'rywhere, <br />Come and get your share. <br /><br />Well we all shine on, <br />Like the moon and the stars and the sun, <br />Yeah we all shine on, <br />Come on and on and on on on, <br />Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah-. <br /><br />Well we all shine on, <br />Like the moon and the stars and the sun, <br />Yeah we all shine on, <br />On and on and on on and on...</p>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Such a waste. Not just musically, but in terms of losing a truly dynamic human being. <font size="3"><strong>He wasn't afraid to take chances and fall on his ass and just LIVE life, period.</strong></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;i am jealous of the guy now.&nbsp; thanks.&nbsp; </p>

[johnniewalker]

I remember as a kid our teacher passing around a john and yoko book, and it had a picture of both of them in the nude.&nbsp; It piqued my interest, and I haven't looked back since.&nbsp;

[FezPaul]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Even if you found out Alex Lifeson just died?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Rush's latest album Vapor Trails was great.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">And they are currently recording a new one and planning a tour.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">So if Alex died I would be losing something to which I was looking forward.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">4000 posts!</font></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by FezPaul on 12-8-06 @ 10:05 PM</span>

[torker]

<p>I had this lying around:</p><p><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/torker1313/stumdc.jpg?t=1165632482" border="0" width="200" height="310" /></p>

[Hottub]

<p>Whatever get's you through the night.</p><p>It's alright.</p>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I had this lying around:</p><p><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/torker1313/stumdc.jpg?t=1165632482" border="0" width="200" height="310" /></p><p>&nbsp;man, that is a scary picture.&nbsp; </p>

[pennington]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Sometimes I'll listen to Lennon's solo stuff and I can't help but wonder what he would have done through the 80's and 90's.&nbsp; </p><p>Well for one thing, hopefully he would have divorced Yoko and she would have slipped back into obscurity.</p>

[spot]

<p>I missed the MNF announcement, didn't find out till the morning. Worst day since JFK was killed. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And I agree, Double Fantasy sucked..but he was just coming back from a long hiatus. Who knows what he would have accomplished.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

[led37zep]

The worst thing about this day is seeing Yoko show her ugly face talking about John.&nbsp; If John Lennon was still alive I'm pretty sure he would have dumped the annoying bitch for something much much hotter.

[TheVHD]

I was 8 years old and don't remember much.&nbsp; I play in an original band and my only beef with all these rock &quot;icons&quot; is that there is SO much good original music out there and if people would actually go and see real bands who lug their own equipment and play for $20 and free beer they would understand that there are probably 1000 John Lennon's or&nbsp;Bruce Springsteen's out there that just don't have the exposure.&nbsp; They're are plenty of great bands/musicians/songwriters out there... you just have to look and not wait for mass media to spoon feed them to you.&nbsp;&nbsp;But I regress.... much respect.&nbsp;

[FUNKMAN]

<p>love alot of beatles tunes and some of his solo stuff. just so much irony when a man wanted so much to have peace and gets killed in such a violent way. </p><p>you'd be surprised though about how many people you find that love music from their era but never liked the beatles. for people that love the beatles it seems unimaginable but it's true...</p>

[FezPaul]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>love alot of beatles tunes and some of his solo stuff. just so much irony when a man wanted so much to have peace and gets killed in such a violent way. </p><p>you'd be surprised though about how many people you find that love music from their era but never liked the beatles. for people that love the beatles it seems<strong> unimaginable</strong> but it's true...</p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Pun?</font></strong></p>

[epo]

<p>I've gotten in a ton of retarded arguments about this,&nbsp;but Yoko is probably a factor that makes me respect Lennon a TON more.&nbsp; </p><p>This guy was a megatalented musicial genius and everybody crawled up his ass for being with this annoying avant-garde artist (talentless?&nbsp; that's your call).&nbsp; The media and society blamed Yoko indirectly for the Beatles demise.&nbsp; So what did John do?&nbsp; </p><p>Recorded an album with her.&nbsp; Posed nude with her.&nbsp; Did the peace sit-in with her.&nbsp; Basically told society to go fuck itself.&nbsp; </p><p>Think what you want about Yoko, but John's stance on the woman he loved took balls.&nbsp; For that he deserves my respect.&nbsp; </p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>love alot of beatles tunes and some of his solo stuff. just so much irony when a man wanted so much to have peace and gets killed in such a violent way. </p><p>you'd be surprised though about how many people you find that love music from their era but never liked the beatles. for people that love the beatles it seems<strong> unimaginable</strong> but it's true...</p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Pun?</font></strong></p><p>not intentional...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; but good catch sir!</p>

[PapaBear]

Weird... I'm the age Lennon was, when he died, and I'm the age Dimebag would be, if he lived.

[A.J.]

<p>I remember the day he died like it was yesterday.&nbsp; Our music teacher was a guy who had done some seeion work with John.&nbsp; He was catatonic the whole class.</p><p>Why couldn't Chapman have missed John and hit Yoko instead?</p>

[keithy_19]

Never was a big fan of him. Wasn't into his life style either, but he did inspire a lot of people, even though he was quite idealistic.

[reeshy]

I was down to Strawberry Fields today.....too many freaks walking around.....my son left a bouget of flowers next to the wall for John....I miss him!!!!

[johnniewalker]

<p>Instant Karma's gonna get you.... gonna knock you right in the head.... you better get yourself together...pretty soon you gonna&nbsp;be dead....&nbsp;what&nbsp;on earth are&nbsp;you trying to do...&nbsp;its up to you....&nbsp; ya you</p><p>Who on the earth do you think you are... A Superstar...</p><p>Well we all shine on... like the moon and the stars and sun... well we all shine on...on and on </p>

[epo]

29 years, bitches.

[meanmrbill]

29 years, bitches.

Woke up the morning of December 9th, 1980, my 11th birthday, to my mother saying to me "Happy birthday, Billy. John Lennon is dead." A most vivid birthday memory.

[ANC]

One of the best pics I ever took...and the location of where I proposed to Mrs. ANC...

http://onebullettest.com/MSGBRD/Imagine.jpg

RIP John..

[spankyfrank]

I'll be observing 9 minutes of peace today in honor of the late John Lennon

[TheMojoPin]

Woke up the morning of December 9th, 1980, my 11th birthday, to my mother saying to me "Happy birthday, Billy. John Lennon is dead." A most vivid birthday memory.

Was she smiling as she said it?

[GregoryJoseph]

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[KingGeno]

John Lennon didn't care about any of you. Only the money you gave him.

[GregoryJoseph]

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[TheMojoPin]

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[KnoxHarrington]

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This, to me, is the definitive John Lennon song.

[A.J.]

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I always felt bad for Julian. He really got screwed over by his father. Paul was more of a father to him than John ever was.

[TheMojoPin]

I always felt bad for Julian. He really got screwed over by his father. Paul was more of a father to him than John ever was.

Yeah, sad stuff. John Lennon really was a walking contradiction in his talent and activism and humor on one side and then this other side where was jut the cruelest person possible.

[hanso]

Elton John feat John Lennon - Live Madison Square Garden (1974)
I see this cd as a 2009 RELEASE DATE

* w/ John Lennon (Last time John preforms in a live setting)
Not just the song
8. Whatever Gets You Through the Night 4:40*
But also
9. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 6:15*
10. I Saw Her Standing There 3:17*

[GregoryJoseph]

Yeah, sad stuff. John Lennon really was a walking contradiction in his talent and activism and humor on one side and then this other side where was jut the cruelest person possible.

Sounds like most preachers, politicians, and whoever tells others how to live their lives.

[epo]

Sounds like most preachers, politicians, and whoever tells others how to live their lives.

You.