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Post by mortsahlfan on Dec 9, 2018 12:13:05 GMT
Do you remember where you were, who you were with or what you were doing when this news hit you 38 years ago?I was born a year and a half after he was murdered, but we had a few tapes (Shaved Fish) and so I became familiar. John Lennon is on my Top 5. Love his music, lyrics, humor.
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Post by Sulla on Dec 9, 2018 12:59:24 GMT
My girlfriend and I were hanging out at my place when it was announced on the radio. She said "Oh, that's awful! Thank God it wasn't Paul."
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Dec 9, 2018 13:47:54 GMT
I had still not made my entrance to the world stage when he was killed, as i did not enter this world in glory until 1983.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Dec 9, 2018 14:43:13 GMT
I was alive, but only small. Can't say if I had any idea who The Beatles were before John died. My parents had tons of Elvis albums, but no Beatles. His last album kept pumping out singles well after he was gone, which I did find a little depressing. This was right when I started to take notice of music.
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Post by theshape25 on Dec 9, 2018 20:22:00 GMT
I was young enough that I didn't know who Lennon was. I had yet to discover the Beatles.
I discovered them in 1987. I was at my aunt and uncles house and my uncle, who was a huge Beatles fan had just gotten some of their CD's. Their catalog had just came out on CD that year. I liked some of the songs and got a couple greatest hits cassettes and was an instant fan. My parents got me a CD player for Christmas that year along with the White Album and Yellow Submarine. Over the next year I got all of their albums on CD.
The Beatles are a huge reason why I am a musician today, and John is my favorite Beatle. I wish I was alive back in the 60s and was able to experience them first hand.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Dec 10, 2018 0:24:59 GMT
My girlfriend and I were hanging out at my place when it was announced on the radio. She said "Oh, that's awful! Thank God it wasn't Paul." I always wonder how John would have reacted if it had happened to Paul, and how Paul would be portrayed.
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Post by Sulla on Dec 10, 2018 2:52:24 GMT
My girlfriend and I were hanging out at my place when it was announced on the radio. She said "Oh, that's awful! Thank God it wasn't Paul." I always wonder how John would have reacted if it had happened to Paul, and how Paul would be portrayed. They both had a huge following, but I think Paul may have had more name recognition at least in the U.S. John usually wrote the social/political songs. After the Vietnam War ended, that era just sort of faded away. The 70s was Paul's golden age because he released far more catchy radio hits than John. I doubt it would be much different, though. John would likely praise Paul. They were like siblings. They all argued, fought and criticized each other, but nobody wanted one of them to be murdered. It's possible that John would've tried to use his influence to support gun prohibition.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 10, 2018 4:09:42 GMT
Heard it on the radio in the car with my parents. I had heard of him/The Beatles but I was a little young to care. I never ended up having a "Beatles phase", they were always just so ubiquitous.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Dec 10, 2018 4:15:51 GMT
I believe I was Christmas shopping with my dad when I heard the awful news.
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Post by poelzig on Dec 10, 2018 6:22:43 GMT
Heard it on the radio in the car with my parents. I had heard of him/The Beatles but I was a little young to care. I never ended up having a "Beatles phase", they were always just so ubiquitous. So you didn't do drugs in college?
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Post by hi224 on Dec 10, 2018 8:13:38 GMT
not around at all.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 10, 2018 11:33:43 GMT
Heard it on the radio in the car with my parents. I had heard of him/The Beatles but I was a little young to care. I never ended up having a "Beatles phase", they were always just so ubiquitous. So you didn't do drugs in college? I dabbled but I preferred The Velvet Underground and then contemporary bands like Spacemen 3.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Dec 10, 2018 12:30:54 GMT
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Post by gbone on Dec 10, 2018 12:56:26 GMT
I was 11 watching Monday Night Football.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Dec 10, 2018 14:54:58 GMT
I honestly don't remember where I was, but I do remember what I was doing when I heard Elvis had died.
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Post by vegalyra on Dec 10, 2018 15:57:37 GMT
I was pretty little but I remember my Mom being visibly upset about a singer dying. Then I found out it was about one of the guys that was in the Beatles. I knew who they were because my Mom still had her Beatles bag from when they played in Houston back in '65. She was actually more of a fan of Ringo though rather than Paul or John. I remember her playing that Ringo song "It Don't Come Easy" quite a bit growing up. My parents had a pretty large vinyl collection back in the day but my Dad was more into jazz like Al Hirt and Maynard Ferguson (my Dad was a pretty accomplished trumpet player) while my Mom was into the typical 1960's/1970's popular artists. I grew up in a time capsule musically speaking. haha
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 10, 2018 22:00:47 GMT
I was 11 watching Monday Night Football. Me too. With my father. I remember Cosell saying "unspeakable tragedy" and my Dad saying "Oh shit". The when Howard said Lennon's name, my Dad said "That's a tragedy?" See, Dad wasn't a big Beatles fan. My mother got mad "Anyone getting shot is a tragedy" and he agreed. What we all thought od was the hostages in Iran and they had just shot some or all of them.
I always wondered how big of a Lennon fan Humble Howard was...
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Dec 11, 2018 0:15:13 GMT
I wasn't born until a few years later, but I believe he was killed around the time my parents first met. My Dad was a big Beatles fan growing up.
As for me personally, I've never had much interest in the band itself, but I do really like two of Lennon's solo songs - "Imagine" and "Let It Be". He was a fine musician.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 11, 2018 0:44:43 GMT
On my way to work. Headline of the NY Post.
I was at the opening of Strawberry Fields on Central Park
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Post by poelzig on Dec 11, 2018 2:36:05 GMT
I wasn't born until a few years later, but I believe he was killed around the time my parents first met. My Dad was a big Beatles fan growing up. As for me personally, I've never had much interest in the band itself, but I do really like two of Lennon's solo songs - "Imagine" and "Let It Be". He was a fine musician. Let It Be is not a Lennon solo song.
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