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Antigone

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 12:48pm

I was alone in my first apartment, in Northern Virginia, reading and listening to records. When a record ended, I turned on the radio; they were playing all Beatles/Lennon songs. I thought "well, that's cool" until the DJ came on and said why. I was so devastated (my dead brother had been a big Beatles fan, and had looked very much like John) I called the radio station just to have someone to talk to.


Monkeysdad

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 12:45pm

 jagdriver wrote:

Well, I enjoyed the piece. Sorry it didn't float your boat.
 

Just a matter of taste I guess, I used to read him most sunday mornings in the Calender section of the L.A. Times, it was kind of a self-torture, he hated almost every band I liked.
Coaxial

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 12:35pm

I was one of those informed by Howard Cosell...Football didn't matter much that night after that.
Rod

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 12:29pm

 Exit2Eden wrote:
I was 20, still living at home...woke up to the announcer on 98.7 Rock on alarm clock radio saying, if you are just waking up, I'm heartbroken to tell you that John Lennon has been shot to death....

'nuff said... {#Cry} 

 

A roommate and I had fallen asleep in the living room with the tv still on, me on the floor, him on the couch. Someone broke in to whatever program was on and announced that he had been shot. We both woke at the same instant, asking, "Did he just say Lennon was shot?!?" It's amazing to me that we were both sleeping through the tv noise until that announcement cut through and roused us both from our sleep. Kind of ironic to awaken to a nightmare.
jagdriver

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 12:19pm

 Monkeysdad wrote:

That article reminded me that I don't miss Robert Hilburn at all.
 
Well, I enjoyed the piece. Sorry it didn't float your boat.

Exit2Eden

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 12:14pm

I was 20, still living at home...woke up to the announcer on 98.7 Rock on alarm clock radio saying, if you are just waking up, I'm heartbroken to tell you that John Lennon has been shot to death....

'nuff said... {#Cry} 


Monkeysdad

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 12:07pm

 jagdriver wrote: 
That article reminded me that I don't miss Robert Hilburn at all.

jagdriver

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 11:43am

 jagdriver wrote:
I read the news today, oh boy....

 

In My Life: Robert Hilburn's 'Corn Flakes With John Lennon'
meower

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 10:09am

my parents listened to 1010 WINS news every morning.  Thats how I heard about it.  I mightve still been in bed.
Monkeysdad

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 10:07am

Middle of my 3rd year of college. I remember Walter Cronkite telling us the news and thinking "John Lennon is the least likely person I know of to be assassinated....he never deserved this."
rachlan

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 9:50am

i was in my family kitchen getting ready to eat my instant oatmeal before school.  my mother came in and said she had some bad news for me.  that john lennon has been shot. they announced it during the football game but she didn't want to telll me till morning.   i asked if he was okay.
CCinSB

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 8:29am

I will NEVER forget this night in Santa Barbara. I was at the Arlington theater seeing Frank Zappa, at the end of the show they announced the horrible tragedy.
rosedraws

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 8:12am

It's one of those, "Where were you when..." events.

I was in my first semester of college, and there was lots of camaraderie for our tears.
Painted_Turtle

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 8:04am

I was sitting at my kitchen table in an old farmhouse in Wisconsin the day I heard the news on the radio

I still hear him singing....
 Imagine

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

Happy Xmas (War Is Over); John Lennon / Yoko Ono

So this is Xmas
And what have you done

Another year over
And a new one just begun

And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun

The near and the dear one
The old and the young

 A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Xmas
For weak and for strong

For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong

And so happy Xmas
For black and for white

For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight

A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear 

And so this is Xmas
And what have we done

Another year over
A new one just begun

And so happy Xmas
We hope you have fun

The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

War is over, if you want it
War is over now

Happy Xmas

 


BillJ

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 7:23am

 rachlan wrote:

bill can u come in today?   it will be a special experience.  bring an instrument. 
 

No, it's too far and I'm too old. I'll be there in spirit.
rachlan

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Location: nyc
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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 7:22am

 BillJ wrote:


Yes you have. {#Arrowd} Could be rain or snow also. Bundle up.

 
yeah.  just noticed that i have.  {#Lol}  so i see you today?  {#Smile}

next year will be 30 years.
BillJ

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 7:21am

 rachlan wrote:
i have never seen this thread.

i'll be going there today.   i will dress warm.   it is crowded there past midnight.  sing songs for hours and hours.
 

Yes you have. {#Arrowd} Could be rain or snow also. Bundle up.
oldviolin

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 7:19am

 woozurbuddy wrote: Dec. 8 2006

Indeed I was - 86-94. Upper East Side mostly, then a bit of time on the Upper West Side around the corner from The Dakota.
 

Cool, so where are you now? We're wanting to know where you've been and why you don't love us any more...{#Good-vibes}


rachlan

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 7:18am

 Coaxial wrote:


{#Hug}Please sing one for me.{#Good-vibes}

 
will do!  {#Good-vibes}
rachlan

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Posted: Dec 8, 2009 - 7:17am

 BillJ wrote:
It is very close to the minute, 28 years ago, that I first saw the scroll on the the screen. What was I watching? Monday Night Football, I guess.
Then a couple of days later I took a stroll past the Dakota Building. My best way of saying, "I'm gonna miss you, John."
 
bill can u come in today?   it will be a special experience.  bring an instrument. 

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