John Lennon 29 Years ago today

29 years ago some damn idiot who's name I won't mention murdered John Lennon. While this scum may have killed the man, thankfully the music John Lennon created as both a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist, will live forever. Even if you are not a fan of Lennon, one cannot deny the impact Lennon had as both a musician and cultural icon.

I actually remember when I heard about this on the radio. We were on the way to my Dad's birthday dinner when I was 6. This date has mixed emotions for me. Either way, John was a musical genius and for that I celebrate his legacy.

RIP Lennon

RIP to one of the most awesome musicians and people of all time. Love ya John.

Chapman was a disturbed individual...truly. And Lennon, while a looming figure in music and movement, I feel has always just been an eence over hyped. You can have your 'Imagine" with it's cheesy picture book sentiment, I'd rather listen to "Mother" or 'Woman is The Ni66er Of The World"....

I think when we have a truly wonderous entitiy such as this, when they die....the hype just grows and grows and eventually all the wonderous and cool things about that person are forgotten....

Ask the next 20something you meet, WHY LENNON or MARLEY were such great figures....and I bet they'll stammer a little before answering.

Six shots fired and not ONE hit Yoko. Life is so unfair.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Six shots fired and not ONE hit Yoko. Life is so unfair.

Someone's been listening to Denis Leary.

I was 10 when Lennon was murdered. I didn't know much about him or the Beatles at the time but my Mom was a big fan so I remember it hit her pretty hard. She pulled out her whole stack of Beatles records and played them endlessly for a couple of days. Over the years of course I eventually learned what an important figure he was. Nowadays John's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is one of my favorite holiday tunes, despite the presence of Yoko Ono in it.

I think I mentioned this last year during the annual "John Lennon Died On This Date" thread, but back around '94 or '95 I happened to be in New York City on the anniversary date of Lennon's death so I stopped briefly at the "Strawberry Fields" area in Central Park where fans gather every year to cry, sing songs, light candles, etc... I'm sure all the hippies wondered what this six-and-a-half foot guy in a leather jacket and Savatage t-shirt was doing there crashing their love fest, but I must say it was pretty cool to be part of that for just a little while.

That was kinda my way of making up for a year or two previous, when some drunken friends and I got shoo'd away from the front of the Dakota Building by the doorman for standing around on the sidewalk screaming "YOKO! YOKO! YO-KOOOOOO!" at the tops of our lungs...

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MetalGuy71 wrote:

Six shots fired and not ONE hit Yoko. Life is so unfair.

Someone's been listening to Denis Leary.

Yea, remember when he was funny?

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I think I mentioned this last year during the annual "John Lennon Died On This Date" thread, but back around '94 or '95 I happened to be in New York City on the anniversary date of Lennon's death so I stopped briefly at the "Strawberry Fields" area in Central Park where fans gather every year to cry, sing songs, light candles, etc... I'm sure all the hippies wondered what this six-and-a-half foot guy in a leather jacket and Savatage t-shirt was doing there crashing their love fest, but I must say it was pretty cool to be part of that for just a little while.

My wife & I did a similiar thing a few years ago. We were in NYC and just happened upon the little tribute that was going on that day. I took a cool black & white picture of it that I have hanging behind my bar.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

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MetalGuy71 wrote:

Six shots fired and not ONE hit Yoko. Life is so unfair.

Someone's been listening to Denis Leary.

Yea, remember when he was funny?

"Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead... and we can't get Jon Bon Jovi into a helicopter? GET ON THE HELICOPTER, JON! THERE'S A HAIRDRESSER ON THE HELICOPTER!"

Meanwhile, not that I'm trying to drag this thread off topic but didn't Dimebag Darrell bite it on this date as well?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

My wife & I did a similiar thing a few years ago. We were in NYC and just happened upon the little tribute that was going on that day. I took a cool black & white picture of it that I have hanging behind my bar.

When I got my son's hair cut earlier this week, I noticed that the barber had a nice photo of the "IMAGINE" mosaic on the sidewalk there with a rose in the middle of it hanging on the mirror in front of his work station. He told me he put that rose there and took a pic when he visited it years ago.

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Meanwhile, not that I'm trying to drag this thread off topic but didn't Dimebag Darrell bite it on this date as well?

You are correct, sir. 5 years ago today. I'd start a seperate thread, but I know how he and his former band brings out the hatred in some folks. I like the guy, so I'd prefer not to read about what an "over-rated scumbag" he was.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

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Meanwhile, not that I'm trying to drag this thread off topic but didn't Dimebag Darrell bite it on this date as well?

You are correct, sir. 5 years ago today. I'd start a seperate thread, but I know how he and his former band brings out the hatred in some folks. I like the guy, so I'd prefer not to read about what an "over-rated scumbag" he was.

Ditto. We'll let one of the newbs start it so they get raked over the coals instead.

Jim Morrison had lived he would have celebrated his 66 birthday.

BTW cool stories FF and MG thank you for sharing, even if you guys may not be John Lennon fanboys it was cool you guys payed your respects to the man.

edited this post* Tommy Bolin actually died on Dec 4, sorry guys for the misinformation.

Big Beatles fan-boy here. However, it was just a coincindence that the wife & I were in NYC on the anniversary of his death. It didn't dawn on me till we got near Central Park and we saw a big group of people standing around with guitars, candles, flowers, etc.