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Number9Dream (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 07:48 AM Original message |
John Lennon - taken from us 25 years ago |
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Dances with Cats (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. I remember where I was |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Amen, my friend, amen! |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. I heard it from Howard Cosell |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. so do I |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
64. I do, too. Working at NBC radio. Actually I got called at home that night |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Dang - forgot to welcome you, Number9Dream. |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:24 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. Thanks for the excellent recall/story. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
69. I was in a boarding school dormitory. |
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Borgnine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. His death happened nearly three years before my birth, but... |
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Dances with Cats (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I read a really good book |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. Stream 'DemocracyNow.org' that aired today.... |
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pearl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
54. Here's to you John |
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Dances with Cats (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
77. That is the one |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Not only that, but only OUR people seemed to die when shot. |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. It Does Feel Fresh |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes. |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. All You Need is Love |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. Hard to believe it was that long ago |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I know, it has been a long time....I remember |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. I've never really gotten over it. |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. I know what you mean, graywarrior! |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
65. Me, too. When it sank in, I remember feeling such desolation. |
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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. Screw John Lennon's memory, really... |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well....that's nice....but you miss the point |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Lennon would be the first to tell you he was a flawed person. |
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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Pity, really |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. He probably meant to get around to it eventually. |
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mirandapriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. I agree, I think he was a hypocrite. nt |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Well, since I'm sure that |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
60. He sure as hell made his share of mistakes..... |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
71. He was a human being, with human faults and weaknesses. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
74. He was very good to Sean. Divorces can be hell..... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. I was in college |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. After 9/11, |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. Recommended. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. Oh the memory of the night still rips my heart |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. If Chapman had only aimed 3 feet to the left ... |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. What a fucking horrible thing to say. |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Great story. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
21. Tragic, terrible day |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. Remember, if you have Sirius, they have a John Lennon tribute concert |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
25. I went to Central Park |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. He's been gone half my life now. |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. Amy Goodman pays tribute. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
28. I remember being furious that Reagan had lived and Lennon had died. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
31. My mom raised me on the Beatles. She always told me they were my uncles. |
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Robert Cooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. My mother and grandfather are/were from Liverpool... |
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Robert Cooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. I recall that day... |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. Kick! |
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GrumpyGreg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. It was just a blip on my life---After JFK and RFK the death of |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Perhaps so, but Lennon's music and the Beatles |
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GrumpyGreg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. With all due respect to the Beatles--I doubt if their music will |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Nonsense. |
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Borgnine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Exactly. |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. As far as comparisons go, they are apples and oranges. |
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GrumpyGreg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. He will not be forgotten by human civilzation? Wow ! |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. For those of us of the right age, John, Paul and George |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. I was going to an anti-arms trade protest that day. eom |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. A noteworthy article on Lennon's assassination |
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TheUnspeakable (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Clara-Thanks for this !!!!......Even John's son thinks it was the Gov.! |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 06:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. That was after Reagan got elected |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. at the time we were living in the middle |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. One problem with that...it happened on Monday. |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. he said snl was rebroadcast in his area on Mondays n/t |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. Revolution - don't you know its gonna be alright? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
52. . |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. I Miss John, and I Miss Them Both, as a Team |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. Thank you, Hidden Stillness |
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gassed (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. Yes...I remember my brother calling me |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
61. John Lennon was so much a part of my |
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FarLeftRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
62. ... |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
63. It's gotten fresher since I've lost other people in my life |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
66. Kick - for us older ones. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
67. John would have had a Field day with Shrub, and screaming blue meanie |
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MadisonProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
68. No longer riding on the merry-go-round... |
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lucca (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
70. Beautiful John Lennon. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
76. I was 11 years old |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
78. Heard "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" on the radio today. |
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