RIP John Lennon

[BigmanPigman]

[tomhagen]

1. Almost 40 years of missed music because of a $25 handgun

[Glamrock]

2. Rest in peace brother... Rest in peace.

Mother

God (I used to do this number at an acoustic open mic I used to host. Broke my heart to sing I Don't Believe In Beatles)

Cold Turkey (live)

Working Class Hero

Ballad if John and Yoko

[Still In Wisconsin]

3. Man, that loss still hurts to this day.

I remember the exact moment I heard John Lennon had been shot. It was a Monday night, I was a sophomore in high school. I came home from a friend's house, after basketball practice and my sister was crying. I asked why... then we were both crying.

Peace, John.

[George II]

4. A sad night for NYC, America, and the World. In keeping with events of this week...

...this might be appropriate, too:

[LudwigPastorius]

5. Happened on my 18th birthday.

I was sitting in a car, after work, with a girl I was sweet on.

The news came over the radio.

Worst birthday ever.

[BigmanPigman]

6. I was 18 too and living in NYC while attending art school.

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I don't remember Kennedy getting shot obviously but I will never forget John's death. I was/am a big Beatles fan and it hit me really hard. I wore black for a month, even for Christmas. I wore white for his memorial...he would have wanted it that way.

[argyl]

7. Living in Denton, Texas at the time.

Monday Night Football, Dolphins/Patriots and Howard Cosell announcing this tragedy as news of it first became known.

And Reagan was President-elect. The year 1980 really ended on a bad note.

John assassinated and Ronnie taking office. Fuck, fuck, and double fuck.

[cp]

8. Love John Lennon as long as I live

and then some.

[3Hotdogs]

9. I was at a Springsteen concert in Phila. Didn't hear about it until we got in the parking lot.

--- listening to the news all the way home, on the 1 1/2 hour drive to northern N.J.

That was one shitty ride.

Went to the memorial service in Central Park a few days later. Yoko appeared a couple of times, in the window of The Dakota. She was wearing white, people said it was the color of morning in Japan. She would stand in the window for a couple of minutes and then walk away. No recognition of the crowd in the street below. Just her standing there.