Gossip Rocks Forum - View Single Post - December 8, 1980.....horrible horrible day and still is 25 yrs later

LynnieD · December 7th, 2005, 02:16 PM

As most of us know, tomorrow is the 25th Anniversary of John Lennons premature death.
I know there are some Beatle fans on the board, so I thought we could all remember together, even if you aren't a huge fan.

I didn't find out until Tuesday Dec 9th, when I woke up. I was in a GREAT mood because it was my 10th birthday! And I went to eat breakfast I saw my oldest brother, who was 17, and was up already (VERY RARE since he was never up early), and he had his head in his hands while sitting at the table. I was like HELLO? ITS MY BIRTHDAY! He just looked up and said 'John Lennon was killed last night--which means the Beatles will never get back together' as sad as I ever heard him sound. And I was like what? I knew of him, knew the Beatles, but was mostly shocked by my brothers reaction...and when we watched the news that night, the entire broadcast was almost entirely devoted to Lennon. There were THOUSANDS of people crying, camping out at the Dakota w/candles and signs, SINGING!! I thought to myself that this was a very interesting, talented person who obviously moved a great many person. So I made it my mission to find out more, to seek his music out. And I did.
What a horrible horrible loss for the music world, for the charity world, for activism, for peace! Can you imagine how he would be involved in the various issues for the last 25 yrs???
We were robbed of the biggest talent of our time....and I am still PISSED.

Anyone else???

December 7th, 2005, 02:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
LynnieD Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Syracuse NY Posts: 16,762	December 8, 1980.....horrible horrible day and still is 25 yrs later As most of us know, tomorrow is the 25th Anniversary of John Lennons premature death. I know there are some Beatle fans on the board, so I thought we could all remember together, even if you aren't a huge fan. I didn't find out until Tuesday Dec 9th, when I woke up. I was in a GREAT mood because it was my 10th birthday! And I went to eat breakfast I saw my oldest brother, who was 17, and was up already (VERY RARE since he was never up early), and he had his head in his hands while sitting at the table. I was like HELLO? ITS MY BIRTHDAY! He just looked up and said 'John Lennon was killed last night--which means the Beatles will never get back together' as sad as I ever heard him sound. And I was like what? I knew of him, knew the Beatles, but was mostly shocked by my brothers reaction...and when we watched the news that night, the entire broadcast was almost entirely devoted to Lennon. There were THOUSANDS of people crying, camping out at the Dakota w/candles and signs, SINGING!! I thought to myself that this was a very interesting, talented person who obviously moved a great many person. So I made it my mission to find out more, to seek his music out. And I did. What a horrible horrible loss for the music world, for the charity world, for activism, for peace! Can you imagine how he would be involved in the various issues for the last 25 yrs??? We were robbed of the biggest talent of our time....and I am still PISSED. Anyone else???