26 years ago today

[j10asen]

WOW!!! time sure has flown by.... The news of that day was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo unbelieveable.
His new music "just like starting over" just came out.
It marked the true end of the Beatles.
Reality hit home that day


LONDON (Reuters) - Yoko Ono has called for the anniversary of John Lennon's death to become a worldwide day of forgiveness but said she could not yet absolve her husband's killer.


"Every year, let's make December 8 the day to ask for forgiveness from those who suffered the insufferable," she said in full-page newspaper advertisements..

I like this idea as a reminder even though it should be practiced everyday.

[keith]

It would be great to have him here yet.

Just imagine the music.

Imagine...


Regards,
Keith

[pk]

I missed this post when it was first put on. But I did not miss thinking about John on this day. I'll never forget hearing this news when it happened. I think the whole world stopped for awhile. I was so into the Beatles when I was young. Paul was my favorite but John was a close second.

Good website: http://www.johnlennon.com/

Great quote: I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?
John Lennon


for more quotes by John Lennon

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/au...hn_lennon.html

[MrKhay]

That was the day I realized I would never have the opportunity to see the Beatles perform live.

[kmfarm]

I'm a self-tought guitar player.

Besides the book of chords, the big black Beatles book was where I learned most of my music. It's amazing some of the things they did and wrote at an age where I was still trying to figure out what to do after High School.

Chord progressions, basslines and lyrics that these "kids" did in their mid twenties is unbelievable.

At a time when he could have lived with his millions in solitude and relative privacy, he chose to stick his head out for the Peace movement. He put up with ridicule about his beliefs and Yoko and never apologized for his choices.

Like him or not, you have to admire his convictions.

A saint? No. But a man who we can all learn from.

Mark

[j10asen]

Originally Posted by kmfarm

I'm a self-tought guitar player.

Besides the book of chords, the big black Beatles book was where I learned most of my music. It's amazing some of the things they did and wrote at an age where I was still trying to figure out what to do after High School.

Chord progressions, basslines and lyrics that these "kids" did in their mid twenties is unbelievable.

At a time when he could have lived with his millions in solitude and relative privacy, he chose to stick his head out for the Peace movement. He put up with ridicule about his beliefs and Yoko and never apologized for his choices.

Like him or not, you have to admire his convictions.

A saint? No. But a man who we can all learn from.

Mark

They were way ahead of the curve in many senses. I grew up with that music. If you never listened to any of the anthology cd's you would hear how they explored,experimented and progressed. Then get youself a copy of Love the George Martin re-mix, just recently released. This seperates what is the Beatles and what is George Martin and re-mixes them like yang/yin each complimenting the other. I visted London in the spring of 2006 and was amazed, The past mixes with the present like time standing still at the speed of life. The talents of the Beatles mixed with George Martin's skills make their music timeless. As good as the Beatles were I don't think it would have happened with out George Martin.
and I did walk across Abbey Road by the the recording studio. that was sooooooooooooooooooooooo far-out man!!!!!!!!

oh , ya go to the public library and check out the book

The many lives of John Lennon by Albert Goldman

isbn 0-688-04721-1