John Lennon

[Cigarlover 1]

16 years ago today he was shot and killed outside his apartment in NYC.  :'(

[senile1]

You mean 26 years ago.  I was in my second year of college at the time.  Long live the music of John Lennon.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Thatl teach you Cigar to mess with the old guys

Anyway i was not a Beatles fan but I loved John Lennon. Great writer and a man with a vison of world peace. He was also a great New Yorker, it was another tragic and sensless act of violence.

[MALTESE FALCON]

THE CLASSIC ROCK STATION HERE HAS BEEN PLAYING THE BEATLES A-Z IN HONOR OF JOHN LENNON.

[edbassmaster]

My mom raised me with the Beatles, among others of course, and I will never forget the night I heard it on the news. I was 7, and I believe Miami Vice was on and it was interrupted to bring the tragic news of his death. It seemed like the whole world came to a halt. Sad...

[Panamoka_Bassin]

Yep, yet another sign of man's progress through the years...sigh...

[Guest avid]

I agree.  there was something special about john lennon.   Even though Paul McCartney wrote more of the big hits, John Lennon was an icon of the sixties.  He embodied the spirit of the times better than anyone I can think of.  He stayed true to his code.

"Imagine all the people, living life in Peace"

Strwberry fields forever,

avid

[Tom Bass]

[Guest the_muddy_man]

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE  sounds like a soultion worth trying to me

[Guest avid]

I loved the Beatles but never liked John Lennon. To me he was a typical bureaucrat socialist. He could always point out the problems but he never had a real solution.

Artists have always pointed out the problems.  It's up to government to solve them.

John Lennon a bureaucrat??????????  

Did he secretly work for the post office?

[Tom Bass]

You are right Muddy Man. There is no sense in arguing. I modified my posts. I don't come to this forum to argue or stir up trouble. I like to come here to enjoy myself and talk about fishing and related items.

Everyone please accept my apologies for disrupting this thread.

Tom

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Me too Im doin the same sorry

[Guest avid]

I don't think that a sincere, well mannered dissent from a popular post is starting trouble at all.

Maybe there was something I missed, but if two adults want to disagree, even in a farily passionate manner, well so be it.  I can't speak for the forum but it makes it lively and interesting to read the opinions of good people who have widely divergent views.

[Rattlinrogue]

I was also shocked the day he was murdered by a madman.Althiugh I liked John Lennon,Paul McCartney was my favorite Beatle.Needless to say Lennon was truly a Musical genius,and a passionate spokesman for his beliefs.

[fishbear]

I do not mean to knock John Lennon but he did marry Yoko.... enough said...

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Just proof that drugs are a bad choice

[fishbear]

You got that one dead on right there muddy...

[Tom Bass]

Ya know, John Lennon did have to wear glasses. Drugs, alcohol and bad eyesight are contributors to many strange incidents. I remember when I was 17 I met this girl...uh, er, nevermind.  

Avid,

I am glad you feel the way you do and I agree. The Muddy Man and I started a discourse and decided to end it. Sometimes the written word does not come off as it is meant. That is why I deleted my posts.

Tom

[senile1]

Tom Bass, I missed the post you deleted but I would bet there was some truth to it.  

John Lennon wrote some great songs that supported the cause of peace.  Yet, in his life many times, he was temperamental and, at times, very difficult to get along with.  He gave very little time to his first son, Julian, from his first marriage.  During the time that he wrote the music for the album, Walls and Bridges (1974), his marriage to Yoko became so bad that she asked him to leave.  For 14 months, he lived like a teenager and had an affair with May Ping.  Near the end of his life he seemed like a much better man, though, I still fault any man who gives little time to one of his children.  He gave plenty of time to his and Yoko's son, Sean.  

I've heard many fantastic anti-war songs written and sung by artists who fight each other and don't know the first thing about gettting along with others.  Some sing these songs because it is cool and it sells.  I don't worship people just because they are celebrities.  They put their pants on one leg at a time just like you and I.  They have their faults and foibles, just like you and I, and in many cases, worse than you and I.  I respect John Lennon and love much of his music.  I respect some of the actions he took with regard to the peace movement, although I also realize that some of his actions were motivated more by the celebrity need for attention, than any need for peace.  I hate it that he was lost to the world before his time.  But he was far from perfect.  

Having said all that, I still respect and honor his memory, music, and some of the ideals he strived for.  Just because he failed to embody those ideals perfectly means nothing.  None of us do.