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Post by gobshite on Dec 8, 2017 16:13:34 GMT
Well, here we go! broshfab4 kicked off the festivities this year and his poat is definitely in the running for the ever-elusive Chappie. So, without any further ado, let's hear from our contestants: I've been playing a lot of John lately and I wasn't sure why. It must have been because I never listen to anything that isn't the Beatles Fixed
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Post by antiram on Dec 8, 2017 16:15:25 GMT
I am playing my minty new Lennon/David Crosby CDR to celebrate.
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Post by biscuitsinthewindow on Dec 8, 2017 21:05:10 GMT
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Post by graucho on Dec 8, 2017 22:05:52 GMT
Either there something's amiss or they're play acting. How could someone be that emotionally shattered after 35 years about one particular death, unless it was someone they knew in person? Supposedly some of these people are more cut up about it than family members dying. There is so much unpleasant and unfair shit going on in this world today. I shed tears and lose sleep over some of those things.
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Post by antiram on Dec 8, 2017 22:39:02 GMT
They weep for themselves, not for Lennon. When Lennon was killed a big chunk of their very identities was stripped away from them rudely, never to return. Gone immediately were dreams and aspirations and a sense of humor and hope... Into the gaping hole they have crammed as much cynicism and misanthropy and willful ignorance as they could to dull the pain, and they ceased to grow, let alone thrive. Now, as their bodies send them warnings of the big impending shut down, they weep. They weep for the injustice of leading a mediocre life to nowhere. There is nothing wrong with mediocre lives to nowhere, most of us have them. But to them it is an injustice, because it shows up all the Beatles promises of all you need is love (the ultimate lazy man's philosophy of life) to be lies, which, thereby negates their entire existence.
Weep!? They ought to be hysterical.
But it has nothing to do with the sorrow of losing a loved one or even regret at losing a favorite figure in the arts. It is all about themselves.
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Post by Chicken in Black on Dec 9, 2017 1:03:27 GMT
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Post by jeatletoes on Dec 9, 2017 2:58:44 GMT
Actually mentioned this to my wife as an example of how messed up that guy is. She said if I had made her do something like that, she would have squeezed my balls the entire time I made her hold it in. I think that's fair.
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Dec 9, 2017 7:15:16 GMT
The SHites are truly outdoing themselves. The winner of this year's Chappie is going to be tough to pick. Here are some more candidates up for consideration: I wish I could skip this day. It's always so painful. I too wonder what he would have thought of us, of what we've become. He had an openness and brutal candor about him, that we not only need, but we lack. I'll play my Absolute Elsewhere, the Vigotone Mind Games Sessions, and lose myself today. Listening to the White Album Unplugged. Nice to listen to while being snowed in on a mountainside. Remembering John and the gang. Love you Johnny always and forever. Man, to think he could still be here, that he could've had that late period resurrection like the others did. That he could've voiced his thoughts on this or that. That he could've repaired his relationship with Julian. Or George for that matter. Forget the Beatles reunion, just to know that he could've enjoyed his legacy and achievements is the saddest thing. Hi there, first post, been viewing for a couple of years. I was 16 and I can remember getting out early from school that day (in Australia) Getting home and switching on the tv about 3.30pm nothing else was on so i was watching the Waltons. After about 10 minutes there was a news break that said John had been shot, nothing else was mentioned. At about 3.55pm a further newsbreak this time that John had been taken to Rooseveldt hospital and had been pronounced dead on arrival. About a minute later a friend of mine called and asked me if i'd heard the news and if i was upset I can still remember saying 'its not like i knew him or anything.' i guess i was just dumfounded. I also remember thinking it was weird because i been dreaming about them that morning - i think i was talking to them in record store. I also remember that the next day at school no-one mentioned it at all which is bit strange when I think about it. I was known for being into music. I went and bought shaved fish the next day and the guy in the local record store who new me didnt say a word about it either, thinking about it now, I think a lot people had no idea what to say. I did have a cassette of one of the radio specials from that day but i ended up throwing it away a few years ago as found it too depressing to listen to. I try to remember the good times. John Lennon will never die. No madman, no government and no hater can ever rid the world of the genius and significance of John Winston Ono Lennon I had just turned 6 when he was murdered, I don't have any memory of it at all. What a terrible loss. Sad day and one I will never forget. I was 9 when it happened. My Mom told me about it the next morning before school and she had to calm me down. I was so upset and couldn't understand why somebody would do this to him. I still don't. His music, humour and spirit have been a part of my entire life and I still enjoy it all today. Gone but never forgotten. Thanks John. Dang, he's been gone almost as long as he was here. I heard it from Howard Cosell. I was watching Monday Night Football while talking on the phone with a girlfriend. A sad time. Although I wasn't born then (17 years later) it's still shocking for me every year and it makes me sad thinking about that one sicko killed him and there won't be any new music of him. The fact that he was murdered is probably the reason why it's so shocking. George Harrison's passing was sad too but the public knew that he had health problems and it was expected. But John died very sudden and without being expected. Just horrible! It's depressing to know that he planned a tour for 1981 that sadly never took place. I watched the movie "Chapter 27" tonight and I must admit that Jared Leto played his role so damm well that you could think HE's the murder himself. I'm planning to visit the Strawberry Fields memorial and the Dakota building one day but I don't know exactly when. That's something I wanted to do for years but never could fulfill as New York isn't cheap and not very close to Europe. The Beatles were my first "love" in music and will always be my biggest favorite band. R.I.P John Lennon I'll never forget the morning of December 9. Bad news on the doorstep. I was putting my promo copy of "Double Fantasy" away when the news broadcast that John was longer with us.I wept.I thought it was over for me when the Beatles broke apart.I eventually got over that pain but this lose I will never get over.Today Dec.8,2017 I wept.Happy Xmas-War Is Over(If You Want It).Peace. Because of John Lennon we have The Beatles. Because we have the Beatles we have every other Rock and Roll band who decided to write their own songs and to make the album a more artistic expression and not just filler to surround a hit or two. Because of The Beatles the door was opened for major artists to play stadiums and not just arenas. The Beatles saved Rock and Roll and reinvented it twice. Because of John Lennon it became acceptable for celebrities to speak out and become activists for social and political issues. Because of John Lennon Rock artists were taken seriously by the non Rock community. It was a tough night to say the least. He never really played the game. Sometimes I wonder if that’s why.... John's passing seems so long ago and with each year that passes he seems to have died younger... Because of The Beatles other non American bands could break into America I remember it very clearly. I was in bed listening to the radio and I heard it from Vin Scelsa. Then I went downstairs where my dad and brother were watching MNF and they had just heard Cosell announce it. It was hard to believe something like that could happen. It's still hard to believe it happened but at the time I just couldn't understand how it was possible. It seemed unreal. Listening to the dec. 6/8 interviews creeps my out knowing who is waiting on him down on 72nd St. Info from Beatle City@Dallas TX-1987.After performing live [USER=47583]@dmc[/USER] in 64 the Dallas Morning News asked John his thoughts on Dallas &the show.John reply was"It was a great time&lot of fun but for some reason I felt....somewhat uncomfortable, I can't put my finger on it.In that crowd of teens a few rows from the stage sat Mark David Chapman.Again info from Beatle City-Dallas TX,1987. Note disputers check your Lennon/Beatle facts.Dallas was one the city's picked for a Beatle City tour set up in Dallas for a year I spent many a day there.Not to mention the loan of some of my Lennon memoribelia for the museum.Peace. I was in collage in NYC at the time and skipped out to go to the vigil outside the Dakota with a classmate. It was really numbing. Knowing that he was somewhere in NY always made the experience a little more special. He had that thing that made you think anything was possible Love that voice. I have book of matches taken from that room that John had used.My Aunt was a journalist and new my love of John/Beatles and gave it to me.Believe it or not.Peace. Learned of his death while watching Monday Night Football. Shocking and tragic. Just days before Lennon's murder, Led Zeppelin (my favorite band) called it quits. To me, like the JFK assassination was the real "start" of the 60s, the two events during that period in December of 1980 brought in the "official" 80s. I was 10 and I was getting ready for school on Tues morning on the 9th. My dad took me and my 12 year old brother aside and told us the news as if it was a family member. It was. heard the news on that dreadful night on WNEW FM...I freaked out! called my best friend. John, it is harder, but we live without you in our life. Who you are and what you did lives in the hearts of those who choose to have in their hearts who you are and what you did. Peace. For many reasons, beyond those words I just can't talk about it. Kennedys murder,Beatles breakup,Hendrix&ELVIS deaths I learned to live with but this I will never get over the killer is my age from my hometown(Dallas) and went to school right up the road from me.Peace. Blessed are the Peacemakers- Jesus Christ War Is Over(If You Want It) John Ono Lennon Peace. 37 years ago. I never lived when John was alive. His murder is still a heartbreaking tragedy that resonates today. A story playing out over and over again. John Lennon was the first notable public figure whom I mourned. I was eight. His music was so young and vital to me through the Red Album. His age when he died seemed so ancient at the time. Since I've crossed the 40-year barrier, I often think of the life of a family man that was so cruelly and unnecessarily taken from him. I danced with my mother at my wedding to "Beautiful Boy", chosen by her. My own father passed away earlier this year. He never recovered from this senseless death. Neither have many of us. Time for Imagine. All positive thoughts to Yoko, Julian, and Sean. Reading all this stuff about the other three's reactions is so heartbreaking. I remember reading a Paul interview from years later where he describes how he spent most of the day staring at the TV and crying... what are you supposed to say when something like that happens, especially when there's press waiting outside for you? RIP John, to say you're missed is an understatement. I was young and asleep before it happened and Howard Cosell told the world on Monday Night Football.. My Mom told me the next morning when I woke up for school and it was as if time slowed to a crawl. She always had a local AM station on her kitchen radio and they played nothing but Beatles music all morning. I hardly ate my breakfast. The news hit me like a ton of bricks and I look back on that moment now as my end of the innocence. A great friend of mine swears to this day that I was crying when I go to school than morning. I was nine years-old. Upon reading these again just now, I think the Chappie should go to either Price.pittsburgh or samthesham. There are other worthy candidates as well, but these two are bringing both quality and quantity to the table. Any other nominations?
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Post by hugofuguzev on Dec 9, 2017 8:11:30 GMT
Somebody killed John Lennon? Good! One less alcoholic junkie wife and child beating hypocrite in the world!
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Post by Chicken in Black on Dec 9, 2017 8:42:45 GMT
If they could devote one tenth of the energy they spend mourning a guy who died 37 years ago, something that will never change, to prevent instead a known pedophile from being elected to Senate...
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Post by Flat Transfer on Dec 9, 2017 11:29:50 GMT
woke up this morning thinking of John> I remember the day my father told me the news, woke me up with the news he did Give this man the chappy already. I mean, it's not like JamieC's classic poat is ever gonna be bettered. And now for one of the greatest poets in history: Well tight a$ got me cornered tight a$ got me laid tight a$ strut your stuff so tough just a sitting in the midnight shade Tight a$ she can boogie tight a$ she got laid uptight's alright but if you can't stand the heat you better get back in the shade
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Post by audiopro on Dec 9, 2017 16:14:23 GMT
Regarding Samthesham's little piece of sensationalism which Susan was good enough to dig out and post above, what a load of horseshit. I suppose it's possible for a nine-year-old to have attended a Beatles concert, staring at Lennon and muttering "one day" under his breath, but I think it would have been more well-known if it were true. Having just wasted three minutes of my life trying to find even a single reference to it on Google, I think we can put this one down to being the ramblings of an overactive imagination.
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