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I remember being woke up by the radio on that cold December day. The announcer said today's top story is Beatle John Lennon is dead. He was shot and died early this morning at a New York hospital. December 8, 1980. I was shocked, even my wife who usually slept later was awakened by the news. We couldn't believe it.
I always liked John Lennon, he wasn't my favorite Beatle but without a doubt he was the most influential of the group. All of his songs seemed to have a specific meaning and they seemed to touch all the social issues of the day. I always thought he was a little goofy, and sometimes completely eccentric, but he had a way with music that made you listen and think.
I believe his best song was "Imagine". It is soothing and peaceful and it has meaning. Some say it is a song about communism or socialism. I think it is a song about " Utopia". St. Thomas More created the word when he wrote about a perfect world of social, politics and law. The most important meaning, of the song was peace.If there is one thing John Lennon strived for it was peace throughout the world. It wasn't just peace from war, but peace in every day things we do. Peace at work, or where you live,
peace among your friends and enemies.
John Lennon would be almost seventy today, it is ashame that for the last thirty years we were deprived of his talent for making meaningful music. I listen to the Beatles quite often, and I enjoy their music as much today as I did when I was young. When I hear a Lennon song, I can't help but wonder what might have been. It seems so many influential people leave this earth at a young age. I wonder if they ever know how much their contributions have meant to us still living and listening.
peace among your friends and enemies.
John Lennon would be almost seventy today, it is ashame that for the last thirty years we were deprived of his talent for making meaningful music. I listen to the Beatles quite often, and I enjoy their music as much today as I did when I was young. When I hear a Lennon song, I can't help but wonder what might have been. It seems so many influential people leave this earth at a young age. I wonder if they ever know how much their contributions have meant to us still living and listening.
I have been an avid follower of Albert's Anecdotes since I first became aware of them. His writings are often about his history that I actaully feel a part of having grown up in the same neighborhoos and having some common friends. I chose this blog to post my praise for his talent because I wanted to commend him for following the often ignored wish of John Lennon's closest friends to never print his name and the name of his asassin in the same article. I personally would like to see that name stricken from any public record and simply replaced by anything that would not grant him the fame he seeked by committing this heinous deed.
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