Another fact is, fame itself is neither a good thing nor a bad thing. It depends on how you became famous. Are you famous for being loved or being hated? The idea of being famous because people praise me for my talents sounds cool... The idea of being famous because the whole world hates me even up to the point that being in prison maybe better than being out of it (as in prison the security can protect you against being lynched) .... That doesn't appeal me. In the Netherlands we got a murderer who reached the end of his sentence and wants to leave the country as nearly all the Dutch hate him, but outside of the country, he may go by with not too much people mentioning him... In Chapman's case that won't work... Lennon had world fame, and now he has it too, meaning that wherever he goes, the U.S., the Netherlands, France, Australia, you name it... He won't be safe there... Yes, Chapman got what he wanted... he got the fame he desired.... Yet, I think it's rather a curse than a blessing... Hey may not have noticed inside prison, but I'm sure he'll notice as soon as he's out of it (if he ever gets out, but he still keeps trying to get parole, however Yoko Ono has always been successful stopping that, that is at least the story I've been told) he'll find out people still haven't forgotten and I've heard that even younger generations who had yet to be born when the murder happened hate him with passion.... I don't wanna be in his shoes....
@TheWindAmongTheReeds smh, when he says we will live as one he means without war not literally everyone being the same carbon copy of every other person.
He was an insane man, fueled by religious intent. The shooter had been a fan of The Beatles, but after Lennon said that The Beatles 'May be more famous than Jesus' that's when this man began plotting as I believe it.
@@LMAODOODZ Yes. Ghosts are real. That's why, of all of the billions of people who have died or have been murdered, only a few hundred places in the world are reportedly haunted. Come on, guy. Get real.
@@WordUnheard only miserable nutty atheists refuse to accept the faxt that ghosts exist. With all of the evidence that's out now, youd have to be an idiot to not at least be skeptical.
Terribly sad moment in my life. On a brighter note, my 15yr old daughter is obsessed with the Beatles. I'm sure john would be happy that his music is timeless
I was 14 years old and when it was announced on Monday Night FB, I actually gasped. The horror was so painful, I got up and went to my room. I’ve adored The Beatles since I was 3. Such a devastating loss to his family and friends and the world.
my mother said during the night of december 8th, she and her brother were drinking some orange juice when they were watching the news about john’s murder. her brother immediately spit out his drink and started cursing in serbian. i would have honestly done the same thing.
I saw the Beatles at Balboa Stadium in San Diego. When Howard Cosell uttered those words on MNF I came unglued for about 5 weeks. Slept outside on a public racquet ball court one night sobbing uncontrollably. El Cajon is very cold on a December night no matter what your concepts of the San Diego area are. The worst thing in my life, except for my daughter's kidnapping. I have 100s of Beatle albums/bootleg/ solo albums. The Milk & Honey album has been out of the jacket maybe 5 times in 38 years. It's still too sad to listen to it. It was top of the charts when he was shot & when I hear it, it reminds me of that terrible time. The song "For You" (the Manfred Mann cover) was getting heavy play on the radio at that time. It also can trigger bad memories with "crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak, oh reveal yourself to me now while you got got the strength to speak, Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks". I just had to Google the lyrics I've forgotten parts of it, and as type this I have tears in my eyes. A horrible time, started drinking heavy for about a month or so....
We all lost a family member that awful day All that music that could have been. I cried for days Soon as I found out I went straight to New York didn't know what else to do Still hurts
I was in the bathroom that morning getting ready for school. My older sister banged on the door and said John Lennon is dead, he was shot. I ran into the kitchen to see Good Morning America talking about it.
A close friend did,John Lennon was like family All that music he could have given us Gone because of some wack-job and his wife who seen everything he was doing and did nothing
SuperCullen004 I was alive. Pregnant with my first child. It scared the f UCk outof me. How and why could someone get that close to hm? It devastated me. I was singing to my baby Imagine 😪
I'm so glad I was born in 1991 so grew up knowing he was dead already I can't imagine hearing that he'd been killed at the time because watching this makes me feel so emotional even now
Yoko Ono sued my dad for being born with the name Lennon and publishing music, she lost the case and dipped. My dad didn’t counter sue her god bless him.
I found out when my mother wrote me a note and put it where I normally sat for breakfast the next morning. I woke up alone and made cereal and sat at the head of the table like clockwork. I was 12. I had just gotten into The Beatles, and John Lennon specifically, the year before. It was my first foray into experiencing death (of a loved one).
Me too. I was 12 and heard about it when I got up for school. I'd been a fan of The Beatles since birth as I had three elder brothers, all massive Beatles fans, the oldest being 15 when I was born and so I grew up with their music playing. After John died though I became more obsessed especially as I was at the age to really get into music. I just checked your page and I'm also a Kate Bush fan and went to her concert. I'm also into bands from the other bands from before my era that are in your videos. Weird. I'm looking forward to the new Beatles film but will have to join Disney just to watch it and so I'm waiting for all parts to be out.
Your first experience of death, of a loved one. People like you really should have learned to grow up properly. He wasn't a loved one to you, all he was, was a singer and guitar player in a successful band. You ever actually had a 'loved one' die when you were a child?? Coz let me tell you, it's excruciating and nothing compared to a guy who you never knew personally or even spoke to, he was just John Lennon, a musician in The Beatles, just a normal person, just like everyone else
My girlfriend call me and said, that she heardthat John Lennon was killed, I immediatly turn on the radio... and on all the waives, all the stations I heard Beatles songs... Then I realised it as true... Sad days...
Was watching MNF when Humble Howard came on with the news-I remember screaming and running into our GreatRoom asking my husband to switch to CNN or the local news. My most memorable experience was when I called my friend and she said, “I can’t stop crying”
Sang and played the guitar??? WTH kind of remark is that??? Well, maybe when your time comes GOD FORBID, You will be remembered as the mustachioed ,old man who broadcast the news on television,!!!
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was 16 years old. It was a school night and my sister and I were home in bed. The next morning my mom woke us up for school and I remember she said, They're saying on the news that John Lennon was shot. I went from groggy from sleep to completely awake and I asked, "Is he dead?" She confirmed he was. They were playing Beatles & Lennon music on every radio station for days and about a week after his death, there was a worldwide ten minutes of silence in remembrance of John and every single radio station went silent as well. My brother was 5 years older than I and one of the few times I ever saw him cry was during this time.
I still Think of all the music we lost thanks to this wacko.Mark Chapman and the fact that his wife knew everything he was planning and did nothing.She should be in jail herself
His delusions were set off when John said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus. The dude loved the Beatles but he was also religious and, combined with his clear mental instability, he decided to shoot him.
I was 18 years old. I had spent the evening at my girlfriend's house. Her parents were Beatles fans, and we all had a few fun hours playing games and listening to Beatles albums. I remember that I left their house at 11 pm, and drove home, listening to the radio all the way. Nothing seemed to be amiss. When I got home I turned on the radio, as I was wont to do, and the first thing I heard was the DJ (Jamie Wohl, then of CHEZ 106 FM in Ottawa) saying "...reports from New York say someone has just shot John Lennon. Who would want to shoot John Lennon?" Just a few minutes later she was back to tell us that John Lennon was dead. I couldn't get my head around it. I had spent the last year or so becoming a highly informed Beatles fan, and I had identified most closely with John. I didn't understand why a man who gave the world so much joy could be casually eliminated like a bug. For years after December 8, 1980, it was difficult for me to listen to Beatles music. I eventually got back into it, with even more knowledge, respect, and appreciation than before. I saw Paul McCartney live in the summer of 2009, and when he performed a heartfelt version of "Here Today", his imaginary conversation with John, I shed a few tears, like the thousands of others in the crowd, but I knew I was in the right place.
He was a very brilliant and wise man. His quotes are still used today with reverence. How is it that some people such as John Lennon, can possess his level of influence in the lives of so many people, still today. Gone, just like that. Such a loss.
He was on the comeback trail. He was getting away from drugs and getting back to music. Double Fantasy was on the charts and selling well. His fans missed him. It was all such a tragedy. That dude Chapman was a real buzz kill.
John’s life reads to me like a Shakespearean tragedy. He formed and lead a legendary band, dissolved said band, loved a woman with his heart and soul, and met his untimely fate right outside of his own home. If heaven is real and I’m able to find John there I would pester him with question after question. His life is just so un-mundane I can’t wrap my head around it.
I was 22 the night John Lennon was killed. I was working as the night manager of a video arcade in Hayward, California. My wife called me from home and said "There's bad news on TV. John Lennon was shot in the back by some chubby guy. He's dead." At the time there really wasn't a lot of information and for some reason I imagined it happening in a bar. I said to my wife. "Oh Jesus. John and that mouth of his. I bet he said the wrong thing to the wrong person." The full effect of the news didn't really hit me until the next day. I had been a Beatles fan as a kid but I was also a huge fan of Lennon as a solo artist. I didn't have any of the other Beatles solo efforts, but I had all of Lennon's solo albums. Hard to believe it happened 38 years ago.
I got married at age 21 on August 30, 1979. I think younger people were a bit more mature in those days than they are now. I had already been living on my own since the age of 17.
Something else I remember from that night that I failed to mention was the stuff I heard being said on talk radio once the news of Lennon's death went national. A lot of older people, mostly grandmotherly types called in to say they were glad that Lennon had been killed. They put the blame of the 60s youth drug problems squarely on his shoulders which was total BS. Drug addiction was around long before The Beatles started smoking pot. I guess they must have forgotten their 40s idol Frank Sinatra in the movie about heroin addiction "The Man With The Golden Arm."
The murderer deserves to rot in prison, but people seriously need to stop treating the murder of a celebrity as a bigger crime than that of a regular person.
I will never, NEVER forget the emotional pain when I learned that John Lennon had been murdered. The second murder I had experienced in my life. Thanks for the film.
I wasn't even a sparkle in my mom's eye on that day. I'm 17 now, and a part of me is glad that I didn't have to be heartbroken by this tragedy. But I'm dreading the days Paul and Ringo will pass on. I never want them to die! I wish I could have seen all four of The Beatles live in action. That would have been quite a sight. It's a shame I'll never be able to.
The day Paul dies, I'm calling in sick and will lock myself in my house for the rest of the day. I have not listened to "The End of The End" for almost 8 years, and that will be the first song I will be listening to on that day.
I was 22 and started crying at work the next day, just realizing how horrific and surreal it all seemed. A co-worker who was about 20 years older than me said, "I don't understand why so many people are making such a big deal about this. It's like they think it's worse than when Elvis died."
I was alive Bob. I was 14 years old and I remember it like it was yesterday. I learned to love music and playing the guitar because of John Lennon and the Beatles. I know it sounds corny but I have tears in my eyes right now as I write this. Such a senseless act. why someone would just kill a man who had never done anything but share his heart with the world through his music. Very sad
@@danielali2724 I'm only 13 as of now and people are just crazy about religion not that it's bad but he killed John because he said we might be more popular than Jesus I get it is serious but would any god want you to kill someone because of the way they said something
Bob Ross WOW, 13 and so insightful? That is encouraging to me. Continue to THINK for YOURSELF in ALL things Bob. Far too many of your peers are lost in the matrix of this world and don't even realize it. For me, John and his music represent LOVE which in truth is NOT about SELF but ALL. None of us are perfect, and neither was John Lennon and he's not a God or Buddha or mystic or any of that. He was a MAN, a living breathing expression and so are YOU. Stay the course little brother, we need more like you.
Hi? This probably means nothing to you, but I am so so glad to see your comment. You must be around 15 right? Seeing kids your age address the impact The Beatles have on their lives fills me with joy. It gives me a sense of confirmation that their music is infact eternal and someday even when all of them would be long gone... They would still be alive in the hearts of millions essentially making them, Immortal.
I remember that night so well. As soon I heard, I turned the radio stations and all of them were playing Beatles music, but specially “ A Day in the Life “ I was sad and numb. I love his music tremendously. You will always be remembered John Lennon.
I was in Junior high. I had stolen a copy of "To Kill a Mockingbird" from my classroom and was reading it listening to the radio when they broke the news. My brother is an avid Beatles fan, and I called him at his work to tell him. He ran out to his car and turned on the radio. He called me back later in tears. I was so sad.
My wife came home from work that night and she cried when I told her. That’s no small thing: she’s a stoic Brit that hasn’t cried twice in the 47 years we’ve been married. I was standing by the Christmas tree, holding her, and she told me that the night The Beatles played Ed Sullivan she was too overwrought to sleep. Something in her life had changed, and the next morning she discovered she’d had her first period. Her tears, that night, scared our daughters. They were so little, hanging on her legs asking me “Why’s Mommy crying?”
I was stationed in Germany and was on the way to work on an aircraft. We were listening to Armed Forces Network on the radio in the truck. John's death was announced. We were all taken aback by the news. John Lennon was a part of so many of our lives...
My Dad was 15 when John Lennon died. When waking up on December 9th in London, he heard the news on the radio. He recalls when arriving to school some of the teachers were crying. It really is sad to think that a man who had such an impact on the world, could just be taken away overnight.
I was born as The Beatles died. I'm not a religious or even spiritual person, so I don't know what to make of the feeling that I was born with the song Across the Universe in my mind. It is as likely as not that I heard it for the first time when I was very young. But unlike any other piece of music, or movie or picture or TV show, when I think of or listen to Across the Universe, it makes me feel as if it had always been in my brain. Maybe I heard it in utero. My mother, who died not long before my third birthday, definitely liked The Beatles. Anyway, I'm just musing. I was 11 when John died. News of his death brought me to tears, the first of only a few occasions when the passing of a famous person made me cry.
In 2010 I took my wife and kids to NYC for vacation. It was a few weeks before Christmas. Going to the Dakota was on my list of things to do. Upon our arrival at the Dakota we stood near the entrance where John was shot. In just a matter of minutes more and more people arrived. Eventually we chatted amongst the new arrivals and reminisced about Lennon. It felt like a remarkable experience that other people had thought about going to the Dakota at about the same time I had thought of it. I remarked to the guard in the guardhouse what a crazy coincidence it was. His reply, “Sir, it is like this 24/7.”
This was a 'remember where you were' moment. I was watching TV (NBC) when they broke the news. We were shocked and numb for a long time. Up until that moment, there was always a chance of a Beatles reunion, but that chance fled into the pages of history by that cowardly act. RIP John and George.
I was watching when Cosell announced Lennon's death. A scream came out of my mouth I wasn't even aware of! My wife woke up and ran in the room, and I dissolved into tears. I could barely get the words out of my mouth: "John Lennon's dead."
I was shy of 6 and did not understand the reverberations that were felt the world over that next morning I awoke but I know my mother was profoundly effected. You could just tell it was a moment she felt the innocence of a time she treasured so much was indelibly tarnished.
It isn't about who everyone's favourite Beatle is, he's simply saying 'perhaps the most famous' because more people might have known about him through his political and peace campaigning.
I was born in 1984 and my father is a huge Beatles fan, so he and my mom always talked about John Lennon’s assassination and the circumstances of his death. It’s something that shocks me and it happened before I was even born, I can’t imagine the impact it had at the time.
I watched this to keep my emotions fresh of what happened on this tragic day. I owe John at least that. I don't know what happens after death, but I hope he is still alive creating music somewhere, and that he was reunited with his family. RIP John Lennon. Thank you for your legendary music.
John Lennon was an inspiring musician, who along with Paul McCartney changed the face of British music, in The Beatles, in the 1960s. Their influence, without question, made some of the biggest bands, in the 1960s, 1970s, and beyond. His legacy will be also still be around, for a long time to come. Although, I wasn't born in 1980, I was born a few years later.
cathy smith god ain’t real, and he changed not only the music world but THE WHOLE FUCKING WORLD IN GENERAL. Please don’t shove your religion down our throat
December 9th is my birthday. My mom called to wish me a happy birthday, then she asked if I had heard the news about John Lennon. "Yes," I replied, "I heard the news today. Oh boy." I hadn't intended to mimic the words to "A Day in the Life" when I started to respond, but I did realize it sounded like it before the "Oh boy" was out of my mouth.
I remember like it was yesterday: I was 21 and in my bedroom listening to the game on the radio. Dad was asleep and Mom was watching a movie. Out of the blue, the broadcast was interrupted by the news flash. It was very short as I recall but I don't recall the exact words, but it was something like: "former Beatle John Lennon shot outside his apartment building in New York. Now back to the game". After about five or six seconds of the game, the news broke again: "Former Beatle John Lennon shot to death." I just sat there stunned, and turned to a news station to get more details, but there were none at that point. I forgot all about the game and went to bed. I don't recall what quarter it was, but those watching learned much later. The newspaper had it all on the front page and it was the top topic of conversation at work that day.
I remember this day like it was yesterday, it was 1980 and it was my birthday. Me and a couple of my good buddies (John, Pat) were consuming alcohol and listening to the Doors like we did every December 8th to celebrate Jim Morrison's birthday (too). So there you have it. I share a Birthday with Jim Morrison and the Death of probably one of the greatest musicians of all time. When we heard the news, (and I don't remember how) we were stunned to put it lightly. Just a real dark moment. Depression sat in quickly.
I remember me and my friends went to the park where the bridge was because there were walls and bridges a Lennon album title .we cried and held each other..then we walked to the music store ..the sun came out. Every album by John lennon or with the Beatles were bought up as the store was crowded they were playing his songs .and in mall music was also lennon /Beatles...later that night radio stations played non stop his music and people were calling in discussing his life and career ..heartbroken...
Born in Soviet Union in 70s, Beatles fan since 15 y.o. Behind the "iron curtain" every record, every song, every poster was a true treasure, very hard to find, bought mostly on black market. We adored them, we learned English because of them, we learned to play piano and guitar because of them.. Such a great talent from God, Fabulous Four, they were creating genius music, masterpieces of all times. John was way too young to die.. Memory eternal, R.I.P.
My dad told me about when John Lennon died. He was living in Sweden and saw the newspapers, of course it was the front cover. He took a paper and went to his local music club, sat down in one of the empty rooms and just started crying. John Lennon was a legend and his death is one of the most tragic deaths of an artist ever. May he roam Strawberry Fields Forever
i heard it the next morning. i awoke to a snow day off school and turned the radio on as i always do. i knew something was odd after hearing the 6th beatles song in a row without the usual morning format. then the dj shared the tragic news. i didnt believe it then, still dont, and it still brings me to tears today...
The night Lennon was assassinated, I was enjoying intimacies with my then girlfriend. We fell asleep with the radio on. We woke up to a long string of Beatles songs. During a break, the DJ announced the tragic news. We held each other; she wept, and I had tears in my eyes too. It was one of those moments where, for better or worse, life becomes more real than real.
My high school was playing Beatles songs that morning as we entered the hallways. Almost 40 yrs ago . They never played rock, always some elevator music. I asked someone as I walked by and they looked at me like I was from out space "you mean you don't hear? John Lennon is dead". You never forget moments like that...it shapes your life forever. He was that important to the World.
Afair, I was getting ready for school that morning. My mother opened my door, and told me "John Lennon was shot." I couldn't believe it, even though I wasn't a true fan of his.....I felt kind of numb. The whole school was in a real funk that day. Even the teachers. One of the students put the flag at half mast, and they left it that way. No one could honestly pay attention in class, and many just took a half day. Every teacher started off with they knew what happened, but we have to go through with today-kind of speech. He had just made an album not too long ago before it happened. Kind of a come back., and it hit the charts. ….and every station was playing his music.
I was a kid. A little kid whose parents rocked the Beatles music every weekend.. a kid who couldn't fathom what I heard. Who could shoot John Lennon? I still remember being so sad for days after that. I couldn't understand it. Still don't as an adult.
Both my grand parents that are Native American meant John Lennon a few months before he passed on 😶 I still love listening to there story’s about what they talked about and they talked for about 30 minutes 🥺 and now to this day I’m 16 years old and a big fan of the Beatles 🥺💕
"a man who sang and played the guitar." sheesh.
that's like calling Gandhi "a man who was interested in politics and philosophy". 😑
roflmows Freddy Mercury. Some singer who written a few songs.
@@soygato2722 If you are going to bring Mr. Mercury into this I think the proper comparison would be "A gay man who sang and played the piano."
jetnut89 being gay isn't that important.
@@soygato2722 thats the point.
That dude should have been fired and black-balled the second the word "guitar" left his mouth.
The worst thing is they gave the murderer exactly what he wanted, to be famous.
Exactly! That guy has a whole Wikipedia page based on him.
Another fact is, fame itself is neither a good thing nor a bad thing. It depends on how you became famous. Are you famous for being loved or being hated? The idea of being famous because people praise me for my talents sounds cool... The idea of being famous because the whole world hates me even up to the point that being in prison maybe better than being out of it (as in prison the security can protect you against being lynched) .... That doesn't appeal me.
In the Netherlands we got a murderer who reached the end of his sentence and wants to leave the country as nearly all the Dutch hate him, but outside of the country, he may go by with not too much people mentioning him... In Chapman's case that won't work... Lennon had world fame, and now he has it too, meaning that wherever he goes, the U.S., the Netherlands, France, Australia, you name it... He won't be safe there...
Yes, Chapman got what he wanted... he got the fame he desired.... Yet, I think it's rather a curse than a blessing... Hey may not have noticed inside prison, but I'm sure he'll notice as soon as he's out of it (if he ever gets out, but he still keeps trying to get parole, however Yoko Ono has always been successful stopping that, that is at least the story I've been told) he'll find out people still haven't forgotten and I've heard that even younger generations who had yet to be born when the murder happened hate him with passion.... I don't wanna be in his shoes....
@@TheRealTricky You're right!
He murdered him because he didn’t want anyone else to have him, look into it
He's notorious, not famous
Imagine literally holding Lennon’s heart
Its just like any other heart tbh
Status Browser I know but it’s surreal
No
My uncle was the M.E!
@@jimgleeson98
Apparently that's a complete lie. Google "Dr Stephen Lynn" - he made it up.
“I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.”
RIP John Lennon
@TheWindAmongTheReeds smh, when he says we will live as one he means without war not literally everyone being the same carbon copy of every other person.
TheWindAmongTheReeds It’s just a song dude
@@arsenalfan8628, you know as well as everybody does that there will never be world peace. There’s always going to be war, or something.
Idc about the football game all I care about IS THE BOB CATS WINNING THEIR 7th WIN OF THE SEASON IN THE NBA 5:48
I MAKE BETTER MUSIC THAN JOHN LENNON. DONT BE SCARED OF THE TRUTH!! SMOKING THAT JOHN LENNON PACK 🚬🚬🚬
How do you wake up one morning and just decide to kill John Lennon?
How do ya Do that ??
He was an insane man, fueled by religious intent. The shooter had been a fan of The Beatles, but after Lennon said that The Beatles 'May be more famous than Jesus' that's when this man began plotting as I believe it.
Mk-ultra anyone????????
@@ericjardine8210 cia mind control test during Vietnam
he had a mind disorder and was obsessed to kill john as he said that "beatles reached more people than jesus" though he was a beatles fan
You wake up and decide to kill John Lennon
That hospital was closed down. The spot where John Lennon was pronounced dead is now the shampoo aisle in a CVS.
And?
@@nihilisticbarbie And, nothing. Just a bit of trivia related to the story and event.
I wonder if its haunted.
@@LMAODOODZ
Yes. Ghosts are real. That's why, of all of the billions of people who have died or have been murdered, only a few hundred places in the world are reportedly haunted. Come on, guy. Get real.
@@WordUnheard only miserable nutty atheists refuse to accept the faxt that ghosts exist. With all of the evidence that's out now, youd have to be an idiot to not at least be skeptical.
Was glad to see John alive at 78 years old in the movie Yesterday.. if only.
Is John Lennon really dead or no
Mike Lees He’s dead it’s sad but it’s true
Are you high?
That was cool but yesterday sucked
The movie was really good
40 years later, John’s passing still gives me chills.
me too
Terribly sad moment in my life. On a brighter note, my 15yr old daughter is obsessed with the Beatles. I'm sure john would be happy that his music is timeless
I was born decades after his death and it brings me to tears
Wbt Sharon tate?
Lennon funded terrorism.
I was 14 years old and when it was announced on Monday Night FB, I actually gasped. The horror was so painful, I got up and went to my room. I’ve adored The
Beatles since I was 3. Such a devastating loss to his family and friends and the world.
The only time I saw my bro crying was when I woke up to find he had been murdered. It will stay with me forever.
Same here, but I’m 14 now and I love the Beatles, hearing stories like this breaks my heart.
my mother said during the night of december 8th, she and her brother were drinking some orange juice when they were watching the news about john’s murder. her brother immediately spit out his drink and started cursing in serbian. i would have honestly done the same thing.
I saw the Beatles at Balboa Stadium in San Diego. When Howard Cosell uttered those words on MNF I came unglued for about 5 weeks. Slept outside on a public racquet ball court one night sobbing uncontrollably. El Cajon is very cold on a December night no matter what your concepts of the San Diego area are. The worst thing in my life, except for my daughter's kidnapping. I have 100s of Beatle albums/bootleg/ solo albums. The Milk & Honey album has been out of the jacket maybe 5 times in 38 years. It's still too sad to listen to it. It was top of the charts when he was shot & when I hear it, it reminds me of that terrible time. The song "For You" (the Manfred Mann cover) was getting heavy play on the radio at that time. It also can trigger bad memories with "crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak, oh reveal yourself to me now while you got got the strength to speak, Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks". I just had to Google the lyrics I've forgotten parts of it, and as type this I have tears in my eyes. A horrible time, started drinking heavy for about a month or so....
Bit much don’t y’all think? I’ve never had something like that happen to me but you all seem very cringy
When my mom informed me upon my awakening the morning of December 9th. I felt like a close friend had died.
We all lost a family member that awful day All that music that could have been. I cried for days Soon as I found out I went straight to New York didn't know what else to do Still hurts
Dec 9th is my birthday
I was in the bathroom that morning getting ready for school. My older sister banged on the door and said John Lennon is dead, he was shot. I ran into the kitchen to see Good Morning America talking about it.
A close friend did,John Lennon was like family All that music he could have given us Gone because of some wack-job and his wife who seen everything he was doing and did nothing
Bill Laspin
My birthday is the 8th of December
I was 10. My dad and my "cool" uncle were crying. They never cried...
I wasn't even born then. I was born in the Early 90s 😕
@@killer92173 Look at the bright side- you didn't have to deal with the '80s!
@@killer92173 I was born in the 2000s
-_-
@@johnsketcher1106 I was born in 6808
@@skeeter197140 eh ??? The 80s was a FANTASTIC decade to live in !
I wasn’t even alive and I remember it. That’s how important this was
SuperCullen004 I was alive. Pregnant with my first child. It scared the f UCk outof me. How and why could someone get that close to hm? It devastated me. I was singing to my baby Imagine 😪
Same here cullen......and I was born 2 days after the 20th anniversary of the shooting
@@CycloneCordVHSreally? i was born 3 days before the 20th anniversary
r u srs ok, fin.
SuperCullen004 me too
I'm glad I met John….about 4 months before he died he was in Bermuda and we chatted for a bit. Seemed like a nice, down-to-earth guy.
bermudaguy1 I love Bermuda! It's the only place I've visited that I absolutely want to go back to. A lovely island with lovely people!
Your channel is called bermudaguy1 🤔
bermudaguy1 man, I wish I was you. :))
Now we have to hear the full story. How did fate bring you and Mr. Lennon together?
You are so lucky
I'm so glad I was born in 1991 so grew up knowing he was dead already
I can't imagine hearing that he'd been killed at the time because watching this makes me feel so emotional even now
I was a small kid when he was murdered . I grew up listening to the beatles. It was awful x
@@Laura...... :(
Yep, I'm a '91 baby too, I would have been INCONSOLABLE if I was alive in 1980...
I remember it, & it was a shock, it was like when JFK & his brother, Robert, & Martin Luther King when they were assassinated.
Daniel Fitzgerald Wow in the year Freddie Mercury died... feelsbad
Yoko Ono sued my dad for being born with the name Lennon and publishing music, she lost the case and dipped. My dad didn’t counter sue her god bless him.
Waaaaaaa?
No she didn't
Alcoholic-Wizard hmm maybe I would know and you would have no fucking clue dickead.
@@charmatic_yt2195 well I'm convinced
Lennon Murphy?
I found out when my mother wrote me a note and put it where I normally sat for breakfast the next morning. I woke up alone and made cereal and sat at the head of the table like clockwork. I was 12. I had just gotten into The Beatles, and John Lennon specifically, the year before. It was my first foray into experiencing death (of a loved one).
Me too. I was 12 and heard about it when I got up for school. I'd been a fan of The Beatles since birth as I had three elder brothers, all massive Beatles fans, the oldest being 15 when I was born and so I grew up with their music playing. After John died though I became more obsessed especially as I was at the age to really get into music. I just checked your page and I'm also a Kate Bush fan and went to her concert. I'm also into bands from the other bands from before my era that are in your videos. Weird.
I'm looking forward to the new Beatles film but will have to join Disney just to watch it and so I'm waiting for all parts to be out.
Damn same “thing” when I was 8-9 years old back in 2009 when Micheal Jackson died
Your first experience of death, of a loved one. People like you really should have learned to grow up properly. He wasn't a loved one to you, all he was, was a singer and guitar player in a successful band. You ever actually had a 'loved one' die when you were a child?? Coz let me tell you, it's excruciating and nothing compared to a guy who you never knew personally or even spoke to, he was just John Lennon, a musician in The Beatles, just a normal person, just like everyone else
@@davebain2656 Still. The loss hurts
@@davebain2656 No need to insult, use your pain for something good
I wanna time travel to save John Lennon's life...
But screwing with time could destroy the universe.
I want to time travel to watch the Beats’
Even if you saved his life, we're all gonna die, he was already gonna die but later
....and Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, JFK, RFK, MLK, etc. etc. etc
He still would be in danger as long as he had Yoko Ono by his side
My girlfriend call me and said, that she heardthat John Lennon was killed, I immediatly turn on the radio... and on all the waives, all the stations I heard Beatles songs... Then I realised it as true... Sad days...
Was watching MNF when Humble Howard came on with the news-I remember screaming and running into our GreatRoom asking my husband to switch to CNN or the local news. My most memorable experience was when I called my friend and she said, “I can’t stop crying”
Woke up from my night shift at 2pm wondering why they were playing odd Michael Jackson songs in a row. Come to find out he just died too.
Today is December 8th, 2020. Today 40 years ago, was the night John Lennon died. Rest Easy, John.
Sang and played the guitar??? WTH kind of remark is that??? Well, maybe when your time comes GOD FORBID, You will be remembered as the mustachioed ,old man who broadcast the news on television,!!!
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was 16 years old. It was a school night and my sister and I were home in bed. The next morning my mom woke us up for school and I remember she said, They're saying on the news that John Lennon was shot. I went from groggy from sleep to completely awake and I asked, "Is he dead?" She confirmed he was. They were playing Beatles & Lennon music on every radio station for days and about a week after his death, there was a worldwide ten minutes of silence in remembrance of John and every single radio station went silent as well. My brother was 5 years older than I and one of the few times I ever saw him cry was during this time.
its like it was yesterday..i heard it live...im 56..it still pisses me off.
I still Think of all the music we lost thanks to this wacko.Mark Chapman and the fact that his wife knew everything he was planning and did nothing.She should be in jail herself
hey guys question
why was he shot? he was shot by a fan right? it doesnt make sense why would you shoot your idol?
He wasn't exactly a fan
Wasn't really a fan ,had a hatred to Lennon
I'm 54 and still don't give a crap. The way Lennon treated his son infuriates me. 💀
Imagine there’s no Chapman
❤
It isn’t hard to do
ThatCatGuy550 Of America its easy if you try
@@scibrew2922 nothing to kill or die for
no selfish psychopats too
Heyyy... chapman...
What kind of obsessed fan would shoot their idol?
If crazy made sense it wouldn’t be crazy
His delusions were set off when John said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus. The dude loved the Beatles but he was also religious and, combined with his clear mental instability, he decided to shoot him.
Crazy people.
Mentally ill people
A hired kil&%er will
The saddest part about Yoko’s apparent reaction was that she was in full denial saying that John was still alive.
I was 18 years old. I had spent the evening at my girlfriend's house. Her parents were Beatles fans, and we all had a few fun hours playing games and listening to Beatles albums.
I remember that I left their house at 11 pm, and drove home, listening to the radio all the way. Nothing seemed to be amiss.
When I got home I turned on the radio, as I was wont to do, and the first thing I heard was the DJ (Jamie Wohl, then of CHEZ 106 FM in Ottawa) saying "...reports from New York say someone has just shot John Lennon. Who would want to shoot John Lennon?"
Just a few minutes later she was back to tell us that John Lennon was dead. I couldn't get my head around it. I had spent the last year or so becoming a highly informed Beatles fan, and I had identified most closely with John. I didn't understand why a man who gave the world so much joy could be casually eliminated like a bug.
For years after December 8, 1980, it was difficult for me to listen to Beatles music. I eventually got back into it, with even more knowledge, respect, and appreciation than before. I saw Paul McCartney live in the summer of 2009, and when he performed a heartfelt version of "Here Today", his imaginary conversation with John, I shed a few tears, like the thousands of others in the crowd, but I knew I was in the right place.
Lol ur legit a boomer
@@user-if2uz4ur8o not funny and definitely not the place
Omg shut up
I'm so glad we at least still have Paul, he's such a bastion of optimism
He lived 40 years and it will be soon another 40 years since he passed away.
He was a very brilliant and wise man. His quotes are still used today with reverence. How is it that some people such as John Lennon, can possess his level of influence in the lives of so many people, still today. Gone, just like that. Such a loss.
@anthony betancourt .....Next year, of course.
@@juliedefee567 ma'am, he was racist and sexist. Nobody misses him, if anything I miss George Harrison more
@@juliedefee567 He also beat his first wife and was basically a stranger to his son so he's not exactly someone to idealize after death.
He was on the comeback trail. He was getting away from drugs and getting back to music. Double Fantasy was on the charts and selling well. His fans missed him. It was all such a tragedy. That dude Chapman was a real buzz kill.
John’s life reads to me like a Shakespearean tragedy. He formed and lead a legendary band, dissolved said band, loved a woman with his heart and soul, and met his untimely fate right outside of his own home. If heaven is real and I’m able to find John there I would pester him with question after question. His life is just so un-mundane I can’t wrap my head around it.
That doctor who literally pumped a man's heart with his hands in a desperate effort to keep him alive... yeah he deserves a good life.
I was 22 the night John Lennon was killed. I was working as the night manager of a video arcade in Hayward, California. My wife called me from home and said "There's bad news on TV. John Lennon was shot in the back by some chubby guy. He's dead." At the time there really wasn't a lot of information and for some reason I imagined it happening in a bar. I said to my wife. "Oh Jesus. John and that mouth of his. I bet he said the wrong thing to the wrong person." The full effect of the news didn't really hit me until the next day. I had been a Beatles fan as a kid but I was also a huge fan of Lennon as a solo artist. I didn't have any of the other Beatles solo efforts, but I had all of Lennon's solo albums. Hard to believe it happened 38 years ago.
Sadly miss u john and thank u
You got married before 22?
I got married at age 21 on August 30, 1979. I think younger people were a bit more mature in those days than they are now. I had already been living on my own since the age of 17.
What a story, man.
Something else I remember from that night that I failed to mention was the stuff I heard being said on talk radio once the news of Lennon's death went national. A lot of older people, mostly grandmotherly types called in to say they were glad that Lennon had been killed. They put the blame of the 60s youth drug problems squarely on his shoulders which was total BS. Drug addiction was around long before The Beatles started smoking pot. I guess they must have forgotten their 40s idol Frank Sinatra in the movie about heroin addiction "The Man With The Golden Arm."
The murderer deserves to rot in prison, but people seriously need to stop treating the murder of a celebrity as a bigger crime than that of a regular person.
i agree
So true
Chapman is secretly smiling tonight. His fame lives on ✔
All murders are disgusting and I haven't seen any celeb murders being treated as a bigger crime than the murder of a regular Joe.
Orthodox plum It’s a bigger deal.
Today is 40th anniversary of john lennon's death... RIP best musician ever
😭😭he’s been gone longer than he was here.
I will never, NEVER forget the emotional pain when I learned that John Lennon had been murdered. The second murder I had experienced in my life. Thanks for the film.
Could you imagine literally holding the beating heart of John Lennon before he would soon die? It would be surreal.
MrLeviNielsen He was already dead. John’s heart was not beating.
WTF, you a fkn idiot.
MrLeviNielsen I’d imagine holding any fuckers heart would be weird
@The SNES Man A human heart could not be in better hands at a time like this!
MrLeviNielsen if a doctor is holding your heart you are most likely already dead, but I get what you mean.
I wasn't even a sparkle in my mom's eye on that day. I'm 17 now, and a part of me is glad that I didn't have to be heartbroken by this tragedy.
But I'm dreading the days Paul and Ringo will pass on. I never want them to die! I wish I could have seen all four of The Beatles live in action. That would have been quite a sight. It's a shame I'll never be able to.
Hi! Im 17 too!
Amen, I'm 13 and I don't wanna see the day that they pass but that's the way life works
go to a rain concert! i'm 17 but it definitely filled the void in my heart
nazwhal Hey! Me three!
The day Paul dies, I'm calling in sick and will lock myself in my house for the rest of the day. I have not listened to "The End of The End" for almost 8 years, and that will be the first song I will be listening to on that day.
I was studying for final exams. I was barely able to pick up the campus radio station, as I studied. I remember the moment. Words fail me to this day.
I felt like someone ripped out a piece of my heart and it's never been replaced.
Me too.💔
I don’t know how any “obsessed fan” could kill their idol man he’s sick
He was mentally ill i think
John Lennon Said that the beatles is gonna be bigger than Jesus. His fan was a Christian and then he decided to do it.
@@simonyakovlev8989 but he shot him 15 years later?
@@narrabeenstudent7027 i know, he waited a long time to kill him and his wife knew of it
scariest thing is, is that you see the man getting an autograph from lennon 2 hours before he was shot.
Dad: why the fuck are you crying so loud
Me:
Jake Giuliano Dad starts crying to
Cause I'm an insufferable social media bitch boohoo.
no one:
Jake Giuliano: GIVE ME UA-cam LIKES EVERYONE
you're kidding right? how could he not know??
I was 22 and started crying at work the next day, just realizing how horrific and surreal it all seemed. A co-worker who was about 20 years older than me said, "I don't understand why so many people are making such a big deal about this. It's like they think it's worse than when Elvis died."
Sounds like that doctor tried everything in his power to save John, thank you Sir. I hope you're doing well, don't let this haunt you.
ONLY after he found out who was on the table.
R.I.P John Lennon 1940-1980 ☮️
I wasn't alive back then but my stomach is turning waiting for them to say it on the football game
I was alive Bob. I was 14 years old and I remember it like it was yesterday. I learned to love music and playing the guitar because of John Lennon and the Beatles. I know it sounds corny but I have tears in my eyes right now as I write this. Such a senseless act. why someone would just kill a man who had never done anything but share his heart with the world through his music. Very sad
@@danielali2724 I'm only 13 as of now and people are just crazy about religion not that it's bad but he killed John because he said we might be more popular than Jesus I get it is serious but would any god want you to kill someone because of the way they said something
Bob Ross WOW, 13 and so insightful? That is encouraging to me. Continue to THINK for YOURSELF in ALL things Bob. Far too many of your peers are lost in the matrix of this world and don't even realize it. For me, John and his music represent LOVE which in truth is NOT about SELF but ALL. None of us are perfect, and neither was John Lennon and he's not a God or Buddha or mystic or any of that. He was a MAN, a living breathing expression and so are YOU. Stay the course little brother, we need more like you.
@@danielali2724 thanks
@@danielali2724, John Lennon was outspoken, but did NOT deserve to die, like that. He was a legend, even though he used to joke around.
This video was well put together...
What
Too bad Lennon wasn't 😁
SUGAR XYLER ! Dude, just stop
anthony betancourt nah, how about you for laughing at that unnecessary joke.
Y-Yeah... R-Really well put together....
44 years have passed, and the wound hasn’t healed.
Even being born in 2006, this had an impact on me. John was a good man. RIP.
Hi? This probably means nothing to you, but I am so so glad to see your comment. You must be around 15 right? Seeing kids your age address the impact The Beatles have on their lives fills me with joy. It gives me a sense of confirmation that their music is infact eternal and someday even when all of them would be long gone... They would still be alive in the hearts of millions essentially making them, Immortal.
@@anveshan7 Yeah. The Beatles are immortal. And I'm lucky enough to have seen Paul twice and Ringo once. I'm really grateful for those opportunities.
Same here man, being born in 2006 and having the same birthday with Sir John, I feel honored and grateful. Will forever be a Beatles Fan.
@@anveshan7 the beatles are eternal, i was born 1999 and they're songs have a enormous impact on me
I remember that night so well. As soon I heard, I turned the radio stations and all of them were playing Beatles music, but specially “ A Day in the Life “ I was sad and numb. I love his music tremendously. You will always be remembered John Lennon.
I was born 6 years after he was shot, but when the Howard tells the news in this clip, even now I get goose bumps.
I was in Junior high. I had stolen a copy of "To Kill a Mockingbird" from my classroom and was reading it listening to the radio when they broke the news. My brother is an avid Beatles fan, and I called him at his work to tell him. He ran out to his car and turned on the radio. He called me back later in tears. I was so sad.
My wife came home from work that night and she cried when I told her. That’s no small thing: she’s a stoic Brit that hasn’t cried twice in the 47 years we’ve been married. I was standing by the Christmas tree, holding her, and she told me that the night The Beatles played Ed Sullivan she was too overwrought to sleep. Something in her life had changed, and the next morning she discovered she’d had her first period. Her tears, that night, scared our daughters. They were so little, hanging on her legs asking me “Why’s Mommy crying?”
How do you have kids without having your period?
The world was robbed of John lennon so sad even till this day xx
my grandmother died the same day as John so I will never forget
such a sad memory, I heard in the morning (Australia) I was 21 heavily pregnant with my first child. My sons middle name is John
As in I'm going to use the john 😁😁😁
SUGAR XYLER ! see you’re everywhere spreading hate, what did he do to you. May he Rest in Peace
Whaaa whaaaa
I was stationed in Germany and was on the way to work on an aircraft. We were listening to Armed Forces Network on the radio in the truck. John's death was announced. We were all taken aback by the news. John Lennon was a part of so many of our lives...
I was 17 years old that Monday Night and I will never forget it. My older brother was watching the game and he told me.
I learned the next day like most people. This was the biggest tragedy in Rock music since the death of Elvis. But this was worse because of the cause!
@Terry Melvin Ahhaahaqaaha
@Jake none of that is true except abandoning his son. At least Lennon wasnt a racist bastard like Elvis.
@Jake at least the nigga didn't die while taking a shit lmfao
@@CharlieThePug Ahahha
@Jake maybe don't use his homosexual experiences as evidence that hes a bad person.
The Beatles are so legendary and this is still so devastating in 2018 John lennon will forever be in our hearts because all you need is love❤
Speak for yourself.
No room in my heart for a dead beat dad 🚫
@@SUGAR_XYLER Stfu dude.
Love is all you need
My Dad was 15 when John Lennon died. When waking up on December 9th in London, he heard the news on the radio.
He recalls when arriving to school some of the teachers were crying.
It really is sad to think that a man who had such an impact on the world, could just be taken away overnight.
I was born as The Beatles died. I'm not a religious or even spiritual person, so I don't know what to make of the feeling that I was born with the song Across the Universe in my mind. It is as likely as not that I heard it for the first time when I was very young. But unlike any other piece of music, or movie or picture or TV show, when I think of or listen to Across the Universe, it makes me feel as if it had always been in my brain. Maybe I heard it in utero. My mother, who died not long before my third birthday, definitely liked The Beatles.
Anyway, I'm just musing. I was 11 when John died. News of his death brought me to tears, the first of only a few occasions when the passing of a famous person made me cry.
I wish John was still alive........ he was one of the best
@cathy smith who asked you?
We all do luv.
One of the worst antiWhite communist to ever racemix.
I can’t believe Yoko was shouting out her own name at such a tragic time.
👍😂😂😂😂
Yoko was in shock, think about it. have some empathy pls.
O. Heck it was just a joke mate
@@paulmccartneystoenail4897 pretty sour place to make a joke
Fucking hell lol it just clicked
"An unspeakable tragedy". Those words bring tears to my eyes even now.
In 2010 I took my wife and kids to NYC for vacation. It was a few weeks before Christmas. Going to the Dakota was on my list of things to do. Upon our arrival at the Dakota we stood near the entrance where John was shot. In just a matter of minutes more and more people arrived. Eventually we chatted amongst the new arrivals and reminisced about Lennon. It felt like a remarkable experience that other people had thought about going to the Dakota at about the same time I had thought of it. I remarked to the guard in the guardhouse what a crazy coincidence it was. His reply, “Sir, it is like this 24/7.”
That's beautiful.When people come together
Was walking through Kenmore Square in Boston thinking how unusually warm it was that night.
Got home, boom, heard the news..
Local reference!
I was 15 at the time .. Loved the Beatles since I was 10 … Still makes me cry :(
Shut up
@@bored6123 ???
This was a 'remember where you were' moment. I was watching TV (NBC) when they broke the news. We were shocked and numb for a long time. Up until that moment, there was always a chance of a Beatles reunion, but that chance fled into the pages of history by that cowardly act. RIP John and George.
I was watching when Cosell announced Lennon's death. A scream came out of my mouth I wasn't even aware of! My wife woke up and ran in the room, and I dissolved into tears. I could barely get the words out of my mouth: "John Lennon's dead."
38 years, and it's still painful. The world misses you and truly loves you, John.
I was shy of 6 and did not understand the reverberations that were felt the world over that next morning I awoke but I know my mother was profoundly effected. You could just tell it was a moment she felt the innocence of a time she treasured so much was indelibly tarnished.
This is so sad! It’s 2019 and we will never forget this night 😔😰😔
That whole commentary team was class. They handled it as well as you could with the time they were given.
It isn't about who everyone's favourite Beatle is, he's simply saying 'perhaps the most famous' because more people might have known about him through his political and peace campaigning.
I’m pretty sure everyone who knew of him from his political and peace campaigning had also heard of the Beatles
I was born in 1984 and my father is a huge Beatles fan, so he and my mom always talked about John Lennon’s assassination and the circumstances of his death. It’s something that shocks me and it happened before I was even born, I can’t imagine the impact it had at the time.
I watched this to keep my emotions fresh of what happened on this tragic day. I owe John at least that. I don't know what happens after death, but I hope he is still alive creating music somewhere, and that he was reunited with his family. RIP John Lennon. Thank you for your legendary music.
whether you disagree with all he has said. You can't disagree with the fact that helped revolutionize music itself.
This has been on my suggestions for a while and now I finally got the nerve to watch it I'm crying😭
S a m e
John Lennon was an inspiring musician, who along with Paul McCartney changed the face of British music, in The Beatles, in the 1960s. Their influence, without question, made some of the biggest bands, in the 1960s, 1970s, and beyond. His legacy will be also still be around, for a long time to come. Although, I wasn't born in 1980, I was born a few years later.
And to think Decca Records actually turned them down.
*who along w Ringo, Paul and George.
The Rolling Stones kicked the Beatles asses and are still touring NOW 🖒🖒🖒🖒
SUGAR XYLER ! Stop.
SUGAR XYLER ! Fam how could the Beatles tour
Crazy to think that he's been dead longer than he was alive..yet, his name and legacy still lives strong to this day...R.I.P. John Lennon.
I changed this comment so nobody will know what people are arguing about.
@cathy smith Take your organized religion bullshit somewhere else.
cathy smith god ain’t real, and he changed not only the music world but THE WHOLE FUCKING WORLD IN GENERAL. Please don’t shove your religion down our throat
John Lennon sang a songs about beautiful world without violence and he was beating his wife
Who was beating his wife? You don't know
@cathy smith ahh someone else had the same ideas as you.. and here we are
I'll never forget that night. I was stunned and saddened. RIP John Lennon
December 9th is my birthday. My mom called to wish me a happy birthday, then she asked if I had heard the news about John Lennon. "Yes," I replied, "I heard the news today. Oh boy." I hadn't intended to mimic the words to "A Day in the Life" when I started to respond, but I did realize it sounded like it before the "Oh boy" was out of my mouth.
I can figure out what you mean, it´s like an automatic thing
I remember like it was yesterday: I was 21 and in my bedroom listening to the game on the radio. Dad was asleep and Mom was watching a movie. Out of the blue, the broadcast was interrupted by the news flash. It was very short as I recall but I don't recall the exact words, but it was something like: "former Beatle John Lennon shot outside his apartment building in New York. Now back to the game". After about five or six seconds of the game, the news broke again: "Former Beatle John Lennon shot to death." I just sat there stunned, and turned to a news station to get more details, but there were none at that point. I forgot all about the game and went to bed. I don't recall what quarter it was, but those watching learned much later. The newspaper had it all on the front page and it was the top topic of conversation at work that day.
I remember this day like it was yesterday, it was 1980 and it was my birthday. Me and a couple of my good buddies (John, Pat) were consuming alcohol and listening to the Doors like we did every December 8th to celebrate Jim Morrison's birthday (too). So there you have it. I share a Birthday with Jim Morrison and the Death of probably one of the greatest musicians of all time. When we heard the news, (and I don't remember how) we were stunned to put it lightly. Just a real dark moment. Depression sat in quickly.
I remember me and my friends went to the park where the bridge was because there were walls and bridges a Lennon album title .we cried and held each other..then we walked to the music store ..the sun came out. Every album by John lennon or with the Beatles were bought up as the store was crowded they were playing his songs .and in mall music was also lennon /Beatles...later that night radio stations played non stop his music and people were calling in discussing his life and career ..heartbroken...
Born in Soviet Union in 70s, Beatles fan since 15 y.o. Behind the "iron curtain" every record, every song, every poster was a true treasure, very hard to find, bought mostly on black market. We adored them, we learned English because of them, we learned to play piano and guitar because of them.. Such a great talent from God, Fabulous Four, they were creating genius music, masterpieces of all times. John was way too young to die.. Memory eternal, R.I.P.
@ Night Owl - thank you for sharing your perspective.
John Lennon was not only a musician but a poet who put hours of words into my life that are still with me , thank you John RIP
My dad told me about when John Lennon died. He was living in Sweden and saw the newspapers, of course it was the front cover. He took a paper and went to his local music club, sat down in one of the empty rooms and just started crying. John Lennon was a legend and his death is one of the most tragic deaths of an artist ever. May he roam Strawberry Fields Forever
i heard it the next morning. i awoke to a snow day off school and turned the radio on as i always do. i knew something was odd after hearing the 6th beatles song in a row without the usual morning format. then the dj shared the tragic news. i didnt believe it then, still dont, and it still brings me to tears today...
Happy 78th birthday John! :) R.I.P.
He died on the day I was born. Happy Trails. I often dream about him :'-(
I dont understand why fans do this. If ur obsessed with them why would u kill then
god told him to that's why
Matt Ioannides unfortunately it’s most likely some mental illness.
Ashkar Ibne Awal oh ight
I have a harder time understanding why lazy people fuck with the English language.
That was not the reason . . .
The night Lennon was assassinated, I was enjoying intimacies with my then girlfriend. We fell asleep with the radio on. We woke up to a long string of Beatles songs. During a break, the DJ announced the tragic news. We held each other; she wept, and I had tears in my eyes too.
It was one of those moments where, for better or worse, life becomes more real than real.
getting a little steamy ey?
“Enjoying intimacies” is the oddest way to say fucking her
@@killerkitten7534 Just trying to be a gentleman.
@@GodsUnrulyFriends I appreciate it
Makes me cry all the time
I’m here John and thinking ok you today thanks for the music 🌹✌️
My high school was playing Beatles songs that morning as we entered the hallways. Almost 40 yrs ago . They never played rock, always some elevator music. I asked someone as I walked by and they looked at me like I was from out space "you mean you don't hear? John Lennon is dead". You never forget moments like that...it shapes your life forever. He was that important to the World.
It’s so weird...in an alternate universe he lives a great life...everyday chemistry
But john lennon said "Imagine theres no heaven, it's easy if you try."
In alternate universe, John Lennon never formed a band a lived peacefully in a beach house
Cassiel Bayno I like Imagine, yet I hate that line
@@abdulsoleh7131 great movie wasnt it😁👍
Afair, I was getting ready for school that morning. My mother opened my door, and told me "John Lennon was shot." I couldn't believe it, even though I wasn't a true fan of his.....I felt kind of numb.
The whole school was in a real funk that day. Even the teachers.
One of the students put the flag at half mast, and they left it that way. No one could honestly pay attention in class, and many just took a half day. Every teacher started off with they knew what happened, but we have to go through with today-kind of speech.
He had just made an album not too long ago before it happened. Kind of a come back., and it hit the charts.
….and every station was playing his music.
After 41 years I still miss John. A talent taken too soon and we are robbed.
I was a kid. A little kid whose parents rocked the Beatles music every weekend.. a kid who couldn't fathom what I heard. Who could shoot John Lennon? I still remember being so sad for days after that. I couldn't understand it. Still don't as an adult.
Just IMAGINE all of the great music we've missed because some freak took him from us way too soon. 😢
When He said dead on arrival 5:43 it makes me cry
I remember that as if it was yesterday, I cried as well.xx
All we are saying is Give Peace A Chance.- John Lennon ☮✌❤ R.I.P. Legend
Both my grand parents that are Native American meant John Lennon a few months before he passed on 😶 I still love listening to there story’s about what they talked about and they talked for about 30 minutes 🥺 and now to this day I’m 16 years old and a big fan of the Beatles 🥺💕