On this day in 1980, Beatles star John Lennon was brutally shot to death by an obsessed fan outside the Dakota Building in New York City. The world mourned the tragic death of a man who imagined only peace.
John Winston Lennon
(9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)
Imagine if John Lennon were alive today. . .
Imagine, 1971
From Music Review: John Lennon - Imagine:
In 1971, John Lennon followed his first post Beatles solo release John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band with perhaps his best known album Imagine. Best known largely because of the strength of the single taken from it that has become something of a John Lennon anthem.
Who can forget that film of him at his grand piano in the white room of his Tittenhurst Park mansion in Berkshire?
Photo Credit: Tittenhurst Park
Who can forget the message behind the lyrics of the song itself?
Who can forget the emotional scenes outside the Dakota Building during which the song was played over and over again when news of his murder became public?
The word Imagine fittingly became the centre of the display at the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park.
Imagine, the John Lennon Memorial
Imagine if John Lennon were alive today. . .
Although I am not a fan of the Beatles or Lennon (and definitely not the out of key McCartney) I can't help but think that the world of music lost a brilliant and unique talent when he was taken
ReplyDeleteSharla,
ReplyDeleteI posted a short blurp on John today too. It's nice to see that someone else remembered.
Sunni
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Thank you for this!
ReplyDeleteI mentioned John in this:
http://heartflow2013.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/when-you-do-things-from-your-soul-b4peace/