It Was 73 Years Ago Today

Fave John songs...Strawberry Fields, I Am the Walrus, Revolution 9...the man was prog before there was prog 

refugee wrote: Very nice tribute, Dean!  December 1980: After exploring the back catalogues of bands like Genesis, VdGG, King Crimson, Yes and Jethro Tull, my brother (four years older than me) and I "rediscovered" The Beatles, and we had only just begun with Lennon’s solo albums, starting with Plastic Ono Band and the brand new Double Fantasy. I remember coming home from school the 9th. After a while my five years younger sister suddenly said: "Oh, have you heard that John Lennon is dead?" My brother and I thought it was some kind of sick joke, but we phoned a news line (no internet in those days) and, sadly, she was right. A black day indeed. But he’s not forgotten. And he will never be forgotten as long as man lives. Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. Sometimes you can say the same about death.

A fellow Libra and a downright arsehole....in the sense that he spouted peace, truth and love and our cynical press, leaders and powers that be deemed him a degerenerate arsehole.  The world needs more arseholes.

I feel it a bit ironic that this thread is named after a line in Sgt.Pepper, a song Paul rote

smartpatrol wrote: I feel it a bit ironic that this thread is named after a line in Sgt.Pepper, a song Paul rote

That's not irony, but thanks for you input.

smartpatrol wrote: Dean wrote: smartpatrol wrote: I feel it a bit ironic that this thread is named after a line in Sgt.Pepper, a song Paul rote That's not irony, but thanks for you input. How is it not irony?

i·ro·ny n. pl. i·ro·nies 1. a. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. b. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning. c. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1. 2. a. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: "Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" (Richard Kain). b. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic. 3. Dramatic irony. 4. Socratic irony. [French ironie, from Old French, from Latin rna, from Greek eirneia, feigned ignorance, from eirn, dissembler, probably from eirein, to say; see wer-5 in Indo-European roots.]

Even if I had assumed that John wrote them, or wrongly attributed them to John that still would not be irony

Edited by Dean - October 18 2013 at 03:08

I remember reading something a long time ago about John Lennon hearing the music of MAN and stating that it was very good and reminded him of some of the songwriting he did with The Beatles. John Lennon must have been so cool to work with and he probably had a very open mind accepting new artists all the time. When observing some of the film footage of the Imagine sessions with Spector...he was frustrated with "Oh Yoko". Like many creative artists he could not tolerate certain situations and I believe that is what made him so great. I love his confrontation with the fellow who was sleeping on his lawn/property. On film he tells the guy..."Those are just nonsense lyrics" and he says...."How could I have been talking about you?" He tries to set the guy straight and suddenly you get the impression that John Lennon was truly a down to earth person who had much love in his heart. He may have been frustrated with certain aspects to life, but I get the impression that he was for the good of life and about helping people. You can witness that on the Imagine film when he invites the guy in for breakfast. That's another reason why I have a rip in my heart whenever I think of his death. Love ya...John!

Edited by TODDLER - January 13 2014 at 09:53