Remember John Today

We Miss You, John

I wasn't going to share my "where I was when I heard the news" today because its a very personal memory that contains a lot of emotion. Its eerie. Here is the short version:

I was with a friend who had just completed a charcoal portrait of Lennon. He was showing it to me when the news came on the TV that John had been shot.

There are more details but too painful to discuss. Obviously it was traumatic and shocking.

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This Day in Music

1969, Cream started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with their album 'Goodbye.'

1969, Janis Joplin was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents.

1975, The Doobie Brothers went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Black Water', the groups first of two US No.1's.

1975, Led Zeppelin went to No.1 on the UK chart with the double album 'Physical Graffiti', the first on their own 'Swan Song' label, the album spent six weeks at No.1 on the US chart.

1977, Pink Floyd played the first of six sold-out nights at Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England.

1989, The Rolling Stones signed a $70 million (£40 million) contract to play 50 North American dates. It was the largest contract in rock history.

1999, Bruce Springsteen was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame by U2's Bono.

2002, Yoko Ono unveiled a seven foot bronze statue of John Lennon overlooking the check- in hall of Liverpool John Lennon airport. The re-branding of the airport featured a sketch of Lennon's face with the words 'Above Us Only Skies.'

Taken from "This Day in Music"

Seano Got It - A birth and a death of two Legends on December 8th

December 8, 1943, Jim Morrison was born. This year would have been his 65th birthday.




December 8, 1980, John Lennon died. This year marks the 28th anniversary of his tragic murder.

UPDATE!

THANK YOU ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY!

He pointed out that I left Darrel Abbott: off this list, he deserves special recognition too and died in a tragic shooting while on stage on 12/8/04:

Darrel "Dimebag" Abbott, 8/20/66 – 12/8/04. Born in Arlington, Texas Darrel was best known as the lead guitar player for heavy metal band Pantera. He was shot and killed onstage while performing with. He was 38.







on December 8th I will share two memories about Jim and John.

Sleepless Night with John and Yoko

on Image via Wikipedia I was struggling to sleep last night so put in my iPod and checked out what podcasts I hadn't listened to yet.
There was an old Rolling Stones magazine interview with John Lennon. It was part five of the interview and now I need to try to get the first four parts because it was fascinating.

John was asked to talk about art and which artists he found interesting. He was very passionate about Yoko's work (naturally). He also talked about how underrated certain artists were.

He shared about some time he spent with Bob Dylan and said they were both very nervous around each other and that he considered Bob an acquaintance, not a close friend, but he admired his work very much and thought of him as a poet.

When asked how he felt about America John answered "I love America, and I hate it". He went on to talk about how he thought of Greenwich Village in New York to be greatest place on earth, like he should have been born there, not in Liverpool. He said he felt at home there more than anywhere else but that spending too much time in the city made him paranoid and he needed to get out to gardens, grass and trees to feel peace.

Yoko added her thoughts on just about everything John said and at one point he vehemently defended her against suggestion that she had anything to do with the break-up of The Beatles. He also made a few digs at Paul, but had nice things to say about George and didn't mention Ringo at all.

There was a lot more but what stood out to me was the many times he used the words "nervous", "paranoid", "frightened", "uncomfortable". I guess he had good reason to be. I miss him.

Some Music News:

Image by jimdavidson via FlickrVH1 Classic will give up the network for 24 hours on Oct. 19th to celebrate the release the following day of AC/DC's new album, BlackIce. The channel will show archival footage, concerts, videos and
much more during what they call Total AC/DC.

Boz Scaggs will release, Speak Low, his second volume of standards and ballads on Oct. 28th. His first volume of standards, But Beautiful, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart.

Come Together: A Night For John Lennon's Words & Music will be released on DVD via Eagle Rock Entertainment on Nov. 4th. The
90-minute star-studded event was filmed at Radio City Music Hall in
2001 just 3 weeks after Sept. 11th. The event features performances
by Cyndi Lauper, Shelby Lynne, Lou Reed, Natalie Merchant, Dave
Stewart and many others.

Carlos Santana, 61, recently told Rolling Stone magazine that when he
retires from music he would eventually like to start a church in Maui,
Hawaii. "I'm not sick of what I do, but I find that God gave me the
gift of communication even without my guitar and with the ability to
get people unstuck with certain sections of the Bible having to do
with guilt, shame, judgment and fear."

(these tidbits of info come from "80's Music News" by Martin Hennessy)

Happy 67th Birthday, John, I miss you

Politically Correct Lyrics - Part One

You know what I love about this blog? The comments you people leave! I could spend all day responding in depth to some of the things said here. I can rarely find anyone in person to get into good discussions with, but here something always sparks a thought.

This thought was sparked by Jeff's comment on the last post. He shared a lyric from John Lennon's song "Woman is the Nigger of the World". I just cringed typing the "N" word. Its considered to be such a negative word that books containing it have been banned from school libraries, its not allowed to be said on radio shows, its rarely used because of the controversy surrounding it.

Even back in 1972 when John and Yoko (she coined the phrase) recorded the song, it was banned from many radio stations even though the message behind the song was something a lot of people agreed with.

My question is: Do you think John would use that same term today in the title/lyric of a song?

Part Two on another day. My mind works faster than my energy lasts, if that makes sense.

Lost Lennon Tapes

A friend sent me this link today, apparently these were some radio interviews with John that never made it on the air. Haven't taken the time to listen but wanted to pass the along for anyone interested that may have not heard these before: Lost Lennon Tapes

John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Others...Yer Blues!

This video is from 1968, Mick looks so young! Mitch Mitchell on drums, Keith Richard on guitar, Eric Clapton on guitar, John Lennon on vocals. BLUES at its finest!

CLICK HERE for VIDEO

Don't miss it!

John

26 years ago today...

I usually write about it but have been in a weird place in my own mind so I will skip it this year and just say:

"I miss you, John"

John Lennon - 65 Years Old

Dear John,

Your life was too short but you will be remembered forever.

Love,
Layla