opdigits Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 RIP John. The world is incomplete without you! [video:youtube] [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTy4HhzZFxQ [video:youtube] [video:youtube] [video:youtube] Nobody told me there'd be days like these... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillplaying Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I was listening to two bandmates discussing him last night as I was driving the van to a gig. Two youngsters 22 and 23 - both fans. I'm the piano player "off of" Borrowed Books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I remember it like it was yesterday. I was standing outside on the sidewalk at the old Carmelos jazz club in Sherman Oaks on break. Trumpeter Clay Jenkins, Bob Sheppard and few others were in the group when someone broke the news. I was in a total state of shock, as was everyone else hangin' out, almost like I lost a member of my family or something. I've said this before here where I feel Lennon's voice (on certain Beatle tunes) was the most penetrating and arresting vocal that personally touched me in the history of RnR. https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris 2005 NY Steinway D Yamaha AvantGrand N3X, P-515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Paxton Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 My memory of it is distinct, but different than most who talk about it. I was in my living room, and my mom said, "Did you hear, John Lennon died." And I said, "Who's that?" In my defense, I was ten. I was aware of the Beatles, though I didn't know any of their names, and I had only just realized that a lot of songs I had recently come to like were actually by them, rather than by the Bee Gees and/or Peter Frampton as I had come to believe thanks to that crime-against-humanity Sergeant Pepper movie. The scars from that indoctrination run deep; I still can't help hearing "She's Leaving Home" in creepy vocoder robot voices, and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" in Steve Martin's coked-up sprechstimme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I remember seeing Kathleen Sullivan break the news on CNN. She was obviously shaken up and fighting back tears. I would have been greatly saddened by the news regardless, but her struggle to keep it together only deepened the impact. There weren't too many boomers anchoring newscasts yet in 1980, and I remember thinking how odd, and yet fitting, it was that one of our generation broke the news. Sullivan must have been a Beatles fan. After all, how many boomers weren't a Beatles fan to one degree or another? The news was surprisingespecially since Lennon had just returned to the public eye after a five year hiatusbut after having lived through the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King Jr., I had lost my ability to be truly shocked by such an event. I was working at a record store at the time; and the next day, we sold out of Double Fantasy. Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmp Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I was in a bar in Rochester NY with a sax player for whom I had just done a large favor. His reaction? "Good. I hope he's dead." Never spoke to that SOB again. --wmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Heslop Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Dec 8th is a weird date for me. I've been a massive Beatles fans since birth ('63), so John's death was devastating. Turns out I lost my virginity on a Dec 8th. I happen to be Buddhist, and Dec 8th is celebrated as the day the Buddha attained enlightenment. Not sure if I should be sad, happy or reverent! Stage: Korg Krome 88. Home: Korg Kross 61, Yamaha reface CS, Korg SP250, Korg mono/poly Kawai ep 608, Korg m1, Yamaha KX-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan_evett Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 If memory serves correctly, I recall that Bob Dylan went into seclusion for several days, upon hearing the news. Small wonder, at that. I was just off the road and back in school in Chicago in the fall of 1980. My first reaction was of disbelief, then reality hit and I become part of the great, collective sadness.... John Lennon was truly a man of peace. His was a powerful, and unifying voice. 'Someday, we'll look back on these days and laugh; likely a maniacal laugh from our padded cells, but a laugh nonetheless' - Mr. Boffo. We need a barfing cat emoticon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I heard from the same person as many in the US: Howard Cosell during Monday Night Football: [video:youtube] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phnymiboy Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Dec 8th is a weird date for me. I've been a massive Beatles fans since birth ('63), so John's death was devastating. Turns out I lost my virginity on a Dec 8th. I happen to be Buddhist, and Dec 8th is celebrated as the day the Buddha attained enlightenment. Not sure if I should be sad, happy or reverent! It is also Jim Morrison's birthday. http://bigfun3.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/BigFunThree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusker Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I was 10 as well, but I was crushed. Huge fan from the age of about 3 on, even though the Beatles broke up before I was born. I remember air guitaring with my brother to Revolution when we were about a combined 10 years of age, and being in love with THAT guitar tone...and the screaming. RIP My memory of it is distinct, but different than most who talk about it. I was in my living room, and my mom said, "Did you hear, John Lennon died." And I said, "Who's that?" In my defense, I was ten. I was aware of the Beatles, though I didn't know any of their names, and I had only just realized that a lot of songs I had recently come to like were actually by them, rather than by the Bee Gees and/or Peter Frampton as I had come to believe thanks to that crime-against-humanity Sergeant Pepper movie. The scars from that indoctrination run deep; I still can't help hearing "She's Leaving Home" in creepy vocoder robot voices, and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" in Steve Martin's coked-up sprechstimme. Steinway L, Yamaha Motif XS-8, NE3 73, Casio PX-5S, iPad, EV ZLX 12-P ZZ(x2), bunch of PA stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Heslop Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I was a kid watching a Canadian game show called "Headline Hunters". A ticker went across the bottom of the screen saying he had been shot in NYC. After the show ended they did a special news report, and that's when they said he was dead. I was in total shock. The Beatles were everything to me growing up. My first record was Yellow Submarine. Hell I remember going to school in the first grade and crying because they announced on the radio that the Beatles had broken up. They are probably why I am a musician. Stage: Korg Krome 88. Home: Korg Kross 61, Yamaha reface CS, Korg SP250, Korg mono/poly Kawai ep 608, Korg m1, Yamaha KX-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr. Deluxe Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Few if any are bigger beatles fans than me. John Lennons death was a loss to rock and roll. That said, I miss Steve Marriott more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Dec 8th is a weird date for me. I've been a massive Beatles fans since birth ('63), so John's death was devastating. Turns out I lost my virginity on a Dec 8th. I happen to be Buddhist, and Dec 8th is celebrated as the day the Buddha attained enlightenment. Not sure if I should be sad, happy or reverent! It is also Jim Morrison's birthday. True. What happened is so awful I'd rather think about that , it helps a lot . We had a nice crowd at Jim's 70th bday party last night in Venice. (Doors tribute gig.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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