[Mariner]

Anyone who has ever sung along to a Beatles song knows where they were and what they we doing on that infamous day John Lennon was shot dead.

[Mariner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTsB-llTzyc&list=RDCTsB-llTzyc&start_radio=1

[wjcsux]

It’s December 7th here, Pearl Harbor is much more significant than John Lennon.

[b4me]

I bought some of their albums, but I don’t recall where I was when he got killed because I grew out of a need or desire for listening to them.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Anyone who has ever sung along to a Beatles song knows where they were and what they we doing on that infamous day John Lennon was shot dead.

Apparently not.

Did a short survey.

Out of the five adults here that were alive at the time. Not one.

[chajin]

I remember where I was when Kennedy was shot. I remember where I was when Nixon resigned. I remember where I was when the Challenger blew up. I remember where I was when 9/11 happened. I remember where I was when Fukushima happened. I remember where I was when Trump was declared as winning in 2016. I actually remember where I was when I heard that Keith Emerson committed suicide—five years to the day after Fukushima, the same evening Trump’s Chicago rally was canceled, and I switched from Cruzer to Trumpster.

I don’t remember where I was when Lennon was shot. That must mean something.

[PROCON]

After his weird song, ‘Imagine’, I lost all interest in him. RIP John.

[packagingguy]

The Beatles were still a thing with school kids even in the late 70s, as was Paul McCartney and Wings. His death hit Gen X a lot harder than Elvis’ three years prior.

[Dr. Sivana]

December 8th is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

I was a Junior in High School when Lennon died. I saw it in the morning paper on the 9th. It was a deal, but not that big a deal. Blondie, Queen, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, AC DC, Pink Floyd, even the Doors, were a bigger deal in terms of what teens were actually listening to in my neck of the woods.

[yesthatjallen]

It would have been more appropriate if you just posted this on the 8th here. It was only a few hours away.

[abigkahuna]

I was at PNOC in a castle in West Germany. I was making ther bd and bugginf the floor at 3-4AM when I heard the news over AFN Monday Night Football.

I thought My g-d, they are shooting the artists now. Our Sgt. E-7 Sgt. Rock (literally that was his name and had a collection of a jar of ears in his office window) Came out during formation and said “Good—they shot the Bastard...”

I thought that was a bit harsh—eh? I( wasn’t into John’s politics—just the music like ost people then...

[maddog55]

I was in “A” school in Millington, TN and in Cubi Point 2 years later.