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John Lennon killed on this day('Dead On This Day, Still Dead' list)
Ananova ^ | 12/8/03 | History

Posted on 12/08/2003 7:55:05 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat

Murdered at 10:55pm eastern on 12/8/80. At 11:15pm Howard Cosell interrupted the Monday Night Football game between Miami and New England, as it was going into overtime, to announce:

"One of the great figures of the entire world, one of the great artists, was shot to death horribly at the Dakota Apartments, 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York City. John Lennon is dead. He was the most important member of the Beatles, and the Beatles, lead by John Lennon, created music that touched the whole of civilization. Not just people in Liverpool, where the group was born, but the people of the world."

Not that I agreed with his politics, but anyone watching that night will remember that weird moment.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: badradio; howardcosell; jimmorrison; johnlennon; mondaynightfootball
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Which reminds me: I wonder what ever happened to the Dakotas, Billy J. Kramer's backup band - "The greatest musical group. Ever."
21 posted on 12/08/2003 8:11:02 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Merry Shopping Season and a Happy Pre-Christmas Storewide Sales Event!)
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To: Diddle E. Squat

22 posted on 12/08/2003 8:11:44 PM PST by thatdewd
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Oh, good. Now I can go back to bed.
23 posted on 12/08/2003 8:11:51 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife ("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
and people say music sucks nowadays...
24 posted on 12/08/2003 8:12:34 PM PST by chudogg (www.chudogg.blogspot.com)
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To: bulldogs
You're probably a Dixie Chicks fan.
25 posted on 12/08/2003 8:12:44 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: bulldogs
Aw c'mon, the Beatles' music more often than not was great. 'Twist and Shout', 'When I saw her standing there'(can't remember the song title, but most remember that song), 'Paperback Writer', 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand', 'A Day in the Life', etc., the early tunes were great, as were some of the latter stuff. Lots of variety.

Gugugatchu
26 posted on 12/08/2003 8:13:07 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat (imagine there's no BCS, its easy if you try)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Aw c'mon, the Beatles' music more often than not was great.

Not as great as the Dixie Chicks, though!

27 posted on 12/08/2003 8:14:13 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Merry Shopping Season and a Happy Pre-Christmas Storewide Sales Event!)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Since we're talking music...here's some legal stuff.

http://www.indystar.com/articles/2/100295-1352-102.html
28 posted on 12/08/2003 8:15:03 PM PST by Samwise (There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
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To: Revolting cat!
Nobody told me that there'd be days like these,
Strange days indeed,
Most peculiar, mama
29 posted on 12/08/2003 8:15:28 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat (imagine there's no BCS, its easy if you try)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Convicted? Yes. Justice done? No.
30 posted on 12/08/2003 8:15:36 PM PST by somemoreequalthanothers
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To: Prime Choice
Big city life, life in the fast lane, fame, drugs, etc has laid many thousands to waste, including the famous and non-famous.

Looking at the big picture, it's all such a waste..

If Lennon could do it over, it would be my bet that he would settle for being an unknown 60 year old sheet metal worker, going home to his family tonight in Manchester...
31 posted on 12/08/2003 8:16:03 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: somemoreequalthanothers
I'll give you that. Sure hope that he ain't up for parole like that con artist Hinckley.
32 posted on 12/08/2003 8:16:38 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat (imagine there's no BCS, its easy if you try)
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To: bulldogs
I don't care that much for their music either, but I can understand why some love it.

Here is my problem with John .

How can I listen to "all we need is love" from a jerk who leaves his baby boy , crushes his world and never looks back. I am not impressed with feigned passion. Words.. that is all they were.

33 posted on 12/08/2003 8:16:52 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross
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To: thatdewd
The fifth Beatle, right? :^)
34 posted on 12/08/2003 8:17:14 PM PST by Samwise (There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
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To: Samwise
Wait, I am the fifth Beetle!
35 posted on 12/08/2003 8:17:56 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Merry Shopping Season and a Happy Pre-Christmas Storewide Sales Event!)
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To: jwh_Denver
To me that is indisputable. John may have been the "real" rocker during the touring days, but once they got in the studio, it was Paul whose talents far outshone the other 3. George Martin has even said as much.
36 posted on 12/08/2003 8:18:07 PM PST by bethelgrad (for God, country, and the Corps OOH RAH!)
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To: bulldogs
"OK Beatles fans, let me have it. Remember, I am a republician."

Tax Man, Revolution, When I'm Sixty-four, these are all good "republican" beatles songs.

Maybe some other Beatles loving freepers can list more.

I'm pretty sure Harrison gets the credit for Tax Man, not sure about the others. Not a big Lennon fan, but I had ultimate sympathy for him as yet another victim of murder, on his doorstep! That was back when NYC was starting to get really bad.

And I never hated Yoko Ono.


37 posted on 12/08/2003 8:18:16 PM PST by jocon307 (The Dems don't get it, the American people do.)
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To: Revolting cat!
I'm barefoot, and walking across the street...
38 posted on 12/08/2003 8:18:32 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat (imagine there's no BCS, its easy if you try)
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To: No More Gore Anymore
A lot of people have a problem with John. But the Beatles were greater than the sum of their parts.
39 posted on 12/08/2003 8:19:00 PM PST by Samwise (There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
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To: No More Gore Anymore
"How can I listen to "all we need is love" from a jerk who leaves his baby boy , crushes his world and never looks back."


Exactly why I don't like it. I can't stand that sissy song either.
40 posted on 12/08/2003 8:19:46 PM PST by bulldogs
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