by Robdar 30 Replies latest social entertainment
I was in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Westbound on Jasper Avenue, heading under the 109th street railway underpass in a 1973 Toyota Celica with the radio tuned to AM 630 CHED.
My passenger J. Lemoine took a hit off the joint, stubbed it out in the ashtray, muttered "Aww, shit." and I drove the car as we listened to the radio play, of course, Imagine.
Eric
Jon Voight as Howard Cosell? I am not sure about that casting decision...
I was in my room playing with my cars and I had my AM only radio on when I heard the news. Must not have been a meeting night!
Beans
Ummmmmmm, I was 4 almost 5 then.
Actually, I was never a fan of John Lennon. I thought him a self centred and rather effette individual who was almost as incredibly irritating as the odious Yoko Ono.
Yuk.
Englishman.
Actually, I was never a fan of John Lennon. I thought him a self centred and rather effette individual who was almost as incredibly irritating as the odious Yoko Ono.Yuk.
Englishman.
Englishman, no wonder John wanted to live in the US, eh? He knew you hated him! Well, that and the lower tax rate.
Love,
Robyn
I had just gotten home from work and I flipped on the TV to watch Monday Night Football. In about 5 minutes, I heard Howard Cosell announce that John Lennon had been shot. It was an incongruous experience, watching football and hearing Cosell's nasally voice announce Lennon was dying.
Jes, I was 4 or 5 when the Beatles where a going concern, but I can still remember a little bit about them. I thought it was so cool when they played a mini concert on a rooftop. Later I found it was just because they argued so much and couldn't agree on where else to play for the Let It Be film, that Lennon supposedly said, "F*** it. Let's do it on the roof." If you watch them play while on the rooftop, you can still see a little bit of the magic the Beatles still had, despite all the drugs and arguing.
Shame it all ended.
Big Tex, I remember a little bit about the Beatles. I remember when I was 4 and they were at some stadium (may have been their concert at Candlestick Park) and the girls absolutely screaming and going into a complete hysterical frenzy and climbing the huge nets at the park. I asked my Mom why they were acting like that. She said they were just some crazy teen girls. I totally did not understand that in my 4 year old mind. But this year, when I saw Paul in concert, I was screaming like crazy along with all the other women in the arena. What absolute fun to finally scream at a Beatle. Even if I had to wait 36 years!
Tres
Your post really made me laugh. I used to wonder the same thing. Actually I still wonder. But personally I think that was one of the fun things about concerts way back. You could have some fun. I don't see that so much anymore. The groups today are so grim.
All you need is love, Love
Love is all you need
well considering I would have been about 14 months old, I'd say I was probably crapping myself and watching Bonanza.
I did love what John Lennon stood for though. There's a wierd cockamamie theory that John Lennon and the Beattles, Pink Floyd, and the band Tool have members who are aliens among us. The theory says that the lay lines of crop circles in the eastern hemisphere run directly through the recording studio on Abby Road. The theory is that the composition of the three band's music mathmatically consists of the same patterns as found in the crop circles. I'll try to post a link to the website once I find it. So who knows maybe Lennon and Maynard are both trying to warn the world :)
p.s. the license plate holder on my truck reads "you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." It used to read "screw spoiled, I pay for it myself."
Chevy, of the 'where in the world do I come up with these things' class
