Reading my RSS feeds today I came across articles commemorating John Lennon's tragic murder in 1980 -- yes boys and girls, that's 25 years.
Made me think of where I was when I heard and well I don't know how accurate my memory is, I'm pretty sure I was just coming out of an evening Psyc course at Okanagan College. Think I went to the lounge in the Capri Hotel to drown my sorrows.
And as I've probably told you before, my theory is that Chapman was really trying to shoot Yoko who was responsible for fucking up every second track on Double Fantasy.
"Imagine" if Chapman were a better shot!
2 comments:
I was eight years old at the time. I remember being in the living room of our Bachelor Heights house when I heard the news. I'd been a fan because my dad had a bunch of the old Beatles/Apple record 45s and some Lennon singles (Imagine, Watching the Wheels).
I definitely didn't grasp the signifcance of Lennon at the time, but I remember watching the news and realising he was something special.
It would have been nice if Chapman had maybe grazed Ono and then Lennon kicked his ass. Maybe then Lennon could have hooked up with Captain Lou and gone on to fame through the WWF and The Goonies instead of Cyndi Lauper; although Lauper is an underrated talent.
I sort of remember, but what seems unfair is that Lennon died and Reagan (and the Pope) lived.
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