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John Lennon

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Originally posted by: AmdInside
I could care less. Yes, getting killed is tragic but I don't think he contributed anything other than entertainment so why should we honor him but not countless others who have given much of themselves to make this world a better place? The unsung hero's if you may. Lennon was a crackhead. I don't respect people who are on crack.

I wonder if anyone is going to remember Kurt Cobain, Left Eye, that singer from that band that sang that song that had a music video of the little girl in a bumblebee costume, or any other artist that died before their time 25 years later. The only artist whom I know was widely talked about after their death has been Selena.
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Dam, you have no idea what you are talking about, do you?
 
I guess it should be expected that most of you prepubesent pimple farmers can't understand the contributions to society that Lennon made🙁
 
Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Originally posted by: Vegitto
I, personally, don't give a crap that John Lennon was shot today 25 years ago, but I can't turn on my TV or radio without seeing/hearing him. Please, people, let the guy be dead and rest in peace. I don't care.

That will be all. Class dismissed!
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I remember where I was when I heard the news. You're probably too young. Maybe you'd feel different if it were about the Nirvana singer?
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John Lennon > Kurt Cobain (by so far it's not even funny)
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QFT
 
Originally posted by: tokamak
Originally posted by: tyler811
What the heck makes him so special?
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The sheer magnitude of the impact that the Beatles/Lennon had on not just music, but all of western pop culture.
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Not just 'pop' culture, but day to day lives. He strived for peace, worked avidly for it. The Beatles have impacted more musical groups than any other group in the history of Rock and Roll. When John was shot, millions of people were dumbstruck and felt a great loss. They probably never met him, but he impacted their lives through his music and his ideals.
That's what makes him special. Plus he had the balls to tell the truth, The Beatles were more popular than Jesus.
 
Originally posted by: AmdInside
I could care less. Yes, getting killed is tragic but I don't think he contributed anything other than entertainment so why should we honor him but not countless others who have given much of themselves to make this world a better place? The unsung hero's if you may. Lennon was a crackhead. I don't respect people who are on crack.
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That's OK. John Lennon forgives you 😛

(He was a crackhead?)
 
Originally posted by: ballmode
Yoko Ono can burn
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she's one oddity... u'd think someone would wed someone better...
but who knows what was found attractive of her.
 
Originally posted by: Vegitto
I, personally, don't give a crap that John Lennon was shot today 25 years ago, but I can't turn on my TV or radio without seeing/hearing him. Please, people, let the guy be dead and rest in peace. I don't care.

That will be all. Class dismissed!
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well, i'm sure the BET channel isn't allocating too much time on today... it's 'mainstream' media that will pound today into our heads.
 
I would trade your life for John Lennon's in a split second, you little pissant nothing!
 
Originally posted by: tyler811
He was a talented person who did not like his fans. Also there are many talented people who die every day....
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Simply not true, he never said he didn't like his fans.. however, he did say many times that he didn't like the way his fans (and Beatle fans), or hangers-on treated them like they were gods. He (and the other beatles) said many times that they would be brought 'Afflicted' people to 'heal', and that bothered him to a great extent.

I'm not old enough to have been around when they were together (born in '73, My first Record was Magical Mystery Tour, given to me at age 4), but I do understand the influence they had, and what they helped change. If you don't know the story of the Beatles or Lennon, and/or you weren't around at the time, then you honestly have no idea!
They really did have a HUGE influence on Rock & Roll, and the better part of a Generation. But not alone, there were many other artists just as Influential - Bob Dylan, Hendrix, and The Who come to mind, but the Beatles opened the door for most of it. Lennon claims they were just copying their heros of the day (Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis, The Shirelles, The Mowtown Sound, etc...), and incorporating it into their own music. He said to rolling stone in 1980 - "you see, there was no great hidden meaning in all of it, we were just a great little rock & roll band".

I agree that it seems a little more oversensationalized as every year passes. What about George??
 
Imagine no cult of personality,

and no cheezy beatles songs too.......

Imagine no Sgt. Peppers

It's easy if you try,

Oh well, Yoko blows chunks

Paul got knighted why?



 
John held the world together with his music. People were devastated when they heard he got killed. And I wasn't even alive when he died.
 
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