tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post2177815568603068074..comments2024-03-09T22:12:34.935-08:00Comments on BurnThis: Imagine John Lennon at 70Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-62713147614309980432010-10-13T20:30:45.473-07:002010-10-13T20:30:45.473-07:00Thanks for this tribute :) I am in a different gen...Thanks for this tribute :) I am in a different generation from Lennon, but somehow his music brings all together. He had a gift for articulating such profound feelings and thoughts, simply. He truly was wise beyond his years and he has left behind him wisdom we can learn from in his music. I love him :)@CJFan_Audrey (Twitter)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-28052161674971842112010-10-13T03:32:48.937-07:002010-10-13T03:32:48.937-07:00This is an amazing tribute, Shari, and I daresay a...This is an amazing tribute, Shari, and I daresay as only a woman could write. It's touching and sad and joyful all at once. You chose beautiful music and videos. I was out of town when you posted this, so i'm just not getting around to it, but I'm so glad I did! Thank you.Cyndeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-72079682261160011272010-10-11T18:02:08.925-07:002010-10-11T18:02:08.925-07:00I remember hearing that John Lennon had died and g...I remember hearing that John Lennon had died and going home with tears streaming down my face. My parents asked me why I was so strongly affected. They loved his music too, but it wasn't personal to them. While they thought it was terribly sad, they didn't understand why I could so take to heart the death of a man who was a stranger to me. <br />I stood there and had to articulate what he really meant to me, and why I could be so personally affected by the loss of someone simply because their music touched me profoundly. So many of those reasons were touched on in this article. Simply put, he started out as an intelligent and feeling voice who sung out at a time when a catchy tune about love was more important than the depth of emotion behind the true meaning of that four-letter word. And that was only the beginning of what he expressed and the way he made us ponder the world.Pearlh60noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-6146070574285360322010-10-09T08:06:07.407-07:002010-10-09T08:06:07.407-07:00Rest in peace. He/The Beatles was my first love. ...Rest in peace. He/The Beatles was my first love. I am happy to say, my kids have been listening to the Beatles since they were born and have a distaste for the pop crap that is out now. Just like anything...gotta expose them to the good stuff! If they grow up on McDonald's and never have real food, that is what they will prefer! Same goes for music... Thanks for writing this :)spinnyjbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-4701960561135443962010-10-09T07:59:24.261-07:002010-10-09T07:59:24.261-07:00Thanks for everyone sharing their feelings about J...Thanks for everyone sharing their feelings about John. I remember thirty years ago today my friend Maggie and I celebrated John's 40th birthday not knowing it would be his last. Sharing his music and what he meant to us is a good way to spend this birthday!BurnThishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813829073745951494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-20158206030238463472010-10-09T07:34:54.456-07:002010-10-09T07:34:54.456-07:00Thanks for this Shari. I wept reading it and watc...Thanks for this Shari. I wept reading it and watching the videos. John Lennon's death plunged a knife into the heart of the collective. That kind of wound doesn't heal. We'll all carry it to our graves. At the request of Yoko a couple days ago, videos are being posted in memory of John's 70th.<br />Here's her message to us today and the pages full of responses. Jeff Bridges said it well: "I'm the Walrus".<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx2gQeXurKcTina Deraconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-61394016386991572032010-10-08T21:32:34.309-07:002010-10-08T21:32:34.309-07:00Well, I myself a a lover of the Beatles, and a lov...Well, I myself a a lover of the Beatles, and a lover of John Lennon. to say that when he was killed I was shaken to my core is an understatement, I loved him deeply. I don't know how many albums I have left, but I was just looking at them the other day and thinking, now why did I give any of them away and why did I give my John and Yoko away. Well, because I am getting older and want my kids and friends to enjoy them while I am alive so we can chat about them. John and Yoko, or Yoko or John ( my memory fails me) wrote a song about one of the boys, and I loved it so much, it was called BEAUTIFUL BOY, and when I think of that song, I think of Casey James, and what an amazing talent he is. I love so many artists, because I have been blessed in my life to have attended some mighty fine concerts, so when , like John, we lose them, it truly breaks my heart. And I will miss John Lennon the rest of my life, just like I miss Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash,SRV, Waylon Jennings, and Elvis Aron Presley, too many to name. They all did their on thing and left their mark in this world.I really don't think the singers of today like the Beibers, and Spears, and GAGAs, will be remembered 30 + years after they are gone, or better yet, while they are still here, they <br />don't have the staying power. but we still have some good ones left as has been pointed out, me, I am already worrying about what I'm going to do when Willie and Merle are gone, I have spent my whole life with them. Just makes me sad,I really miss John, thanks again for all the " fawning " you do girl, we need you in our corner!! Great job as usual!maxihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13078753543153590682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-26460850869998308652010-10-08T17:21:14.640-07:002010-10-08T17:21:14.640-07:00music is very personal,i love music from the 70...music is very personal,i love music from the 70's&80's would never buy or listen to Bieber,GaGa or Spears.absolutely love Lennon,Seeger,SRV,Clapton,Heart,R.Charles,Edgar & Johnny winter,casey James has such a feel for all of these musical talents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-33159929547312675232010-10-08T14:17:06.372-07:002010-10-08T14:17:06.372-07:00Yes, Drew, I do think you're correct that Mr. ...Yes, Drew, I do think you're correct that Mr. Lennon would not be enamoured with the Brittany Spears of this world, but there is still good music being made - Amos Lee, Black Keys, to name a couple. It's just that good music is pushed aside on radio, TV and instead pap like Lady Gaga is heralded as the new second coming. <br /><br />We, the viewing, buying public are complicit in this because we sit and watch it instead of rising up and saying... "what the hell is this? We want MUSIC not CRAP." We don't support good artists by buying their songs... we download them illegally thinking we're getting a deal. We don't teach our children what good music is so they end up thinking Bieber is fantastic.<br /><br />I think Mr. Lennon would nail us, the public, as well as the music industry.Carolynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-8781423234335779862010-10-08T13:58:10.474-07:002010-10-08T13:58:10.474-07:00There's never gonna be another John Lennon. It...There's never gonna be another John Lennon. It's sad to realize the musical greats pass on too early (Hendrix, Jeff Buckley, Joplin...) but Lennon died tragically, which is heart-wrenching for a long Beatle fan as myself. I would've never known good music if not for them.<br /><br />Shari you wonder what if Lennon is still alive today? My guess is he'll prolly spew at what the music has been over the years. Gaga, Bieber, Spears? Ahhh it burrnnns!Drewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527364785342971830.post-11255860645077895262010-10-08T13:24:13.775-07:002010-10-08T13:24:13.775-07:00I truly understand and thank you for saying so cle...I truly understand and thank you for saying so clearly what I also feel.<br /><br />Debbie+John 4ever.<br />"Don't 'nore me, Mimi."<br /><br />--S.L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com