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rickyhall

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17. I remember...

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 07:43 PM

Dec 2019

The next morning I woke to the radio playing all Beatles. Then the DJ made the announcement. For the first time since early childhood I cried. I thought dad had beaten crying completely out of me. (You know, "MEN don't don't cry.&quot

I hadn't realized how much of an idol he had become to me. The Beatles' music had helped me through some pretty bad times. Those songs and other 60's rock gave me hope & kept me going.

The other day I heard "Fool on the Hill" & instantly pictured Dump in my mind.

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Damn it! It will be 39 years tomorrow and I still hurt. Oh John why? [View all] Botany Dec 2019 OP

... emulatorloo Dec 2019 #1

I heard about John's death while on second shift at my job Ohioboy Dec 2019 #2

I heard about it in a conversational French class where everyone brought a current event to discuss catrose Dec 2019 #4

i was in college. some one had candle burning in dorm hallway Demovictory9 Dec 2019 #23

It will be a memory forever. MuseRider Dec 2019 #3

I was 21 and it had been snowing and a friend and I smoked some dope and were in an ... Botany Dec 2019 #5

What was it about smoking dope MuseRider Dec 2019 #19

John and Bob malaise Dec 2019 #6

Bob? StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #10

Marley malaise Dec 2019 #12

Aw. StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #13

Good grief MuseRider Dec 2019 #20

It's actually closer than that malaise Dec 2019 #21

My favorite John song: Anna Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2019 #7

I'll never forget the sound of Howard Cosell's voice yonder Dec 2019 #8

Wow! That's exactly how I found out. StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #11

Without looking it up, I think Oakland was one of the teams playing yonder Dec 2019 #14

Same here. That's how much of the country found out. Dave Starsky Dec 2019 #18

Wow, what a flood. Thanks for this. yonder Dec 2019 #22

SAME HERE NightHawk63 Dec 2019 #24

It still breaks my heart StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #9

We had gotten home from going out to dinner- Alliepoo Dec 2019 #15

I was a HUGE Beatles fan and living in NY, NY BigmanPigman Dec 2019 #16

I remember... rickyhall Dec 2019 #17

I use Dec 8, 1980 as a milestone in my life - categorizing things as pre and post 12/8/80 Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #25

I was near Boston at the time with a friend from London. DFW Dec 2019 #26

ooof, getting old, I was an intern at a top 40 radio station when it came over the wire service RazzleCat Dec 2019 #27

A month before John died Seedersandleechers Dec 2019 #28

I was on the night shift PlanetBev Dec 2019 #29