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64. In many ways, they saved us, after the JFK assassination

Sat Dec 8, 2012, 09:08 PM

Dec 2012

The darkness was indescribable after the JFK assassination, and then in the spring, four moptops from England changed the world. I'm sorry you missed it, but I missed the Renaissance. We are of our times, and just as I enjoyed listening to Glenn Miller - my Mom's generation - the Beatles belong to you, too.

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JOHN LENNON ... share your favorite videos & pics! (and memories where you were Dec 8 1980) [View all] napkinz Dec 2012 OP

Thanks for the reminder. I still miss him. I was 15, living in NY when he was killed. Happyhippychick Dec 2012 #1

I was 17, watching the Tonight Show Warren Religion Dec 2012 #74

I was in a radio station when John Lennon died, MadHound Dec 2012 #2

Dear Prudence Wilms Dec 2012 #3

I love that song napkinz Dec 2012 #7

I was 13... cherish44 Dec 2012 #4

I heard Cosell report the news HangOnKids Dec 2012 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author go west young man Dec 2012 #24

six years earlier Howard Cosell interviewed him on Monday Night Football napkinz Dec 2012 #48

Cosell on MNF Bozita Dec 2012 #81

I was at a Springsteen concert in Philadelphia. jerseyjack Dec 2012 #5

I went the next nite brucefan Dec 2012 #46

9 days before, four of my friends died in a car accident babydollhead Dec 2012 #6

LOL a remembrance thread for one of the most notorious woman-abusers to ever live. Moses2SandyKoufax Dec 2012 #8

Wow that was quick oberliner Dec 2012 #9

Unlike Chris Brown, Lennon changed hobbit709 Dec 2012 #18

Who The Hell Is Chris Brown ??? WillyT Dec 2012 #20

Didn't he try to kick the football but Lucy pulled it away? napkinz Dec 2012 #23

I Thought He Played For The Vikings... WillyT Dec 2012 #36

He's a singer who assaulted his girl friend, Rhianna a few years ago. sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #54

Actually... I Knew That... It's Just... WillyT Dec 2012 #66

yes. Why Chris Brown suddenly came up...whatever. anneboleyn Dec 2012 #78

I love it when people WeekendWarrior Dec 2012 #21

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Lennon/Beatles ... shitty music? napkinz Dec 2012 #28

Shitty music? Politicalboi Dec 2012 #32

did you notice also his/her attack on "aging hippies"? napkinz Dec 2012 #33

Post is hidden HangOnKids Dec 2012 #34

Jurry applied the asshole clause. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #57

Wow. What kind of post is that? Especially for a DU'er. go west young man Dec 2012 #25

LOL a CRAP on an ICON Post HangOnKids Dec 2012 #27

Just sick and tired of blatant double standards.... n/t Moses2SandyKoufax Dec 2012 #31

See ya later dude HangOnKids Dec 2012 #35

I don't think you know what a double-standard is hoboken123 Dec 2012 #39

Can you cite specific examples? go west young man Dec 2012 #40

I love his music, but Lennon was a shit sometimes to a lot of people, male and female. edbermac Dec 2012 #42

I can think of quite a few far more "notorious woman-abusers" thucythucy Dec 2012 #45

You think the guy that wrote this song was an abuser of women? rug Dec 2012 #58

So I guess you'll be getting rid of that KINGS avatar then? progressoid Dec 2012 #77

The most important song in my life. 99Forever Dec 2012 #10

I had just bought his latest album. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #11

I was working in the Beer Garden at the Armadillo hobbit709 Dec 2012 #16

Yep! HangOnKids Dec 2012 #37

Got to agree MichaelMcGuire Dec 2012 #50

I heard the news as I drove to my teaching job. WinkyDink Dec 2012 #12

I spent most of that Monday trying to wrap my head around Sunday's late night... Tikki Dec 2012 #13

I remember watching the news on TV go west young man Dec 2012 #14

Jealous Guy - With Many Memories In This Video... WillyT Dec 2012 #15

I was home in Queens, N.Y. IcyPeas Dec 2012 #17

50 years ago ... ("all those years ago") napkinz Dec 2012 #19

I was going to be 20 the next day Politicalboi Dec 2012 #29

johannesburg, south africa....sad world day spanone Dec 2012 #30

Living, with 2 kids <10 y.o., in the garage of the house that my husband & I & a general patrice Dec 2012 #38

Thank you for this thread werknotgoin2takeit Dec 2012 #41

Hi, wngtti, I was 8 -- young also! Beatles-loving GenXers anneboleyn Dec 2012 #82

Jeff Beck Was A Fan... lame54 Dec 2012 #43

I was in living in Tokyo kewhawaii Dec 2012 #44

Keith Richards remembers John Lennon napkinz Dec 2012 #47

I was in college and mourning the election of Ronald Reagan and the destruction he madinmaryland Dec 2012 #49

I had gone away to college Kolesar Dec 2012 #59

I was not a Beatles fan, and while his death saddened me, it did not have a big madinmaryland Dec 2012 #62

working class hero MichaelMcGuire Dec 2012 #51

Maybe my favorite Lennon song........God limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #52

"Ladies and gentlemen: THE BEATLES!" Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #53

I wish I could have experienced the British Invasion napkinz Dec 2012 #61

It cannot be imagined, seriously. H.S. kids with TRANSISTORS, changing stations to find the Beatles, WinkyDink Dec 2012 #63

In many ways, they saved us, after the JFK assassination Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #64

Well I had disco napkinz Dec 2012 #65

Well... I Lived Through Both... And... WillyT Dec 2012 #69

OK, I love the Bee Gees napkinz Dec 2012 #70

It's The Whole Shebang... WillyT Dec 2012 #71

That's really a good word for it Hayabusa Dec 2012 #75

This is one of my favorites. Texasgal Dec 2012 #55

Don't remember where I was. marybourg Dec 2012 #56

All we are saying Kolesar Dec 2012 #60

I worked at this awful job. On my way to work, I thought I heard something about John Lennon LeftInTX Dec 2012 #67

Night School LiberalElite Dec 2012 #68

It was just about at this moment that it happened napkinz Dec 2012 #72

1980 really was the year everything changed. Bonobo Dec 2012 #73

Ian Curtis (of Joy Division) killed himself in 1980 also. Dark days... anneboleyn Dec 2012 #76

Now I often think of Sean & Julian... anneboleyn Dec 2012 #79

I was busy being a fetus Terra Alta Dec 2012 #80

We All Shine On 7wo7rees Dec 2012 #83