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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:41 PM Original message |
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard about John Lennon? |
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wookie294 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hey, I was 17 years old too |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I was depressed for weeks too. |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. I came downstairs that morning |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Who is John Lennon? n/t |
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wookie294 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The best songwriter and philosopher ever n/t |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. He was married to Yoko Ono. Also played with Paul McCartney before Wings. |
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petepillow (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
70. he was that guy in the plastic ono band. |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
76. Go back to the gun dungeon and leave the normal people alone. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:00 AM Response to Reply #76 |
85. Now that's not nice. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. n/t |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. I put in a Christmas CD today and just cried... |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. I was asleep on the couch when my room mate woke me to tell me the news |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Listening to the Top 20 countdown. Eerie/morbid coincidences. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was in my early 20s, in our mountain house and putting |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was returning from drama practice, and I said "Oh thank God." |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Another memory from that night. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. I Was Getting Ready For School... |
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Gelliebeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
77. I was in 5th grade |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. A Summer Or Two Before That... |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was at home |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
45. You are my oldest Daughters age. She was so sad too, that day... |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. I was 14 years old... |
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the_real_38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Me, too - 14 |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
68. Me too. I woke to the news. Happiness is a Warm Gun. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
69. Me too -- 14 in 1980. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. John Lennon and me... |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Ok, coolest story ever! |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. I was young |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I didn't know that about that song. |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I heard Stevie herself say it |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Thank you. Very interesting, and sad. n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
59. Love Stevie... will have to listen to that song more closely... |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. I swear on my life that this is a true story... |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
23. I showed up for work the next morning and could tell something was wrong |
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joegodfather88 (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm too young but I can still Imagine |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Well, you've got great taste for a young'un. :) |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That is a nice post. Imagine gets to me like that, too. n/t |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. Z |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. At the risk of being repetitive.. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. at home watching the news |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. Was watching TV with my 8 yr old son who broke down crying |
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Dances with Cats (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. Student at U of Ala. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Egans, wow |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. I was a young granola crunching mom at the time, living in Spokane |
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Dances with Cats (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm gonna punt so... |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
35. I was being offered an assistant manager's job at a record store... |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
36. I remember when hearring the sound of a plate crash. |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
37. I was seventeen, too |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
38. Drunk and miserable. I was 25. I had seen the Beatles live. |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
39. still in college... |
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EdwardM (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
40. I'm only 19. |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 09:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
66. Welcome to DU! |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
41. at rock concert at Cleveland Agora,think there were like 4 bands and it |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
42. I remember coming home from GERMANY 1971 |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
43. I was in my late twenties. I have no idea what I was doing. I forget. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
44. I was 16. My best friends mom was a HARD CORE Beatles fan. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
47. My sister told me... |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
48. IN Orlando, FL |
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wakemewhenitsover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
49. Anyone know what Yoko does with all John's money? Promote peace? |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
50. 2 weeks & 2 days before my son was born, John Lennon was murdered |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
51. I was 10 |
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Maine Mary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:47 AM Response to Original message |
52. I was making rice pudding |
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chemp (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
53. Monday night football |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
54. I was 15, in 10th grade. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
55. I was 20 |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
56. i was with george h w bush the entire day |
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Peter Frank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
57. I was masturbating to, "You Can't Always Get What You Want"... |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 07:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I think the guy who wrote the lyrics for "God" would definitely approve. |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
58. I Was 20 And Pregnant With Horrible Morning/Evening Sickness |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 07:54 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Thanks for your story Binka. I was heartbroken, but very shut down, |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
62. It was odd |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
63. I was working in a grocery store |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
64. I don't remember, even though I am old enough. It wasn't a defining |
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obreaslan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
65. Crunchy Frog? I prefer Anthrax Ripple :-) To answer your question... |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
67. I'm certainly old enough, but I just don't know what I was doing then. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
71. I was watching Monday Night Football |
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andyhappy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
72. I was listening to my muppets xmas album |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
73. sitting in the dark playing my 12 string |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
74. Well, I was ten, so I was doing ten-y/o things |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
75. "John Lennon is dead" |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
78. The radio alarm went off and the |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
80. I was 11 ... |
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alpaca (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
81. I was 10 |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
82. Eerily, I listened to the Plastic Ono Band album that evening. |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
83. It was horrible |
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dxstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
84. I don't know, I was veddy drunk at the time... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
86. Eighteen years old sitting in my car... |
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