It was 24 years ago today, and it was one of the worst days of my life , up til that point. It's not everyday that you get the news that your idol was just murdered, and even though I was only 12 years old, John Lennon had already become the biggest influence "in my life", and has remained so to this day.

I had been playing guitar for 3 years by then, and that all started because of my love of the Beatles. Lennon was my favorite of them, and I just liked everything about the guy. His voice was incredible, and his songwriting was awesome, but he was more than just a musician to me. His personality, humor, ideals, and overall coolness, were everything that I wanted for myself.

A scowl still crosses my face at the mention of Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, and I would beat him to death with my bare hands, and not blink an eye doing it. I have no idea why he is kept alive. If they have no intention on releasing him on parole (and letting justice be served by the painful death he would recieve on the streets), then they should put the bastard on the juice, and electrocute him to death. He's just a burden, and one that doesn't deserve to breathe the same air as decent people.

Lennon had re entered the music scene after a 5 year layoff, and the speculation had already begun about a possible Beatle reunion, and I have no doubts that it would have happened at some point. Chapman killed much more than just a person, he killed the dreams of a generation, and the punishment definitely didn't fit the crime.

R.I.P. John Lennon October 9th 1940-December 8th 1980

I liked the Beatles more than anything else in the world when I was six. No joke. I would read tons of biographies (well, for kids...I learned how to read kind of early ) and I'd obsess over a little tape my mom made me off her old vinyls of "Sgt Pepper" and "Meet the Beatles". I'm sad to say that I'm not as accumulated with his post-Beatles work, asides from "Imagine" (if you want a treat - download Eva Cassidy's version. Though it can't always replace the original, it's a good cover in which the singer emphasizes and clearly enunciates the lyrics, allowing one to actually focus on his words).

Thankfully, I wasn't alive when he was shot/died. I can't say that it would have affected me as much as perhaps JFK's shooting (well. I don't know. I've known the guy as a figure from the past who's work has been left with us - not one who still has something to offer, even if he did).

At least celebrity shootings haven't happened in a while...And...at least Simon and Garfunkel got togehter for a couple months

I was wondering why there was a behind the scenes of the making of john lennon's imagine album. I watched it and it was great. Except for the whole Yoko being everywhere with him I liked it. Sad that he had to die in such a way because he would have obviously been as big or even bigger then what Paul McCartney is today. I am only starting to get into the Beatles and it would have been awesome if there woulda been a reunion.

So let's just say that John Bonham was still alive yet Zep still broke up in starting of the 80s. Wouldn't it be awesome and friggin amazing if they reunited right now? Zeppelin was way past their prime at the end of it.

Ahmed you are one big idiot.

That would have been awesome as well. Even Page and Plant getting together was awesome, and not cheesy at all. It was also great when bands like the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, and the original (in makeup) Kiss reunited. Not cheesy at all. If those bands could do it, there is no doubt that the greatest band in music history could also pull it off.

I love Fleetwood Mac! They are such a great band.

My buddy went to go see Kiss and Aerosmith play in Toronto like a year or two ago and he said they were amazing. If Kiss can do it why couldn't these guys do it. But a reunion so early on wouldn't have been that great. If it would have been done in the 90s, it would have been the biggest tour in ages. But sadly the bubble was burst by some hippy gone pseudo-christian bible thumper.

It would be awesome to see page/plant/jones reunite and do some music together now-a-days but it would be so hard to find a drummer to fill in the shoes of bonham. That man was amazing.

Coming from someone


WITH SUCH DESPICABLE


Musical taste


"NADIA FROM BIG BROTHER" "GIRLS ALOUD"



This is good comedy Algren



NOW BE OFF WITH YOU BEFORE AHMED POPS



your eye out like that guy


ON FRIDAY 13TH PART 3

nope




LED ZEPP WERE ALREADY LOSING IT BY THE



"Presence"album



BETTER TO REMEMBER THEM AS THE HULKING BEHEMOTH THEY WERE


Than a sad money-driven nostalgia act

So you think that Zeppelin shoulda quit after making Physical Graffiti (I think to be their last attempt at true glory)? Should the Rolling Stones have just stopped making music years ago? Same with Aerosmith? Or do you think that no band should make music once they've reached the big times because we all know that money becomes a factor once they're big.

TYRIEK SAYS THAT AHMED IS ON CRACK
ZEPP IS A REALLY COOL BAD TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT, AND WHEN A PERSON BECOMES SUCCESSFUL IT IS HUMAN NATURE TO WANT MORE, MEANING THEY ARE DRIVEN BY MONEY

Lennon IMO is one of the most overrated solo artists ever.