tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post7715704061258577687..comments2024-01-26T19:48:37.576+00:00Comments on crivens jings and help ma blog: John Lennon would have been How Old ???Alistairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-10891565943627209332010-10-16T16:58:26.195+01:002010-10-16T16:58:26.195+01:00I can't say I was ever a big Beatles fan - I g...I can't say I was ever a big Beatles fan - I grew up in a Rolling Stones kind of family:)-but I do remember when John died. It was like when Princess Diana died, same kind of public display of grief. I love the Waterboys and listened to them a lot in college. Have a good weekend. I have to go now, but will come back and read more later.Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-62278452455324776552010-10-13T15:46:57.168+01:002010-10-13T15:46:57.168+01:00I celebrated by watching "Rain," the Bea...I celebrated by watching "Rain," the Beatles tribute stage show. There were people in the audience from 6 to 70, and we all had a blast.<br /><br />I've never been wrecked by the death of a celebrity, but it's always sad knowing there will be nothing new from that artist.Aaron John Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06633231503315269549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-20383904775123103212010-10-11T22:48:25.444+01:002010-10-11T22:48:25.444+01:00Yes Alistair, I too wasn't a big fan. I've...Yes Alistair, I too wasn't a big fan. I've blogged tonight on this theme. I'll check out SNB's blog too..............<br />And the Waterboys' Fisherman's Blues is one of my favourite albums of all time.Big Swiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00517517283834444552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-62268100054528272432010-10-11T04:33:12.695+01:002010-10-11T04:33:12.695+01:00I know what you mean. While I've been a fan of...I know what you mean. While I've been a fan of many artists, musicians or actors who have died, I've never felt the bereavement in the way some do, only a sadness at the passing. It's tragic when that loss happens so young though. Fame is a kind of immortality of course - but not the kind I'd prefer......Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-71596731781281171472010-10-11T03:42:01.874+01:002010-10-11T03:42:01.874+01:00I wasn't a fan. But it was clear from the outp...I wasn't a fan. But it was clear from the outpouring of public grief that he he had served a large archetypal role for the collective and in losing him that there was a sense that something powerful and that something irreplaceable died with him( even beyond him as a person)---perhaps it was his dream of peace. I don't know much about him but there seemed to be a kind of innocence about him even as he experimented in the counter culture. When public figures die I always find it interesting how personal it feels for so many. Perhaps it is a way to mourn private grief in a way that feels connected and less isolated than our personal griefs.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-56406319045420077682010-10-10T10:26:06.023+01:002010-10-10T10:26:06.023+01:00Glad you enjoyed it Giulia. I must admit I didn...Glad you enjoyed it Giulia. I must admit I didn't 'get' the hysteria at the time, not being a fan. I understood the tradedy but not the outpouring of public grief.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-25634857609752196632010-10-09T18:12:32.465+01:002010-10-09T18:12:32.465+01:00Yes, I loved it. I was & am an admirer even th...Yes, I loved it. I was & am an admirer even though I sometimes became exasperated with John. (That being human.) One thing that I have written & said to others is that I can absolutely imagine John at 70. There is a good video at Imagine Peace website & I remember also Yoko saying something I found to be totally spot-on. John would have continued his work as a peace activist & humanitarian. No reason for that to stop. I will never get over that horrible night in December 1980. I remember every single moment & the rush in the house & my boss calling to say not to come in the next morning. He was distraught & knew that I would be a wreck. He was right. Some people nowadays might think that weird or odd. It wasn't & I so appreciated his phone call that night to a sister. I couldn't come to the phone. Those of us in the States, especially, were beyond consolation as there'd been so many awful murders/assassinations in our childhood, then as teenagers, & then this. It felt so shameful that it had happened here. (Not that I wanted it to happen anywhere...but it felt/feels like it would only happen here.) <br /><br />Cheers...off to see ukelele video.Giuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569643363733791671noreply@blogger.com