Today, 25 years ago, outside the Dakota Building in NY City, USA... the world lost arguably the best rock and roll musician in history... John Winston Lennon.

Bah, this sucks.... he's dead and some scumbags are walking around....

Anyway... just wanted to pay my respects...

well said, he was a great man

I don't believe in killing whatever the reason! (John Lennon)

Indeed he was a great man.

One of a kind..

John Lennon

Thats the first website i found...

He indeed touched us with rock and roll!
May he forever rest in peace

It is a real shame that he had to get killed...

I didn't really think he did anything major for the music industry though, most of the songs I've heard from him are rubbish, his only good one is Imagine.

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Originally posted by traxor

I didn't really think he did anything major for the music industry though

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Bah, this sucks.... he's dead and some scumbags are walking around....

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Originally posted by Negro_Joe
Its not about that though, its about him as a person, and his influence on others...

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Originally posted by traxor

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Originally posted by Omar
Bah, this sucks.... he's dead and some scumbags are walking around....

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No, they caught the guy who did it, his name is Mark Chapman, there is a documentary tonight (I think) about why he killed him and things...

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I didn't really think he did anything major for the music industry though, most of the songs I've heard from him are rubbish, his only good one is Imagine.

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I'm not talking about the beatles though, I'm talking about John Lennon as a singular person...

I don't mean to sound disrespectful or anything. The Beatles were a really good band, but John Lennon as a lone musician wasn't that amazing...

But as Joe said, it's not about the music, it's about the person.

He was great.
May he rest in peace.

Luke, its on Channel 4 at 10 until 5 past 11 tonight.

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Originally posted by traxor
I don't mean to sound disrespectful or anything. The Beatles were a really good band, but John Lennon as a lone musician wasn't that amazing...

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I didn't say that he didn't, I just don't think he was a good solo musician. I'm not even going to go on with this, it's just my opinion...

The Beatles are the greatest and most popular band ever. As well as the most prolific. They invented pop music by themselves. John Lennon was such an integral part of that, an off the cuff remark by Lennon himself once went along the lines that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. It's not far from the truth. Lennon was part of that. They started the great Abbey Road Studios and when the band split every single member managed a solo number one hit. Imagine, Woman, Happy Xmas (War is Over), Give Peace a Chance, Instant Karma!, (Just Like) Starting Over, Nobody Told Me; these are notable solo songs. I don't need to repeat the list of Beatles hits, do I? A great man, a great songwriter, a great mind, a genius, a sad loss. Whilst I may not have agreed with his political stance on some things, nor his infatuation with Yoko Ono who was behind the destruction of the Beatles, he was still one of the most influential contributors to music ever. Much respect for him, and the Beatles.

traxor: go visit your local cinema, they give out free clues.

He was a good guy.
he didnt deserve to get killed.

Yes it's a tragedy.  They have been playing his music on just about every radio station all day!

Imagine if what he sang in this song had hapenned...

The Beatles would have been nothing if John Lennon was not part of it, or any other member. They all were a huge part of the team. Without J. Lennon or any other member it would have been "The Beatles who?"