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John Lennon

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Running Bear

Running Bear Report 8 Dec 2010 09:04

30 years today he was shoot and left us with some of the greatest song ever composed.

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Rambling

Rambling Report 8 Dec 2010 09:55

One of those events, that you always remember where you were and what you were doing when the news came through. Sad day.

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 8 Dec 2010 10:08

I must be odd, because I can't remember where I was!

Running Bear

Running Bear Report 8 Dec 2010 10:31

its doing my head in, thiers a Paul Simon song with a line in it "when i heard John Lennon had died" but i can't remember which song that lines in, HELP

Rambling

Rambling Report 8 Dec 2010 10:34

Johny Ace RB



I was reading a magazine
And thinking of a rock and roll song
The year was nineteen fiftysix
And I hadn't been playing that long
When a man came on the radio
And this is what he said
He said I hate to break it to his fans
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah

Well, I really wasn't
Such a Johnny Ace fan
But I felt bad alI the same
So I sent away for his photograph
And I wait untill it came
It came all the way from Texas
With a sad and sim-ple face
And they signed it on the bottom
From the Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah

It was the year of The Beatles
It was the year of The Stones
It was nineteen sixtyfour
I was living in London
With the girl from the summer be-fore

It was the year of The Beatles
It was the year of The Stones
A year after J.F.K.
We were staying up all night
And giving the days away
And the music was flowing amazing
And blowing my way

On a cold December evening
I was walking through the Christmas tide
When a stranger came up and asked me
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
And the two of us went to this bar
And we stayed to close the place
And every song we played
Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah

Running Bear

Running Bear Report 8 Dec 2010 10:41

Thank you RR, thats the one.

Rambling

Rambling Report 8 Dec 2010 10:46

I remembered it particularly RB because of a Paul Simon concert on tv, many years ago now, but it was from New York so very poignant.

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 8 Dec 2010 10:56

A genius and a talent taken away. He could have given
so much more to the music industry.

Emma

Nickydownsouth

Nickydownsouth Report 8 Dec 2010 11:59

Remember the day as clear as yesterday.... I had the big Double Fantasy Album that was released around that time...quite a few of the songs on it were released as Singles...

This is one if my favourites..

Woman....


Woman I can hardly express,
My mixed emotion at my thoughtlessness,
After all I'm forever in your debt,
And woman I will try express,
My inner feelings and thankfullness,
For showing me the meaning of succsess,
oooh well, well,
oooh well, well,

Woman I know you understand
The little child inside the man,
Please remember my life is in your hands,
And woman hold me close to your heart,
However, distant don't keep us apart,
After all it is written in the stars,
oooh well, well,
oooh well, well,

Woman please let me explain,
I never mean(t) to cause you sorrow or pain,
So let me tell you again and again and again,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah)...




Nicky