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Hi Deb, I won't be watching it either. Gwynne

R.I.P. John Lennon Local radio station is playing nothing today but Lennon & Beatles, love it, takes you back in time to a better time. I remember sitting crossed legged on the floor, with my new babe in arms feeding her when the news came across the tellie. Hugged my little one, asked god to bless her and cried for quite a while. My hubby refused to ever speak the killers name. Doesn't want him to get the attention he was looking for. Won't watch the documentary on him either. Peace (from an old hippie) Deb

R I P John. I remember hearing this news 25 year ago, I was still living at home and was just getting ready to go up to Oxford Street with my mum to do some christmas shopping, it was a big shock. Carolyn

Hi all yes it was a day when all us 60's types realised that it was all over! Once went to see a ballet (English National) danced to Working Class Hero- some people walked out because of the F word - how pathetic! Unfortunately I don't think they perform this any more. It was brilliant. Fantastic golden hour today on IW radio (0n the web too!) playing 60's music! Allie x

Just want to add my bit for this special day.... You say you want a revolution Well you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it's evolution Well you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don't you know you can count me out Don't you know it's gonna be alright Alright Alright You say you got a real solution Well you know We'd all love to see the plan You ask me for a contribution Well you know We're doing what we can But when you want money for people with minds that hate All I can tell you is brother you have to wait Don't you know it's gonna be alright Alright Alright You say you'll change the constitution Well you know We all want to change your head You tell me it's the institution Well you know You better free your mind instead But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow Don't you know know it's gonna be alright Alright Alright Lynda x

Yes a sad day today. One of John's Aunty used to live in Fleetwood and he spent some holidays here with her in the 50's. Germaine x

elaine what a sad loss....a good songwriter is still sadly missed xxxxxxxxxx))))):

A Very sad day that was in 1980.... one of my favorites was 'Woman'

It is one of those events that stay in your mind forever. I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I turned on the radio to hear that John had been shot. I cried all day and talked on the phone to friends scattered all over the country. If someone had told me the day before that I would respond to such news in that way I wouldn't have believed them. I joke about being an aging hippy but for a few years we really did believe we could change the world. John personified the Peace Movement to me. He was no saint and had many flaws, he wasn't even my 'favourite Beatle', but I admired him for the stance he took and loved him for keeping the dream alive. Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love. There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game It's easy. There's nothing you can make that can't be made. No one you can save that can't be saved. Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be in time It's easy. All you need is love, all you need is love, All you need is love, love, love is all you need. Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love. All you need is love, all you need is love, All you need is love, love, love is all you need. There's nothing you can know that isn't known. Nothing you can see that isn't shown. Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy. All you need is love, all you need is love, All you need is love, love, love is all you need. All you need is love (all together now) All you need is love (everybody) All you need is love, love, love is all you need. Gwynne (still trying to Keep the Faith)

So this is the day 25 years ago I cannot believe its been that long just can't, One thing I loved about some of the best Beatles records was the lyrics and John i.m.o.was the best for them not always did i agree but they at least stirred something inside. This one from Imagine Lp for instance. Give Me Some Truth I'm sick and tired of hearing things From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth I've had enough of reading things By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me With just a pocketful of hope Money for dope Money for rope No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me With just a pocketful of soap Money for dope Money for rope I'm sick to death of seeing things From tight-lipped, condescending, mama's little chauvinists All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth now I've had enough of watching scenes Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas All I want is the truth now Just gimme some truth No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me With just a pocketful of soap It's money for dope Money for rope Ah, I'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites All I want is the truth now Just gimme some truth now I've had enough of reading things by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians All I want is the truth now Just gimme some truth now All I want is the truth now Just gimme some truth now All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cold Turkey was said to me earlier today well its yesterday now so for you from your email here goes btw was always frightened of it from John's description of it :- Cold Turkey One, two, three, four! The temp'ratures risin, fever is high can't see no future, can't see no skyt My feet are heavy, so is my head I wish I was a baby I wish I was dead. Cold Turkey has got me on the run. My body is aching goose pimple bone. Can't see nobody leave me alone. Eyes are wide open, so is my head, There's one thing I'm sure of, I'M in at the deep freeze. Cold Turkey has got me on the run. AAAHH - Thirty - six hours rollin' in pain, Praying' to someone free me again. Oh, I'll be a good boy, make me make me well, I'll give you anything, get me out of this hell. Well Cold turkey has got me on the run. OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH. -'I've got to get that voice, aahh, aahh...' -'How are we doin'?' RIP John my growing years spent with the beatles could have been a lot worse could have been the naff seventies or the tastless eighties. We were lucky we grew up with fun and talent too. Great days. Pat x

'Give Peace A Chance' John Lennon & Paul McCartney) Ev'rybody's talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m. All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance C'mon Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers, Sinisters, Banisters and canisters Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes, And bye bye, bye byes. All we are saying is give peace a chance

'Nobody Told Me' Everybody's talking and no one says a word Everybody's making love and no one really cares There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs Always something happening and nothing going on There's always something cooking and nothing in the pot They're starving back in China so finish what you got Nobody told me there'd be days like these Nobody told me there'd be days like these Nobody told me there'd be days like these Strange days indeed -- strange days indeed Everybody's runnin' and no one makes a move Everyone's a winner and nothing left to lose There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground Everybody's crying and no one makes a sound There's a place for us in the movies you just gotta lay around Nobody told me there'd be days like these Nobody told me there'd be days like these Nobody told me there'd be days like these Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high Everybody's flying and never touch the sky There's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised Nobody told me there'd be days like these Nobody told me there'd be days like these Nobody told me there'd be days like these Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama

A weirder one by John can't say I agree with all of it but it's interesting still. Pat x GOD God is a concept By which we measure Our pain I'll say it again God is a concept By which we measure Our pain I don't believe in magic I don't believe in I-ching I don't believe in Bible I don't believe in tarot I don't believe in Hitler I don't believe in Jesus I don't believe in Kennedy I don't believe in Buddha I don't believe in Mantra I don't believe in Gita I don't believe in Yoga I don't believe in kings I don't believe in Elvis I don't believe in Zimmerman I don't believe in Beatles I just believe in me Yoko and me And that's reality The dream is over What can I say? The dream is over Yesterday I was the Dreamweaver But now I'm reborn I was the Walrus But now I'm John And so dear friends You'll just have to carry on The dream is over

LOL Roxanne that was the next one I was singing lol. Pat x

Instant Karma Instant karma’s gonna get you Gonna knock you right on the head You better get yourself together Pretty soon you’re gonna be dead What in the world you thinking of Laughing in the face of love What on earth you tryin’ to do It’s up to you, yeah you Instant karma’s gonna get you Gonna look you right in the face Better get yourself together darlin’ Join the human race How in the world you gonna see Laughin’ at fools like me Who in the hell d’you think you are A super star Well, right you are Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Well we all shine on Ev’ryone come on Instant karma’s gonna get you Gonna knock you off your feet Better recognize your brothers Ev’ryone you meet Why in the world are we here Surely not to live in pain and fear Why on earth are you there When you’re ev’rywhere Come and get your share Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Yeah we all shine on Come on and on and on on on Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Yeah we all shine on On and on and on on and on Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Yeah we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun lennon john lyrics Instant Karma Imagine Just Gimme Some Truth Give Peace a Chance Stand by Me Woman Jealous Guy related lyrics Yoko Ono – Instant Karma Black Eyed Peas – Karma Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here Beatles – Helter Skelter Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares for Me Creedence Clearwater Revival – Before You Accuse Me Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone Rolling Stones – Sympathy for The Devil Beatles – The Long & Winding Road

Enjoying this thread. thanks Elaine x John's 'Mind Games' We're playing those mind games together Pushing the barriers planting seeds Playing the mind guerrilla Chanting the Mantra peace on earth We all been playing those mind games forever Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil Doing the mind guerrilla Some call it magic the search for the grail Love is the answer and you know that for sure Love is a flower you got to let it grow So keep on playing those mind games together Faith in the future out of the now You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind Yeah we're playing those mind games together Projecting our images in space and in time Yes is the answer and you know that for sure Yes is surrender you got to let it go So keep on playing those mind games together Doing the ritual dance in the sun Millions of mind guerrillas Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel Keep on playing those mind games together Raising the spirit of peace and love (I want you to make love, not war I know you've heard it before)

Singing more John Lennon songs today:- 'Don`t Want to Be a Soldier' Well, i don't wanna be a soldier mama, i don't wanna die Well, i don't wanna be a sailor mama, i don't wanna fly Well, i don't wanna be a failure mama, i don't wanna cry Well, i don't wanna be a soldier mama, i don't wanna die Oh no oh no oh no oh no Well, i don't wanna be a rich man mama, i don't wanna cry Well, i don't wanna be a poor man mama, i don't wanna fly Well, i don't wanna be a lawyer mama, i don't wanna lie Well, i don't wanna be a soldier mama, i don't wanna die Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no Well, i don't wanna be a beggar mama, i don't wanna die Well, i don't wanna be a thief now mama, i don't wanna fly Well, i don't wanna be a churchman mama, i don't wanna cry Well, i don't wanna be a soldier mama, i don't wanna die Oh no oh no oh no oh no

Watching The Wheels John Lennon People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin When I say that I'm o.k. well they look at me kind of strange Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me When I tell them that I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round I really love to watch them roll No longer riding on the merry-go-round I just had to let it go Ah, people asking questions lost in confusion Well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind I tell them there's no hurry I'm just sitting here doing time I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round I really love to watch them roll No longer riding on the merry-go-round I just had to let it go I just had to let it go I just had to let it go Gwynne

'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)....

'Jealous Guy' I was dreaming of a past and my heart was beating fast i began to lose control i began to lose control i didn't mean to hurt i'm sorry that i made you cry i didn't mean to hurt you i'm just a jealous guy i was feeling inscure you might not love me anymore i was shivering inside i was shivering inside i was trying to catch your eyes thought that you was trying to hide i was swallowing my pain i was swallowing my pain