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joe

Jun 28, 2001, 05:32 PM

i just saw that an hour show on the last days of Lennon will be on VH1 @8:00 c.
i don't know if it's a repeat, it's new to me. hope it's good. i'll record.
joe

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HeyBeatle

Jun 28, 2001, 06:19 PM

That show premiered last year on the anniversary of his murder. I watched that night and atleast 5 times beside that and I've cried everytime it's very very sad.

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" No I'm a mocker."

"I'm not dead yet."

"What's brown and sounds like a bell?"
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beatlebangs1964

Jun 28, 2001, 06:24 PM

I am embarrassed to admit this and I admire HeyBeatle for her courage, but I, too cry http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cry1.gif each time I see that last part in 1980. It's just too hard to watch. I have to leave sometimes. It just makes me too sad to see that final segment in 1980.

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Then we will remember things we said today. Yeah.
-- Beatles, 1964

BB1964

[This Message Has Been Edited By beatlebangs1964 On June 29, 2001 05:55 PM]

ImaginePeace78

Jun 28, 2001, 07:20 PM

I watched the Lennon VH-1 special tonight. I've seen it before, but I always get this huge lump in my throat. I wanted to cry when watching the last half hour, but I couldn't. My roommate and her PA were here. I didn't want to sound like a babbling idiot crying over something that happened 20 years ago (something that I don't even remember). But as soon as the show was over, I put on one of my Lennon CD's that I made with my CD burner on my computer. I just have this strange feeling right now. I want to cry, but I can't. Also, I feel...it's hard to explain, I don't really know why I feel this way. I guess it's a feeling of some kind of Love I have for John. I just love and miss him so much, especially right now after seeing that program. During the program, the PA said, "You really adore him, don't you." I said I did. Then, she told me that she's been past the Dakota and Strawberry Fields. She said it was a nice place. I'm going to see that in a few weeks when I go to NYC. I don't know how I'll react. Taking this trip for a weekend in NYC is a big step for me. I don't know if many of you know, but I'm partially blind. There are people who want me to go on this trip, it will do good for my independence. Other people don't want me to go. It's a long story, I won't get into it. But I can't wait to see Strawberry Fields. I don't kow if anyone here can understand how I feel. To some it might be strange for a 23 year old to feel this way about someone who had died when they were only 2 years old, and yet touch their (my) life in such a profound way. Thanks for listening to me....
All You Need Is Love,
Kristi

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You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one..." ~John Lennon

Kristi's Writing Desk (http://www.geocities.com/lennon4080forever/index.html)

old_moon_shining

Jun 28, 2001, 08:35 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By ImaginePeace78:
Thanks for listening to me....

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My best wishes for you Kristi, and I hope all goes well for you.

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SF4-EVER

Jun 29, 2001, 05:04 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By ImaginePeace78:
To some it might be strange for a 23 year old to feel this way about someone who had died when they were only 2 years old, and yet touch their (my) life in such a profound way. Thanks for listening to me....

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I think many of us here know how you feel, Kristi. I was 10 when John died, and at the time I didn't pay much attention -- I scarcely remember hearing about it. Now, of course, I know more about John, and though I never met him, I still feel connected to him through his music. And I'm not the only one....

My best wishes to you for your trip to NYC. I went there about three years ago, and I'm going back for another visit in a couple of months (I get to see Nipper/Susan -- yeah!) Visiting the Dakota and Strawberry Fields was hard, but worth it all the same. Hope you enjoy the trip; we'll want to hear about it when you get back! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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ImaginePeace78

Jun 29, 2001, 05:34 AM

I'm going to see Susan too when I'm there. She's going to show me Strawberry Fields and the Dakota...and other places too. I can't wait! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif
All You Need Is Love,
Kristi

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You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one..." ~John Lennon

Kristi's Writing Desk (http://www.geocities.com/lennon4080forever/index.html)

HeyBeatle

Jun 29, 2001, 04:31 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By beatlebangs1964:
I am embarrassed to admit this and I admire HeyBeatle for his courage
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I know you didn't know any better but I'm not a he. Anyway, the last time I saw it I started crying at the beginning of the show too I couldn't even watch the rest of the show.

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" Are you a mod or a rocker?"
" No I'm a mocker."

"I'm not dead yet."

"What's brown and sounds like a bell?"
"Dunnng"

beatlebangs1964

Jun 29, 2001, 05:55 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By HeyBeatle:
I know you didn't know any better but I'm not a he. Anyway, the last time I saw it I started crying at the beginning of the show too I couldn't even watch the rest of the show.

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Sorry. I've been called "he" and "him" on these boards. I'm embarrassed.

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Then we will remember things we said today. Yeah.
-- Beatles, 1964

BB1964

beatlebangs1964

Jun 29, 2001, 06:03 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By ImaginePeace78:
I watched the Lennon VH-1 special tonight. I've seen it before, but I always get this huge lump in my throat. I wanted to cry when watching the last half hour, but I couldn't. My roommate and her PA were here. I didn't want to sound like a babbling idiot crying over something that happened 20 years ago (something that I don't even remember). But as soon as the show was over, I put on one of my Lennon CD's that I made with my CD burner on my computer. I just have this strange feeling right now. I want to cry, but I can't. Also, I feel...it's hard to explain, I don't really know why I feel this way. I guess it's a feeling of some kind of Love I have for John. I just love and miss him so much, especially right now after seeing that program. During the program, the PA said, "You really adore him, don't you." I said I did. Then, she told me that she's been past the Dakota and Strawberry Fields. She said it was a nice place. I'm going to see that in a few weeks when I go to NYC. I don't know how I'll react. Taking this trip for a weekend in NYC is a big step for me. I don't know if many of you know, but I'm partially blind. There are people who want me to go on this trip, it will do good for my independence. Other people don't want me to go. It's a long story, I won't get into it. But I can't wait to see Strawberry Fields. I don't kow if anyone here can understand how I feel. To some it might be strange for a 23 year old to feel this way about someone who had died when they were only 2 years old, and yet touch their (my) life in such a profound way. Thanks for listening to me....
All You Need Is Love,
Kristi

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Kristi,

Boy, can I ever relate to your above post! I was in college when John died and I'll never forget that night. That night was the first time I heard "Watching the Wheels" and I remember thinking, "What a great song! I've just GOT to get that 'Double Fantasy' album." This was the stone age, before CDs. Anyway, the radio was on WNEW-FM and DJ Dennis Elsas cut the song short to make the grim announcement about John. I mean, I literally froze. "It can't be," I said. "It has to be some mistake." My then roommate and her friend said they had heard the bad news some 10 minutes earlier when I had left the room to pick up some chips for them at the campus store.

I telephoned a friend. I then called home. On December 14, 2000 I was at the vigil in Central Park. It hurt very badly. The night John died, I had just finished a term paper about the Beatles' first trip to America in 1964. How ironic.

On my floor, there were some freshman theater tech majors (called "techies" who were kind and brave enough to lower the campus flag to half staff. They were unfortunately charged with a Class A misdemeanor, but luckily that was reversed. I think they deserved to be commended for what they did.

There'll never be another like John. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cry1.gif I just find I can't watch the 1980 segment without the same feeling you get, Kristi. It really hurts. I am very embarrassed to admit this and I wouldn't anywhere else but on a Beatles' forum, but it really got to me when the officer who rushed John to emergency asked John "Are you John Lennon?" and John said, "yeah." The word John helped make synonymous with the Beatles was the last one he uttered in this life. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cry2.gif The poignant irony of it all http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cry1.gif is just too sad, even now.

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Then we will remember things we said today. Yeah.
-- Beatles, 1964

BB1964

HeyBeatle

Jun 30, 2001, 05:45 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By beatlebangs1964:
Sorry. I've been called "he" and "him" on these boards. I'm embarrassed.

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It's ok, I've done it once before too. I think everyone eventually makes that mistake. It's kinda like misspelling and double posting.

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" Are you a mod or a rocker?"
" No I'm a mocker."

"I'm not dead yet."

"What's brown and sounds like a bell?"
"Dunnng"