Where were you when John Lennon was shot dead?

Run_to_da_hills

What did they find in John Lennons coffin?


..........A dead Beetle.

bonerm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

What did they find in John Lennons coffin?


..........A dead Beetle.

What's yellow and lives off dead beetles? Yoko Ono.

FoxT

I was queuing outside a Bank of Ireland ATM..... still there...

Latchy

I was in Amsterdam staying with my sister getting ready to head home to Dublin via Hook of Hollond-Dover-London -Holyhead ( No Ryanair back then ) when at about 8 am the local Dutch radio kept playing Beatle /Lennon music which we though a bit strange but not understanding much dutch we switched over to BBC world service to hear what had taken place in NYC the previous hrs. I remember the long trip back with everybody glued to the red tops in disbelief ( I still have orriginal front page of daily mirror ) .

Even 48 hrs later it was still hard to take in and I remember a candle lit vigil was held at christ church cathedral by about 1000 people ,some with guitars singing beatle tunes , which I went along to . The Irony for me was that about 12 months earlier on a quiet street in Amsterdam , I had met with and got the autograph of Ringo Starr . I wasn't around to remember JFKS assassination but Lennons death was one of those were were you moements

cml387

There was a rather sad mention in Phillip Norman's biography of the Beatles.

Aunt Mimi got an early morning call from New York.She was imagining another journalist asking for a quote about John's latest adventure "I wonder what he's done this time" she thought as she took the call.

Scarydoll

I was not even two years old. So I'd say I was asleep when it happened.

strokemyclover

I was 8 days old so I was probably out the back of the The Coombe Hospital having a smoke

agrostar

I wasnt even a bad thought around the early 80's:D:D. If anyone was around and knows who shot Lennon any chance they could get him to make a come back and shot afew f**kers in the Dail:mad::mad:

alwaysadub

I was one and a bit.
So i was either asleep or eating.


Hmm,not much has changed in 30years for me so!

George83

I wasn't born then.

Dudess

My earliest musical memory is Imagine being on the radio constantly. I'd say, even though I was only two and a half, that was around the time of his death.

Fulton Crown

Where was I when John Lennon was shot dead ?

I was actually takin a shit in a pub jax in Birmingham.

Two guys came in and I heard one say that John lennon had been shot dead.

I flushed away the huge baton of sour midden that I had just squeezed out into the pan..and thought.......

"Thats two less sh1tes in the world today", calmly completed my ablutions and left the building.

ForceOfNature

Fulton Crown wrote: »

Where was I when John Lennon was shot dead ?

I was actually takin a shit in a pub jax in Birmingham.

Two guys came in and I heard one say that John lennon had been shot dead.

I flushed away the huge baton of sour midden that I had just squeezed out into the pan..and thought.......

"Thats two less sh1tes in the world today", calmly completed my ablutions and left the building.

funny story
was it good craic in the pub toilet at 5 o clock in the morning?

samboshy

Non-existent

cursai

In my fathers epididymis!!!

meemeep

anyone remember a candlelight vigil outside Christchurch in Dublin - just a spur of the moment gathering, some guitars and lots of singing! 30 years - wow

Sonnenblumen

after the end of a whiskey bottle!

W.Shakes-Beer

i had a tail

Dunjohn

Halfway between conception and birth.

Which means I have an alibi, unlike all those other people who weren't born.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Fulton Crown wrote: »

Where was I when John Lennon was shot dead ?

I was actually takin a shit in a pub jax in Birmingham.

Two guys came in and I heard one say that John lennon had been shot dead.

I flushed away the huge baton of sour midden that I had just squeezed out into the pan..and thought.......

"Thats two less sh1tes in the world today", calmly completed my ablutions and left the building.

How very sensitive of you.

TeddyTedson

I wasn't born either but would liked to have been!:)

fryup

listen to his tonsils bleed...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px-EcIYncEo

Run_to_da_hills

If John Lennon was alive now where would he be?



......... Scratching the lid on his coffin.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^^

he was cremated

4zn76tysfajdxp

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^

he was cremated

Run_to_da_hills? He's not even dead yet.

Run_to_da_hills

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^

he was cremated

Edit.....



.....Scratchng the lid on his urn..:D

Biggins

A Nice Cup Of Tea wrote: »

Where were you when John Lennon was shot dead?

I refuse to answer that question in order to preserve my rights to no self incrimination.

Faith+1

Remember it well, I was very young though as I was born 7 months premature. The doctors were freaking out.

Stained Class

Confab wrote: »

Celebrating.

Uncool!:mad:

Stained Class

Biggins wrote: »

I refuse to answer that question in order to preserve my rights to no self incrimination.

Oh the self absorbed ambiguity!

You're such a card.:rolleyes:

JupiterKid

I'd wager that 70 per cent of postern on AH weren't even born when Lennon was gunned down.:cool: Myself, I was 5 and a half years of age and in High Infants. I don't remember it at the time at all.

The first celebrity deaths I clearly recall were Karen Carpenter's and Luke Kelly's.

Nemanja91

I was -11

admiralofthefleet

i was inside my dads clockweights

Adyx

I wasn't born till the next day. I blame the news for sending my mam into labour.

Ghandee

ejmaztec wrote: »

But what were you doing 30 years ago?

Yo're Ma!

Ghandee

alwaysadub wrote: »

I was one and a bit.
So i was either asleep or eating.


Hmm,not much has changed in 30years for me so!

Wanna come out for a bite to eat some night, then you can sleep with me afterwards?:pac:

Sunnyisland

I was out with me friends and went drinking and it was only later when we trying to get into the tv club in Dublin that everybody was talking about it.

mrsdewinter

I was pretty small so although my parents told me the news at breakfast, my reaction was, "Who's John Lennon?" I do remember that as the day went on, all the teachers at school were talking about it. Even the old cranky ones...

Manic Moran

I'm fairly sure I was alive at that point (Start... run... calc... age minus 30...) Yep, I was alive and well.

And didn't really care that Lennon was shot.

I still don't.

About as much as I care where I was when Dianna got killed, actually, which isn't a whole hell of a lot either.

The first celebrity deaths I clearly recall were Karen Carpenter's and Luke Kelly's.

*Goes to Google.*

NTM

Orando Broom

Alive but indifferent. First celebgrity death I took note of.... The Rubber Duck's demise in Convoy.

Cú Giobach

Listening to The Clash singing "......now don't look to us, phoney beatlemania has bitten the dust".
Ahh happy days (not JL's death),I've just put on London Calling after thinking about that, good music never dies. :cool:

Was pretty shocked to hear the news though. Not my style but he was a great singer/songwriter.

mike65

In the kitchen about to eat Weetabix

pickarooney

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Pumping a saffron sheet of soft shíte into my cloth nappy.(Probably)

I always assumed you were older for some reason. Although maybe you are...

marwelie

I was 7 and, like Mike 65, was eating my breakfast, listening to Radio 2 on a little brown box radio. I knew his name, knew he was famous but didn't know why.

30 years later I'm a huge Beatle fan.

I was minus 5

sensibleken

Has anyone made the "why. What are you accusing me of" joke yet?

Minstrel27

I was 7 months old at the time. No idea what I would have been doing. Sleeping perhaps.

DublinWriter

On being told of Elvis' death John Lennon reportedly said "Elvis died when he joined the army".

orourkeda

A Nice Cup Of Tea wrote: »

30 years tomorrow.

I was only a kid in school at the time but I remember my father being very upset that day as he was a Beatles maniac. They says its the "JFK moment" of the music world so where you on the 8-12-80?

I was probably listening to a police record.

Probably a touch of the aul regatta de blanc. Not bad for a 3 year old.

orourkeda

bluewolf wrote: »

I was minus 5

I was minus eight last night