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BigmanPigman

(52,259 posts) Fri Dec 8, 2023, 07:28 PM Dec 2023

Dec 8th, Jim Morrison was born, John Lennon died.

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Dec 8th, Jim Morrison was born, John Lennon died. (Original Post) BigmanPigman Dec 2023 OP

Many thanks for remembering these 2 giants! Luv both & appalachiablue Dec 2023 #1

I just got that album out BigmanPigman Dec 2023 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author appalachiablue Dec 2023 #3

I purposely decided NOT to go to The Dakota BigmanPigman Dec 2023 #4

Not anytime around the time of the incident, I appalachiablue Dec 2023 #5

I finally went to the IMAGINE spot BigmanPigman Dec 2023 #6

appalachiablue

(42,908 posts)

1. Many thanks for remembering these 2 giants! Luv both &

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Fri Dec 8, 2023, 07:35 PM

Dec 2023

thought of John today. ☮

- BBC News archive, interview with John Lennon in 1975 about possibly working with The Beatles again, Dec, 8, 2023

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231206-john-lennon-if-we-got-in-the-studio-together-and-turned-each-other-on-again-then-it-would-be-worth-it

BigmanPigman

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2. I just got that album out

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 8, 2023, 07:39 PM

Dec 2023

and lit a candle. I was in college in NYC when it happened and the whole floor of the art students' apartments were waiting in line to use the payphone. It was our "John Kennedy moment". I wore black for a month.

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BigmanPigman

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4. I purposely decided NOT to go to The Dakota

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 8, 2023, 08:48 PM

Dec 2023

There was too much commotion and I felt I needed to be alone, listen to his music and grieve in my apt. It was a very difficult time for me since I was a huge Beatles fan. All my friends called me in the days afterwards, knowing I'd be hit hard.

appalachiablue

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5. Not anytime around the time of the incident, I

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 8, 2023, 11:17 PM

Dec 2023

was thinking that we could have driven by the building years later when the hurt of his loss wasn't so new.

BigmanPigman

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6. I finally went to the IMAGINE spot

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 12:49 AM

Dec 2023

in Central Park in 1993.

I just watched the beginning of Rosemary's Baby again, just to see the gorgeous Dakota interiors and the courtyard.

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