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John Lennon 1940-1980

Dec 08, 2013 04:48

Today is a very sad and reflective day for a few of us here at cinematixyz. Most of us happen to be huge Beatle fans, especially Lennon, and today is the day we lost him all those years ago. I was in diapers. One of us was a young teenager. One wasn't even born yet. I am not even sure how the fourth member of OUR group feels about him but for at ( Read more... )

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carbonpaper December 8 2013, 12:56:05 UTC

I've thought of that already, I think probably when I turned 27 too. How much they had all accomplished by about that age. John means a whole lot to me. Well, the Beatles do too, but just especially. Lovely little tribute today. :)

Looking forward to the Backbeat review. I was really surprised by how much I loved that movie.

I love your Icon with May Pang =) cinematixyz December 8 2013, 17:50:36 UTC

Yes I loved Backbeat...plus, we got to see Sheryl Lee half Naked, which I mean, we did as Laura Palmer, but as Astrid...was somehow sexier. Stuart and Astrid: one of the great love stories of all time... Did you know that after they were engaged and he died, she has NEVER married?!?! It's almost like she knows he was her one shot..one soul mate, and with him gone, why bother looking. She had a lover. He was just gone, that's all. Romantic yet O so sad.

And Stephan Dorff did an EXACT Stuart...that you see him playing Candy Darling from the Warhol Factory and you are totally blown !!

Re: I love your Icon with May Pang =) carbonpaper December 9 2013, 04:00:00 UTC

Thanks! :)

Yeah that is definitely sad and romantic. I love their story. Yeah, he was really good in it!

Re: I love your Icon with May Pang =) cinematixyz December 9 2013, 11:45:57 UTC

But when you watch him play Stu back to back with The Transvestite QUEEN, Candy Darling or to see Sheryl play Astrid back to back with Laura Palmer (I think 'Fire Walk with Me' was the project she has JUST BEFORE playing Astrid), you can see and appreciate how talented they both were. Also, someone mentioned somewhere about the "Linda McCartney" story and I just wanted to point out they used the same actor to play Paul as was in 'Backbeat'..he was just older, as Paul would have been in a story about Linda ( ... )

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captainsblog December 8 2013, 14:20:31 UTC

I've told this story in my own journal several times, but it's always fitting on this day ( ... )

cinematixyz December 8 2013, 17:45:52 UTC

Thank You, that was lovely honey.

Zuzu

jem_endured_fit December 8 2013, 14:30:00 UTC

We could all use a lot more Lennon to guide us.

cinematixyz December 8 2013, 17:51:28 UTC

Ain't it the Truth...

barush December 8 2013, 15:20:40 UTC

I wasn't even born yet when John died and it still makes me cry to think about it. I grew up listening to the Beatles, thanks to my parents, and they're still one of my favourite bands.

cinematixyz December 8 2013, 18:09:29 UTC

I was 15..16 months... I became a fan at 5 or 6 and Beatle people (at conventions, at a show, on the street) were amazed at what a Beatle prodigy I was. I learned everything there was to know and by ten, had every Album, lots of books, all the movies. So Imagine my surprised when I was given "Imagine" The documentary, not the film John and Yoko made when at the end he dies ( ... )

From R cinematixyz December 8 2013, 19:52:30 UTC

I am the baby of the group, and wasn't quite a twinkle in my parents eye when John Lennon was killed, but The Beatles are a staple in my family. Sgt. Pepper's and the White Album were on constant rotation in the car when I was a kid (with Fleetwood Mac and Robert Palmer), and I had the luck of having a music teacher in middle school do a whole unit on The Beatles.

My family tends more toward Paul (Maybe I'm Amazed is my parents wedding dance song) and George, so I've never had a huge attachment to John, other than knowing he was part of something truly amazing. I remember being upset when George died (because I remember that) and if I get the chance to watch Paul on anything (Graham Norton, concert) I will take it.

I've thought about getting a copy of Nowhere Boy to review here (deals with a fictionalized account of some of the drama of John's childhood), but I'd love to hear from anyone who has seen it, if it's worth the watch.

Re: From R cinematixyz December 9 2013, 03:21:28 UTC

Xim sent 'Nowhere Boy' to Y and I but we haven't gotten to it yet =(

When George died I was...hmmm...18ish.. And I was so sad. He was my second fave and I bought up every magazine cover and there were like 25. But I had to have them all. It was so horrible. I mean, he had just lived through getting stabbed, Olivia Harrison beating the intruder over the head, then to lose him that way...

But have you seen his son, Dhani?? DROOL OMG, he is like physically perfect... other than my sweet Yearrgsworth, of course.

Of course, you need paul and Ringo or it just wouldn't have worked..musically, or personality wise. I love Paul's music and Solo stuff, but as a person and also musically, I am drawn to George after John. Yet without a doubt, that band had the right parts, in the right places, at the right time to make magic we will never see again.

Zuzu