Where were You on 12/8/80????

[reeshy]

I remember when John was killed......I was working an anti-crime unit in lower manhattan that night......we heard the call of shot;s fired up near Central Park.....we moved up there to be nosy.....then I talked to one of the uniforms and found out the DOA was john......where were you that night???

[J.Clints]

Yet to be born........Probably being created.

[reeshy]

Yea....I'm an old fuck!!!!!

[PapaBear]

I saw most of the first half of the game. Just as the blackout started, my dad made me go to bed. I found out John was dead at the bus stop, the next day.

I wanted to beat up the fucktard who laughed about it in shop class. I did end up fighting him, but not that day. Though I've been in many fights since then, I can't really recall a more recent time I've actually put my fist to a face.

[reeshy]

Be good, papa bear!!!!!

[PapaBear]

Be good, papa bear!!!!!
You warm my heart, reeshy!

[reeshy]

I try!!!!! Just ask Mikeyboy!!!!!!!

[DonInNC]

I was in the sixth grade. I couldn't figure out why someone would assassinate a singer.

[reeshy]

All I know is that when I went home......I told my wife ...and cried!!!!!

[Fallon]

Shitting in my diaper at three weeks old.

[furie]

watching TV. I was 6 and we were off from school. The news broke in about the shooting so i got up, woke my older sister, and told her that "they killed that guy she liked."

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I was in the 8th grade at the time!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was sitting in my room watching TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[King Hippos Bandaid]

I was enjoying my gifts from my 3rd birthday in November

:king:

[WhistlePig]

I heard he was shot before I went to bed the night before. When I woke up for school I turned on the radio and heard he was dead. I just layed there for several minutes in disbelief. Then went to school to hear the rednecks laugh about it.

[ChimneyFish]

That's really strange.
Even though I was only three, about to turn four in the coming month, I don't have a single memory of that day.
I remember other bits and pieces from when I was very young.
My parents were never into the Beatles, but that was a big moment in history.
Ood.

[Fat_Sunny]

F_S Was Lying In Bed Listening To The Radio In His Apartment In PortChester, NY, Where He Lived At The Time.

Having Grown Up With The Beatles As Reeshy Had Too, F_S Also Cried, For The First Time In Many Years.

[Kevin]

Shitting in my diaper at three weeks old.

This has changed how??

[A.J.]

I was in 5th grade. I remember the huge headline on the morning paper and my music teacher, who met and did studio time with John, being catatonic during class that day.

[El Mudo]

I'm still Shitting in my diaper at twenty-six years old.


Fixed it for ya

[FezPaul]

I was watching the game when Cosell made the announcement.

[Don Stugots]

i was in 2nd grade.

[waltermitty]

I was 6 months from being concieved.....

But a twinkle of a twinkle of a twinkle in my daddy's eye......

[JPMNICK]

not born yet for me either

[drjoek]

In my college dorm watching MNF and "studying" when it came on. I was a college DJ on WSHL FM and played imagine and give peace a chance dozens of times my next show

[sr71blackbird]

I was 15, so maybe 8th grade? I remember hearing about it, but it did not effect me deeply, I guess I didn't care about that kind of music at that point.

[Don Stugots]

in all honesty, will anyone care in ten years?

[sr71blackbird]

I doubt it. But I meet people periodically (hippies) who talk about how it was a blow to them. It didn't bother me, but I can understand it.

[Fat_Sunny]

in all honesty, will anyone care in ten years?

Reeshy And F_S And The Rest Of The Boomers Will Always Remember This!

[DolaMight]

I can't confirm this but I believe I shit my pants that day. Pampers actually. Maybe Huggies.

[JustJon]

In first grade, oblivious to who John Lennon was or that he had died.

[PapaBear]

in all honesty, will anyone care in ten years?

Reeshy And F_S And The Rest Of The Boomers Will Always Remember This!
Maybe Stugots is saying that, those of us who remember it, will likely be dead in ten years.

[Fat_Sunny]

Maybe Stugots is saying that, those of us who remember it, will likely be dead in ten years.

Naw, He Wouldn't Be That Rude! Based On The Long-Life Genes In His Family, F_S Has Another 50 Years Left. He Has Two Great Aunts Over 100 Still Living!

[drjoek]

Each generation has its musical martyrs I hear people talk about Biggie and Tupac like they were so big ( no pun intended). They don't mean a thing to me

[Fat_Sunny]

Each generation has its musical martyrs I hear people talk about Biggie and Tupac like they were so big ( no pun intended). They don't mean a thing to me

Yep, And Lots Of Gen X'ers Are Still Mourning Kurt Cobain.

[tupper65]

I was 15 and listening to WNEW when they broke into the song (never heard them do that before) and said that a man "believed to be" John Lennon was shot. The second time they broke in. they confirmed it. I'll never forget that

[Don Stugots]

Maybe Stugots is saying that, those of us who remember it, will likely be dead in ten years.

not at all. to me, history not just distorts facts but also thins them. the man's music and words and actions over time will seem less important to the generations that have followed.

[A.J.]

Yep, And Lots Of Gen X'ers Are Still Mourning Kurt Cobain.

Not this one. "Voice of his generation" my ass.

[reeshy]

in all honesty, will anyone care in ten years?

How cruel can you get?????

[sailor]

I was 15, so maybe 8th grade? I remember hearing about it, but it did not effect me deeply, I guess I didn't care about that kind of music at that point.

don't you remember when you graduated 8th grade?

for me i was in 4th grade and heard nary a peep aboot it.