Where were you 25 yrs ago today ?

Actually it was the 8th wasn't it?

... and I was a 12 year old bass playing Beatles Fan. I didn't hear till the next day... and don't really remember any details other than my Mother and Aunt cried a lot that Holiday season

 

About three months from my parents makin' me.

 

I was 9 years old and living in the UK at the time (Leeds).

I didn't know who John Lennon was at the time, but I felt the weirdest vibe in the air. The radio stations were playing Instant Karma NONSTOP.

In school, the british kids couldn't believe I didn't know who John Lennon was. Well, the two or three who gave others a hard time for anything. Hey, I was 9 and from Brazil, what did they expect?

 

Lennon's murder was 25 years ago this Thursday, December 8th.
I was in eighth grade. My homeroom teacher was a real cool guy, a former biker and big rock-n-roll fan, and I remember him being shellshocked when he walked in the morning after the shooting.

 

I was a Junior in HS and was probably doing my homework.

 

I was three..
..or as I would have put it back then, three dollars..

 

I was 6 years away from being born.

 

I was enjoying my vacation time after successfully finishing my 8th grade. A big picture of John Lennon appeared in all the newspapers. I knew the Beatles because one of my uncles had a copy of the American version of "A Hard Day's Night" and I loved that record when I was a kid, but that was my only knowledge about The Beatles at the time, aside from a Spanish-sung version of "Yellow Submarine" and the recent McCartney hit "Coming Up" from "McCartney II" (BTW, that tune really made me jump from my seat every time I heard it and still like it. I don't know why it seems to be so obscure nowadays). John Lennon's death coverage was what got me really interested on The Beatles. My first purchases were the "1962-1966" and "1967-1970" compilations and after that I became a true Beatles fan.

 

swimming around in my dad's .... erh... wait... nope, not even that yet

 

I was 19 and still p/o'd he let Yoko have a whole album side. (Remeber Albums?)

 

wasnt born then

 

It's December 8.

I was at home watching Monday Night Football on TV when Howard Cosell started mentioning something about "an unspeakable tragedy." Knowing his flair for the dramatic I wondered, "oh, what is it, Howard? Toupée World is closing?" Then he said that John Lennon was shot in front of his New York apartment and was dead on arrival at the hospital. I was incredibly saddened and dumbstruck at that news. Why? Who the hell would kill John Lennon, I wondered?

 

I was just wondering, on the official John Lennon site, it says that he was murdered on the 8th, not the 5th. Either or, he should be commemorated, because he was such an amazing musician.

 

I still had to wait 10 years to get born...

 

I think the confussion is the fact that it was Monday, Dec 8th 1980

today is the Monday it happened... it just fell on the 5th this year.

 

I was a junior in high school. I wasn't much of a Beatles fan back then, but if you had told me that Geddy Lee died under similar circumstances I would have cried like a baby.

 

I was a sophmore in high school. I was at home, probably not doing my homework.