It has been 30 years since John Lennon was tragically cut short. On December 8th, 1980 the Beatles band member was shot in the back four times. One of music most talented songwriters was lost that day.
As a tribute to Lennon, Rolling Stone has devoted their final issue of 2010 to the slain Beatle. The mag used an interview Jonathan Cott nabbed just three days before he was killed in New York. Parts of that interview hit the magazine in January of 1981. The rest of the 9 hours of the sit down with John sat undisturbed since.
“Earlier this year I was cleaning up to find some files in the recesses of my closet when I came across two cassette tapes marked ‘John Lennon, December 5th, 1980.’ It had been 30 years since I listened to them, and when I put them on, this totally alive, uplifting voice started speaking on this magical strip of magnetic tape.”
On Friday the mag will hit stands and explore the lost tape and its contents. Some it the mag shares is eerie in the sense of Lennon’s plans and view of the music market after his 5 year hiatus…
“What they want is dead heroes, like Sid Vicious and James Dean,” Lennon says. “I’m not interested in being a dead fucking hero…so forget ‘em, forget ‘em.”
Beyond that sadness grows as he talks about having time on his side and a return to touring wouldn’t be out of the question.
“We just might do it,” he said. “But there will be no smoke bombs, no lipstick, no flashing lights. It just has to be comfy. But we could have a laugh. We’re born-again rockers, and we’re starting over…There’s plenty of time, right? Plenty of time.”
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John Lennon Quotes
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”
“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”
“For those of you in the cheap seats I’d like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry!”
“When you’re drowning you don’t think, ‘I would be incredibly pleased if someone would notice I’m drowning and come and rescue me.’ You just scream.”
“Music is everybody’s business. It’s only the publishers who think people own it”
“Possession isn’t nine-tenths of the law. It’s nine-tenths of the problem.”
“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.”
John Lennon – Imagine
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John Lennon – “Imagine” Lyrics
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as oneImagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
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