tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962663674229618682.post3076524679746179408..comments2024-02-15T02:30:28.535-05:00Comments on Fourth Grade Nothing: The Day My Mom CriedAllyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076912971009055017noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962663674229618682.post-24482923597980899962009-12-09T03:17:48.311-05:002009-12-09T03:17:48.311-05:00I guess we all see the world through our own eyes,...I guess we all see the world through our own eyes, don't we?<br /><br />I don't mean to belittle your childhood experience as seeing uncertainty in our parents' eyes for the first time IS a devastating experience...<br /><br />But Lennon's death was not a really important event in the grand scheme of things, and using the word assassination for a musician seems to lower the rarefied position that word holds.<br /><br />John, I'm afraid, almost asked to be done in years and years earlier as he never knew when to shut up and just sing, a common ego fallacy to which many celebrities fall prey. That just because they can sing a song, we, then all of a sudden, should listen to their political approach on Life as well.<br /><br />Do not put John on a pedestal he does not deserve Ally, and take a page from Elvis Presley's book. <br /><br />When asked of his opinion on anything NOT related to music, he would always be the wise gentleman and say, "I'm just a musician, so I'll keep my opinions to myself." <br /><br />Now there was a smart man, Ally!<br /><br />What was mourned that cold night in New York was NOT the man himself but the lifestyle he represented to millions of Hippie's and Hippie wannabes from a long passed generation. They were mourning the fantasy of the Peace & Love Generation which, by the way, John was far too rich to ever be apart.<br /><br />John started out fighting, it seemed, for the working class, when he and Paul started up their band in Liverpool and ended up being a huge, rich hypocrite to that class.<br /><br />Ally, I am NOT dissing your great post nor your very valid childhood experience but I am questioning the experience your Mother had that surpassed that of just a music fan.<br /><br />John F. Kennedy was assassinated; John Lennon was just killed, an ending we, who saw him evolve, all knew would be his fate sooner or later, thanks to his big mouth and his bigger ego.<br /><br />Sorry to be the downer in the group, Ally. My apologies,<br /><br />MsBurb<br />High Chief Mucky Muck of<br /><br />Burb's Buck & Buntline Inn (B3) <br /><br />http://burbsbuckandbuntlineinn.blogspot.com/<br /><br />2nd Official Tate-LaBianca Murders Blog (TLB2) <br /><br />http://2ndofficialtate-labiancamurdersblog.blogspot.com/B.J. Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327228353707623497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962663674229618682.post-68997487242717545382009-12-08T18:52:46.094-05:002009-12-08T18:52:46.094-05:00Ally, hi there girl, my what a lovely post. we all...Ally, hi there girl, my what a lovely post. we all react to those situations differently and your mom was right. I remember when Kennedy was shot, yeah I know I am an old man, old hippie too.<br />So, any way I saw you post on the thread in the coffee shop.<br />Always remember, we ALL want to be read, and we All want to know we are read. You write much better than I do.<br />I have been blogging since august, i have three sites now, why, I don't know. Come by, get my email, and I'll give you some proven tips.<br />See you soon.<br />BIG HUGSplainolebobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899219272697255107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962663674229618682.post-47949858085158231962009-12-06T21:19:33.081-05:002009-12-06T21:19:33.081-05:00I wasn't old enough to remember my parents'...I wasn't old enough to remember my parents' reaction to the news (although neither one of them were really big Beatles fans). But I have to share my birthday with John Lennon's death day. Bummer.RainyDaySaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132492632322814192noreply@blogger.com