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  @jamesgrange977417 күн бұрын

  When I hear the first few reports at the start, I cant help but think come on John pull through

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  @trusso1178317 күн бұрын

  That’s what I was saying at the time. No one knew how fatal it was at the time. He didn’t stand a chance they used hollow point bullets which shred you so you bleed out.

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  @daveshredmonster217122 күн бұрын

  I was there Memphis show 8/12/1979

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  @user-pz7qu2dg5r2 ай бұрын

  I just turned 17 years old getting ready for bed listening to the radio Monday Night Football then I heard the news I started to cry went downstairs to see my dad and we were in shock so sad I’ll never forget RIP J L now I’m 60

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  @Juno_Beach2 ай бұрын

  WE WAS RED ZONE !! YES

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  @MultiSuperguy1014 ай бұрын

  Lennon’s death along with Elvis, Freddie Mercury, and Michael Jackson were without a doubt the saddest and most devastating musician deaths in history.

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  @artyanthony16824 ай бұрын

  I was listening to WPLJ when the announcement was made... im having flashbacks of doing my homework listening to music (WPLJ was my favorite)then mark says" omg john lennon has been shot". Hearing this im a kid again totally disillusioned to johns murder

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  @darrensmith49444 ай бұрын

  Her gorgeous curly hair is EVERYTHING!

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  @SongSwan6 ай бұрын

  Remember it well,sitting in a run down apartment watching a 12 inch B/W TV when Howard Cosell made the announcement.

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  @commercialzone41416 ай бұрын

  Thank you for this important piece of music history.

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  @RogerPeet6 ай бұрын

  I heard about this from the car radio, on the freeway. The DJ said, "Some wacko emptied a gun into John Lennon tonight" 'emptied a gun' I violently pulled over and went into shock. I saw The Beatles, live, on my 9th B-day ! Aug 1965 Portland OR I imagined John as my older brother, being in the same 'room' and all, we made a connection.

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  @jchow59666 ай бұрын

  I eas 16 and had posters of him and the Beatles all over my bedroom wall when this happened. I was devastated I still miss him but i am glad I got to be alive when he was alive. He was so funny,positive and brilliant. ☮️💟☮️💟☮️💟

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  @jchow59666 ай бұрын

  So sad. I will never forget that terrible day.

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  @malibupromqueen6 ай бұрын

  4:06 awww

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  @eaaivazian6 ай бұрын

  I was FIVE when John was murdered. But it affected me BIG-TIME. I had been listening to Beatles records since before I can literally remember. On December 24, 1979 (we celebrate on Xmas Eve since my family is Swedish), my parents got me the REVOLVER album. It fascinated me. It is (to this day) my favorite Beatles album. JUST UNDER ONE YEAR LATER, I woke up (December 9, 1980) to a pre-winter's day. My parents had decided NOT to tell me that John was dead. (They thought that telling me that John was murdered would upset & scare me too much...I WAS only five.) But I clearly remember a few of my teachers around my Kindergarten class being teary and upset that next morning. Finally, that night, my parents could not avoid it. We would watch the Network news every single night...and they had to let me see it. I CRIED. I did not understand. As such a young child, seeing that my hero had died, I could only ask my parents, "The news said that the guy who killed him was a Beatles fan. Why would a Beatles fan kill a Beatle?" And my dad could only answer: "He was crazy." It confused me. I simply COULD NOT understand why this had happened or why this man would do such a horrible thing. JOHN HAD A SON EXACTLY MY AGE!!! I still don't understand.

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  @chriscampanozzi65167 ай бұрын

  God bless John Lennon's family.

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  @nuwavedave7 ай бұрын

  I was visiting friends in Los Angeles when the news came over the radio. I had recently recorded at Warner Brothers, backing a musician friend named John Dunn. He was the very embodiment of John Lennon - including his music style. At first I thought the radio reported that John Dunn was killed. Then I realized it was John Lennon. A week later, John Dunn was coming home from the Lennon vigil in LA. The car he was riding in rounded a blind mountain curve and slammed into a car wreck. The passenger door flung open, and John flew off a cliff - where he died immediately. It was spooky.

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  @michaelanthony3867 ай бұрын

  A caller requested "The Tide is High" by Blondie.... ironically Sean Lennon said that his father loved that song and would sing it to him. 😔

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  @trusso117837 ай бұрын

  I never knew that. Thank you for sharing. Today is the miserable day.

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  @bluesrocker915 күн бұрын

  I thought 'Riders on the Storm' coming on near the start was quite a creepy coincidence too, considering the lyrics...

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  @kurikokaleidoscope7 ай бұрын

  ▫️◽ AWESOME

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  @user-bx1fg5ii8m7 ай бұрын

  We were in the 18th row ground floor seats and almost half the time I was small enough and light enough people were letting me up on their shoulders I don't think you could get any closer than four or five rows the aisle was closed off and people were letting me sit up on their shoulders and take pictures and then these m************ over at the photo mat you remember those little huts My dad bought like blew his f****** gaskets because I dropped off three rolls of film as something like 50 pictures taken at that concert and the m************ at the photo hut stole them they developed two pictures out of 50 pictures and the rest were blanks like they just stole my f****** film and that was the great last real tour to me when Chris still had their makeup the costumes the whole big circus top show like that was one of the last tours they really did the big production and it was just f****** incredible I mean I was 11 years old and I just like tried pod a few times and there was so much pot smoke in that place that I was high the entire time

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  @user-bx1fg5ii8m7 ай бұрын

  I have been looking forever My aunt is dead now and she took me for my 11th birthday to the dynasty tour live in Chicago amphitheater and I have looked and looked over the years to try to find that very concert that was the very first concert I ever went to and they had Judas priest for opening act

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  @latenightlogic7 ай бұрын

  I like to delude myself listening to the early stuff here and think it’ll be ok and we’re just waiting for the news saying he’s ok.

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  @trusso117837 ай бұрын

  Yeah. The few minutes still held some hope that he would be ok. But he never stood a chance. Sad.

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  @robertpalin21617 ай бұрын

  I was 9 years old and had become a CNN junkie for a while. I got up early before school the morning after, turned on the TV and heard the news. I didn't really know much about John Lennon, but I remember being shocked and saddened. At 9 years old, I couldn't imagine how someone could kill anyone in such a manner, let alone a celebrity. I still feel the same way at 52 years old. Continue to RIP Mr Lennon.

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  @robertpalin21617 ай бұрын

  That's the Mark Goodman that later went on to become a MTV VJ?

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  @trusso117837 ай бұрын

  He was a DJ on WPLJ in NY at the time. He would be on MTV in 8 months as one of the original VJs. He was very shaken up.

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  @razorramona99637 ай бұрын

  Wow I was watching Monday Night Football with my dad, I was 14. I had just bought Double Fantasy a week prior. Felt like a sucker punch to the gut. I didn't go to school the next day, stayed up all night listening to BBC on short wave. Like Gifford said, it really did shake up the world 😪

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  @bobma63426 ай бұрын

  I was in the bathroom getting ready to brush my teeth and I turned on the radio and I heard the announcer say in mid-sentence, "Ennon was shot in New York City." I remember thinking, "Ennon? Who's Ennon?" Then he repeated it and I turned on the Monday Night Football game because Nightline would be on soon. It would have much more coverage than the local news. The game went into overtime, so Nightline would have to wait. Howard Cosell confirmed it. I will never forget the chill I had down my spine when I heard him say, "Dead on arrival." I never experienced it before or since.

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  @SleazyBoy19908 ай бұрын

  Wow!!!! Amazing

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  @observatoriogeral94568 ай бұрын

  Este dia mudou a minha vida. Os Beatles me acompanham desde então. Eu tinha 14 anos e nunca mais os abandonei.

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  @martienvankessel44668 ай бұрын

  She sounds amazing👏👍

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  @vincijuju8 ай бұрын

  I came here hoping to find out what song was playing when the announcement of the shooting was made, right in the middle of the song. I was a high school sophomore doing homework in my room, listening to 'PLJ, which was a fantastic rock station at the time (pre-internet and cell phone, radio was everything). Once I heard Lennon was dead, I went downstairs and asked my parents if they knew who John Lennon was (of course they did). The next day at school, most of my young teachers who grew up on Beatles music -- who worshipped the Beatles -- were clearly devastated.

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  @trusso117838 ай бұрын

  The chances of hearing a recording is nearly impossible. You would have needed a random person to have recorded WPLJ on any ordinary night and then still have that recording 43 years later. There may be a recording of it WPLJ archives if it even exists

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  @93seronica8 ай бұрын

  I was born 13 years later so I obviously don’t remember it but I’m doing research on what happened that night and I even visited the Dakota building in July.

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  @TheHeavensFellen8 ай бұрын

  What a treasure, i mean i bet it was quite hard to sit thru this when it occurred yet i bet most desired to hear WHY this craziness did occur and WHO could do such a dirty act as they say shooting him in the back but today we know Lennon was assassinated from the front this ever so valuable home recording is rife with references to the shots to the chest. An incredible presentation which had a great story of how you saved and converted this audio file over the years. Can I ask are there any stops in this record or is it just all one piece and they did forgo the commercial breaks? I get it now the music is cut out so i presume you took out commercials as well

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  @trusso117838 ай бұрын

  As soon as I heard the news that he was shot by a friend who called me on the phone, I ran to the tv and radio and stuck an 8 track tape in and recorded. Why? I don't know. I was in shock and did not think for a second he would be dead. Once they said he was dead, I knew it was going to be a long night. Every radio station played non stop Beatles songs and people were calling in and crying as well as the DJs. I didn't sleep all night. Years later, I recorded the 8 track tape to a cassette recorder by simply holding the mic up to a speaker. That is why it is distorted in the beginning. If I had the ability to copy from 8 track to cassette directly, the sound would be perfect. I was young and didn't realize stuff like this back then. I am not sure what you mean by "now we know he was shot from the front." I never heard this. Witnesses saw MDC drop to combat stance from the street area and shoot John in the back about 4 times. Those facts do not change. Maybe you are confusing this with JFK's assassination, where witnesses claim there were shots from the front.

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  @BeeApple-sr3db9 ай бұрын

  I miss Sam Goody..

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  @doubledrats2359 ай бұрын

  December 8 is my mother’s birthday as well as singer Jim Morrison’s birthday. On December 8, 1980, I was a 20 year old college student in NYC listening to FM radio at night in my dorm room. I thought it was Carole Miller on WPLJ but I’m a little fuzzy on that memory. Probably WPLJ. Or was it WNEW or WLIR? They were playing a Doors rock block to honor Jim Morrison. I hit the head down the hall and maybe took a shower. When I came back to my room they were playing Beatles music. I wondered what happened to The Doors songs and then they announced that John Lennon was dead. I was shocked like so many other students up and down the hall in my dorm at SUNY Maritime. Every room was playing a radio with John Lennon’s music.

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  @Every-picture-tells-a-story9 ай бұрын

  Paul did not have not anything to say other then, it’s a Drag.

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  @trusso117839 ай бұрын

  I’ll cut him a break. He was in shock. I remember being outraged at his reply at the time too.

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  @lindaslattery83417 ай бұрын

  He had literally JUST found out hours earlier. He was still in shock and processing. He had mics shoved in his face and was being asked stupid questions. Give him a break 🙄

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  @MrCaptainBlack110 ай бұрын

  Bad night. Good night John. We have missed you since Dec 8, 1980. Chapman must remain in jail. No mercy. Bad dude.

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  @Mediawatcher202310 ай бұрын

  screw ball lol thats a stupid remark why dont they say mentally ill

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  @MeanMrMayo6 ай бұрын

  Because he deserved zero respect, the NUTJOB.

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  @jamesgriffithsmusic10 ай бұрын

  Moron DJ gets news of the shooting of John Lennon and promptly plays a Rolling Stones record.

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  @janeE01110 ай бұрын

  I decided long ago never to say the killer's name nor watch anything online about him. He got the fame he wanted and the association to John. Let's make him go away.

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  @trusso1178310 ай бұрын

  I understand. But this is a snapshot of time as it happened. We can’t stick our heads in the sand. It happened. Some people want to experience it if they were not around. I am sure they are shocked as I was.

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  @danielscotland197111 ай бұрын

  Thank you for sharing.

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  @layfonzaberwolf27811 ай бұрын

  this is what rob zombie wanted to be.

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  @JAYCEETAYLOR11 ай бұрын

  Hi Tony!

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  @trusso1178311 ай бұрын

  Hey Jay Cee. Lead singer of this great band. This should have been the breakout song. Hope you’re doing well

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  @JAYCEETAYLOR11 ай бұрын

  @@trusso11783 Doing well my friend, loved seeing this!

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  @DavidRichardson9511 ай бұрын

  It's crazy how so much has changed in the last 30 years. But not Mariah though. She's accomplished so much.

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  @elieelias506311 ай бұрын

  What a piece of history you give us here. Thanks my friend.

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  @trusso1178311 ай бұрын

  No problem. It’s too bad it wasn’t a happier event but this is what happened that night right as it happened.

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  @MeanMrMayo6 ай бұрын

  ​@@trusso11783 I thank you for this video. I was 18 that night and a New Yorker, and WPLJ was what I listened to that awful night. Like yourself, THIS was the exact way I followed this event "as it happened". I was listening to Mark Goodman.

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  @franklinestep537411 ай бұрын

  I was watching Monday nite football when Howard cosell announced John Lennon was shot & killed there's. Been only a few times I cried in 1968 when my grandfather died in March Martin Luther King in April & Bobby Kennedy later that year then when Elvis died in Aug of 77 & that night Lennon was killed all those times I'd like to forget 💔 it hurt so much I was an Elvis fan & a Beatles fan & John was my favorite Beatle & I had bought the double fantasy lp 😢😢😢

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  @80sHardRock11 ай бұрын

  Priceless!!!, Genuine & historical material.

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  @80sHardRock11 ай бұрын

  Love this band!!! Thanks buddy.

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  @trusso1178311 ай бұрын

  Got tons more. I am going to take this down and re-edit. I did not realize I was cutting off the tops of their heads when I posted. WIll upload again tonight.

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  @80sHardRock11 ай бұрын

  That would be pretty awesome!

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  @80sHardRock11 ай бұрын

  One of the best top class act of that era.

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  @richardbpuentes11 ай бұрын

  ❤❤❤

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  @Luxuriousaddicted Жыл бұрын

  Why u never walk in front and get your CD signed?

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  @trusso11783 Жыл бұрын

  She did sign my CD. I still have it. I went up twice. Once to sign the New Yorker magazine and once for the cd.

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  @Globalrapture Жыл бұрын

  one of the last real stars who cared about the people and could make a difference ....No Ai can replace or replicate him ever......

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  @TheHeavensFellen8 ай бұрын

  you didn't hear of the guy who bought Lennon's lost tooth so he could try to clone him, but how would a clone have all those memories and trauma that shaped Lennon's mind and instigated him getting his angst out strumming his guitar and later all the self retrospective songs about his pain. But that guy paid a lot of dough for his old tooth... some people.

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  @lindaslattery83417 ай бұрын

  @@TheHeavensFellenWTF!?!

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  @bobma63426 ай бұрын

  ​@@TheHeavensFellensome people are just morbid

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  @MultiSuperguy1014 ай бұрын

  @@TheHeavensFellenSounds like that guy needs to go to an asylum 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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  @NYVoice Жыл бұрын

  The revelations of the past 40 plus years paint a rather different picture as to John's happiness. He may have been ready to move on from Yoko and take more control of his life.

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  @trusso11783 Жыл бұрын

  Yet, he was closer to Yoko than ever at this point and let her have half of the album, something that he had never done before. We will never know. She seems to have had another man living with her as soon as John died. Their relationship is very confusing and complicated. He should have went back to Cyn

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  @lindaslattery83417 ай бұрын

  @@trusso11783why should he have gone back to a woman he wasn’t happy being with? He married her because he HAD to, and they were both very young.