It seems like yesterday. I can remember the day after John Lennon was killed in New York City. I was working at an advertising agency in London, Ont., called Group Graphics.
The radio station played Lennon's music. Some people said it was the day the music died, but that was borrowed. It was certainly the day the optimism of the '60s and the fool-hardiness of the disco '70s died.
One of the graphic artists I worked with, who was English, took the day off to mourn the loss of Lennon.
For boomers like myself, it shocking to think 30 years ago have passed since we heard the news.
I recommend several Lennon films that have been released recently including Nowhere Boy and LENNONNYC (shown on PBS recently).
This is my review of Nowhere Boy, which played at Cinefest in September.
I loved the movie. The music is mostly 50s American blues and early rock 'n' roll, the music Lennon listened to. Songs by Lennon's bands were performed by the Nowhere Boys Band, but I thought that may have been Lennon's voice on Maggie May (the original seaman's song). According to the movie, the sea shanty was the song sang by the Quarrymen at their first performance.
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