Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes
John Lennon, of course. Lucy in the Sky.
Meter to me is unattainable. I can hear it, I’m sure I like it, I just can’t grasp it. It would take a whole lot of focus and concentration for me to get it. Hence, I leave it to the professionals.
John Lennon would have been 81 tomorrow, and Lucy in the Sky begins with one of my favorite lines of all time.
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It’s a total crime how John died. My sister and I cried when we heard of the coward shooting him. Still cranks me off to this day…
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I still remember learning about it…in disbelief. It seemed like a point when he had really gotten his life together.
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It was so sensless! He had his problems like all people do but why? So evil.
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Yes.
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👌👌👌✒Don’t let me down…don’t let me down…
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Thanks for the reminder about John’s birthday. I can’t even imagine what else he would have done with his life.
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One of those who was taken too soon.
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Eighty-one! Gone way too soon and far too young.
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Yes. He had many years left to make good use of his talent.
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Sigh.
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So sad he was murdered..such and amazing musician. LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS. ♥
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Yes, such a sad ending.
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He was taken too soon. I can remember seeing it on the news .I was so shocked and saddened . Lennon and McCartney were brilliant in their creativity.
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Me too. It was years after the Kennedys and MLK, but I remember feeling like it was more of that senselessness.
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I think a lot of people don’t realise the talent involved in song writing 🙂
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I can only imagine. All the parts have to work together to convey a message, a feeling, whatever.
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Miss him. Thanks for sharing.
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It felt good to remember how talented he was. Thanks for commenting.
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I stumbled across (quite literally) a baby snapping turtle on a morning walk after hearing that the Lucy in Lucy in the Sky had just died. So when I picked up the little turtle I named it Lucy. As it got bigger we discovered that it was male so we changed its name to Lucky – in lucky I didn’t step on him. We kept him until he was big enough to release, a little over a year. He was quite a character, too. He would get so excited when we walked in the room. Just wanted to share. I miss Lucky. I like the first line of this song, too. Lennon had a huge influence on me, and my poetry I think. Thanks for posting this.
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A sweet story. I didn’t know that ‘Lucy’ has died. Thanks for taking the time and sharing….
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She was quite young, I think. She had a genetic disease. She was a friend of Julian’s; they went to kindergarten together. But then there is a huge psychedelia feel to it.
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Very sad. (I googled it, and apparently Julian and she were friends again before she died. There is something special about that.)
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Reblogged this on etikser and commented:
Choose your favorite Beatles / John Lennon song. And celebrate the inspiration.
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This title caught my attention because yesterday was my birthday and we always play that song and for some reason forgot to yesterday. I’ll have to do it today. Peace.
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Well, by all means, birthday greetings to you!
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