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Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Lennon Crypto sent me a link to an article by Roger Ebert written on December 8, 1980. The day the music died, as Time magazine called it. It was one of several articles recalling that day. Where people were and how they felt when they learned of Lennon's death. I was alive already then. I was turning 7 that month. But, of course, I didn't even know about it. I was too preoccupied by my...oh, i don't know, i suppose my toys back then. Or our yard, my friends, and patintero. But, of course I had heard of Lennon already then. My tito played his cassette tapes all the time. At a young age, I was already familiar with Double Fantasy. I especially liked Yoko's song "I'm Your Angel" because it sounded so silly and trilly. It was a song all Lennon fans would not even try to like because it was by Yoko. Other favorites were, of course, "(Just Like) Starting Over" and "Woman." Reading Eberts article made me...sad. And curiously envious of their generation's tragedy. It's weird but I envy those who felt the tragedy at the time it happened. It's my pop-culture sensibilities, I suppose. But, on the other hand, I can also claim that I was affected by his songs. Growing up to his music, you sort of see the tracks as the music of your childhood. And I had quite a nice childhood, thank you. Rediscovering Lennon's music as I got older, I began to appreciate it in a different way. His words were soothing, disturbing, but, for me, all the time true. Sometimes, they can be very hopeful, but at the time I was the hopeful young fan. I began to add more Lennon tracks to my favorites: "How Do You Sleep?" and "Watching the Wheels" and "Instant Karma." Maybe, on the lowest level, I just really like how his voice sounds. And how his words were strung together. I don't think the music affected me on a deeper level than that. I wasn't really your usual rebel kid who took refuge in music. I had my rebellious moments, but I was generally a happy kid. I read the Time article when I was in high school already and it made me cry. But, it wasn't just the death that made me cry. It's not just the tragedy that I envy. It's more of the glory of the times and the music before the tragedy happened. The tragedy only validates the importance of the life before it. And I wasn't there. When I came to, Lennon was already saying the dream is over.
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