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Comment by Imagine01 on May 13, 2009 at 5:13pm

John Lennon Forever ;-)

Comment by Narda on September 10, 2008 at 10:43pm

John's Own Words About the Day He Met Paul

"There was a friend of mine called Ivan who lived at the back of my house and he went to the same school as Paul McCartney -- The Liverpool Institute High School. It was through Ivan that I first met Paul. Seems that he knew Paul was always dickering around in music and thought that he would be a good lad to have in the group.
So one day when we were playing at Woolton he brought him along. We can both remember it quite well. We've even got the date down. It was June 15th 1955. The Quarrymen were playing on a raised platform and there was a good crowd because it was a warm sunny day.
I'd been kingpen up to then. Now, I thought, if I take him on, what will happen? But he was good. He also looked like Elvis.
I had a group, I was the singer and the leader; I met Paul and made a decsion whether to -- and he made a descion too -- have him in the group; was it better to have a guy who was better than the people I had in, obviously, or not? To make the group stronger or to let me be stronger? That decision was to let Paul in and make the group stronger."

Comment by Narda on September 9, 2008 at 11:57pm

Here's something from Paul McCartney

"In Liverpool" from
Blackbird Singing
Poems and Lyrics, 1965-1999


I spent my early life in Liverpool
Something I'm not likely to forget
People blend with places
Faces that I know but never met

Upstairs on a bus behind a man
Talking to himself or so it seemed
Repeating names of old comedians
And laughing at them...

Down the pierhead where the preachers met
Each of them his own imagined crowd
Giving us his version of the book
That God has written...

In a house before they built the road
Raising jam jars for a worthy cause
Prince the dog with one eye to his name
Wants to follow...

By the sports field of the Institute
Lives Soft Sid the harmless village fool
Greeting kids who pass the other side
Saying Hello Children...

Listening to the bin man holding court
Promising to buy a brand new bike
King of little children for a day
He gives them money...

Walking with the boys of Dungeon Lane
Aimlessly towards a muddy shore
Telling tales about the Chinese farm
And getting captured...

I spent my early life in Liverpool
Something I'm not likely to forget
People blend with places
And the faces that I know but never met

In Liverpool.

Copyright © 2001 Paul McCartney

Comment by Woody Lifton on September 9, 2008 at 10:17pm

Check out this book. I have been asked to review it and I find it to be a funny and enjoyable read.

Comment by Paola Harrsion :) on September 9, 2008 at 9:06pm

By the way, poetry and other kind of written tributes are welcome too :)

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