A Serious Question: Was John Lennon Assassinated?

"It was a tragedy of Kerkegaardian pointlessness."

1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, ***as for political reasons***

um, that sounds a little unlikely seeing as sean lennon was 5 years old when his dad died!

Anyone can say that, and still be killed by a loonie - especially someone with a high public profile, since such people are known to draw loonies to them. Besides, wasn't 1980 a bit late for getting rid of this "young radical"?

and thats the truth ruth

I think Sean sounds like a bloke who's got a lot going for him.

ah-ha!

"(Chapman) was no more or less ardent a Beatles/Lennon fan than anyone of his generation. His real rock hero was Todd Rundgren, a cynical studio craftsman who could not be further from Lennon in artistic sensibility."

Todd Rungren in Melody Maker:
"John Lennon ain't no revolutionary. He's a f------- idiot, man. Shouting about revolution and acting like an a__. It just makes people feel uncomfortable.

"All he really wants to do is get attention for himself, and if revolution gets him that attention, he'll get attention through revolution. Hitting a waitress in the Troubador. What kind of revolution is that?

"He's an important figure, sure. But so was Richard Nixon. Nixon was just like another generation's John Lennon. Someone who represented all sorts of ideals, but was out for himself underneath it all."

If I had the time and energy I'd make a conspiracy website about how Todd Rungren plotted the murder of John Lennon and that Todd's falling out with XTC was really because of Andy Partridge discovering old files where Todd explicitly plans John Lennon's murder. If it was chronologically possible I'd say that Making Plans for Nigel was originally called "Making Plans for John" and was about the process that Todd and the Reagan administration were currently in when brainwashing Mark David Chapman to kill Lennon. Turns out Rock and Roll needs more fan-fiction.

if lennon had been killed in 1972 it'd be a bit more likely, but in december 1980

So, Chapman was a little late to work. This brainwashing stuff wasn't an exact science yet you know.

why i be shootin at t-dawg rungen back on 86 was coz i asked him "yo are yo wesside? yo be down with da swindon town?" and he said "yo dawg i be with you cause i am wesside 4 life"

then mah homeboy c-money moulding said "yo a-train that t-dawg aint wesside, that biatch is eastside"

so i goes into that muthafuckas studio and shoot up da place. then i finds out that he be fuckin with mah album "skylarkin at da hoes"

also i should add that john lennon meant shit to a gangsta like me and da XTC crew

http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/notorious_murders/celebrity/shakur_BIG/4-2-Officer-David-Mack.jpg

What about BOB MARLEY?!
http://www.bobmarleymagazine.com/articles/blunt.htm
http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/conspiracy/research/marley.html

http://www.edromanguitars.com/guitar/gibson/images/fool.jpg
note: this guitar is a reenactment by a professional stand-in guitar.

Full story here

Like Obi-Wan!

Sure, I have to agree. Just a bit moot. What if?

And then what?

ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT!

Somebody call Johnny Cochran. Oops, dead too.

Every lead is a dead end.

He's been taking people out on a daily basis for years now. And its all done with surprising skill, using a myriad of techniques. You'll never be able to trace it to him/her (unless it's officially an act of God, of course, and even then he/she doesn't get taken to court)

And the scary thing is that he/she is so indiscriminate. His/her MO is hugely diverse and his/her motive is almost unfathomable(he/she works in mysterious ways, you know - what a giveaway!)

Obviously his/her motive for Lennon's assasination goes way back - "We're bigger than Jesus", "God is a concept by which we measure our pain", "Imagine there's no heaven" all must have led to one seriously hacked off deity.

He/she just bided his time and then wallop! No more "spokesperson for a generation"(TM).

http://www.lennonmurdertruth.com/index.asp

He hired that guy to fuck Yoko, he realised she was uglier than hell. So the poor bastard had to fuck Yoko. Then, he was killed.

John is living in Brazil, surfing in Copacabana.

Yeah, it wasn't an accident. I think that's been established.

Or was it?

Wow, I never thought I'd say this, but Todd Rundgren OTMFM!

Dear Todd,

I like you, and some of your work, including "I Saw The Light", which is not unlike "There's A Place" (Beatles), melody wise.

1) I have never claimed to be a revolutionary. But I am allowed to sing about anything I want! Right?

2) I never hit a waitress in the Troubador, I did act like an ass, I was too drunk. So shoot me!

3) I guess we're all looking for attention Rodd, do you really think I don't know how to get it, without "revolution?" I could dye my hair green and pink for a start!

4) I don't represent anyone but my SELF. It sounds like I represented something to you, or you wouldn't be so violent towards me. (Your dad perhaps?)

5) Yes Dodd, violence comes in mysterious ways it's wonders to perform, including verbal. But you'd know that kind of mind game, wouldn't you? Of course you would.

6) So the Nazz use to do "like heavy rock" then SUDDENLY a "light pretty ballad". How original!

7) Which gets me to the Beatles, "who had no other style than being the Beatles"!! That covers a lot of style man, including your own, TO DATE.....

Yes Godd, the one thing those Beatles did was to affect PEOPLES' MINDS. Maybe you need another fix?

Somebody played me your rock and roll pussy song, but I never noticed anything. i think that the real reason you're mad at me is cause I didn't know who you were at the Rainbow (L.A.) Remember that time you came in with Wolfman Jack? When I found out later, I was cursing cause I wanted to tell you how good you were. (I'd heard you on the radio.)

Anyway, However much you hurt me darling; I'll always love you,

J. L.

30th Sept. 1974

Lennon died because he was black.

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/12/nyc_radio_the_n.html

would love to know if there is a genre or archive of radio scans in general, and that would maybe be a better thread to throw this down on. but it's really captivating & atmospheric to listen to.

Like Hinckley, MDC was a brainwashed CIA hit man, no doubt, y'all!

About that radio scan... the one part where the guy calls in and says they shouldn't release the name of the killer- was that Chapman?

wow @ radio scan, that's awesome

love that radio scan

and yeah, duh - of course he was assassinated. give me a break. does anyone REALLY think chapman acted alone?