Weekend Diversion: Happy 70th, John Lennon

“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.”

-John Lennon

John Lennon, assassinated thirty years ago, would have been 70 today. Sometimes, a simple song can say it better than any prose can.

Julia
This was written for his mother, Julia, who died in an accident when John was a teenager. Happy birthday — to John Lennon and to everyone who remembers his music — from me and the rest of scienceblogs!

Comments

  1. #1 Information About Computers
    October 10, 2010

    Happy 70th!

    Still can’t believe it was 30 years ago; seems like it was yesterday :/

    “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” – John Lennon

  2. #2 Parclair
    October 10, 2010

    The morning after he died was the last time I listened to morning news. I actually used news as my radio alarm! I’m still missing the songs he would have written.

  3. #3 Amy Dylan Klein
    August 11, 2011

    I miss you, John. You were really cool!

  4. #4 horselover!!!
    February 7, 2013

    never alive when he was alive, but just reading about him really makes me like him alot. what a great persone he was. he was trying so hard to make the world a better place.