John Lennon, 25 years ago!

25 years ago, I woke up to the news that John Lennon was killed overnight in New York. Millions heard the news during the Monday Night Football game. I went to bed early in the 4th quarter and missed it.

By '80, Lennon's career was at a crossroads. He had just released "Starting Over", a catchy new single from the upcoming "Double Fantasy" LP.

I remember buying the single and feeling good that Lennon was finally over the political stuff from the early 1970s. Between "Imagine" and "Starting Over", Lennon and Yoko flirted with a lot of crazy stuff. It turned me off and I did not buy any Lennon music for much of the 70s.

25 years has flown by. It seems like it was only yesterday that I was cheering Reagan's 1980 landslide and Lennon's new music.

I like this article: "Remembering Lennon" By Greg Palkot (http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,178012,00.html)

This is a good profile of Lennon's career: (http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2005/lennontribute/)