The Day *THE* Music was Assassinated...by Melody Fox (aka the Princess of Rock)

 8 December 1980

John Lennon's last day on this planet...

It's amazing how some dates just stick to your mind, and December 8, 1980, is definitely one of them:  it's History!  The day that John Lennon was brutally assassinated by Mark Chapman. In cold blood!  I have a copy of Newsweek that gave the grim details.  A picture (image) I shall never ever forget!  I must look for it and put a picture here in my post.

John and Yoko were just coming back from the studio after picking up their brand new Double Fantasy album, where the track *Just Like Starting Over* was.  What a tragical coincidence...just like starting over, instead he was shot four times in the back by this criminal, losing all grip to life.  

Don McLean wrote a song where the lyrics go...the day the music died, referring to the untimely deaths of  Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, back in 1959 in a terrible plane crash, where all three artists, plus the pilot, lost their lives.  Therefore, instead of using the same words for John Lennon (indeed, Music died with him), I decided to rephrase it saying that Music was assassinated.  John Lennon was assassinated in cold blood.  No wonder Mark Chapman has been denied parole 14 times:  he is eligible to appear at the parole board again in 2027.  That is one thing I cannot overcome.  We should all be ready to forgive, right?  Well, as much as I am a Peace bringer and practise peace and not only preach it, I just can't get myself to forgive Mr. Chapman.  I guess those on the board feel the same way, right?!  otherwise, why deny him parole after all these years?  1980 versus 2026...

John Lennon wrote one of the most beautiful songs of all time, in my opinion, that being IMAGINE, a song that can easily be labeled as a poem...those lyrics scream PEACE in its entirety.

Imagine by John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people

Living for today...aha-ah...

Imagine there's no country

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion, too

Imagine all the people

Living life in Peace...You...

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope some day you'll join us

And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world...You...

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope some day you'll join us

And the world will live as one...

released Oct. 11, 1971

           This was remastered in 2010...The beauty and Peace of this poetic track:  IMAGINE...☮

The above link is a remaster, and it has a great sound, but I prefer the link I have posted here below because it has life in it. It's the official video of 1971.  It shows John and Yoko together, hand in hand, walking on the gravel, as they are heading to one of their homes, going through the door,  John sitting at the piano, Yoko opening the shutters, letting the light stream in, and then...she sits next to him while he plays that magical white piano. The contrast at the beginning all dark and gloomy, sort of eerie, then they enter the light...the white.   I love it!

It starts off a bit on the gloomy side, but it turns into a surprisingly lovely and romantic video...This is the official video of IMAGINE for its release in 1971...

It suddenly dawned on me, (or rather, at the time of writing) that John mentions the word PEACE only once during the entire song, yet it talks Peace in every phrase, imho.

If only each and every person, around the universe, would sing this song once a day, or recite it, maybe we would reach that goal...the Peace achievement.  Why don't You try?

Staying on the subject and topic of Imagine, of course there have been written, and are being written, many beautiful and lovely lyrics, but nothing like Imagine.  Only one, sticks to my mind, which could be remotely similar in beauty, and that is Ozzy Osbourne's lovely, haunting, Rock ballad, DREAMER...However, I will talk about that in another post, and at another time.

What are your thoughts on John's death, his killer, and the song per se?

Comments are open to ALL...

LovePEACEMusic (always and forever...)

p.s.:  I will come back on this once I find my copy of Newsweek to post image of that sad day...

Meals...What's the Most Important and Why? by Melody Fox (aka the Princess of Rock)

Let me ask you...what is your favorite meal (meals) during the day?  Plus, which is the most important, in your opinion? and why? 👀👦👧👨👩

My favorite, is sweet tooth o'clock! Lol 😆😇👽  Some people prefer savory while others prefer sweet stuff...just like me! I am the One.  Definitely a sweet tooth!

To answer the post, my favorite meal of the day is...BREAKFAST! 

I don't feel my day is complete or has a purpose until I have had breakfast, and it doesn't really matter what time, either.  It could be 10 in the morning or 3 in the afternoon (but never at 8:00 a.m.).  Typically, my favorite food, for breakfast, is a soft boiled egg, maybe two, toasted bread with butter, and a mug or two of tea, both in the cold months and in the warm.  However, I do eat much much less in the hot months!  and I lose weight, too!  Does that happen to you, too?

French toast, waffles, and/or crepes, with berries in season, and dices of banana, are also my favorites!

What about you, random reader or Follower? 😅😍

Usually, I have two meals a day, all year round, and those would be breakfast and dinner.  Sometimes, I have dinner at midnight...and yes, I can go to sleep without having any problems even by eating something a bit on the heavy side, such as peppers.  The only time I have serious issues going to sleep is when I drink tea, and/or coke, after 2:00 p.m..  That causes me to stay awake all night, almost!  yucks! 👀😔  That caffeine! the next morning, obviously, I'm a nervous wreck, a walking zombie...🧟

Depending on the moment and appointments, I will have lunch, especially, when I get invitations, and that's the only time I skip breakfast.  Also when travelling, and it can be either for business or for fun, I may not have breakfast.  However, most of the time it's because I don't care much for what the hotel offers for breakfast!  Or, if I've had an event and go to sleep in the wee hours of the night. 👀 How is it possible to have breakfast that early?!  Why? because,  most hotels serve breakfast till 9:30 a.m. or so!  Another thing, I'm quite picky, and not at all a foodie...I don't adapt to whatever is on the plate.  I prefer to go to a bakery, and just have some bread, or find some delicious croissants.  This happened when I was in Majorca, for instance...I found two delicious bakeries; one was very expensive and they were Swedish, and I tried out their cinnamon rolls!  yummies!  The other was a local coffee shop, just across the street from the Swedish ladies, and she had delicious donuts, some were plain, others filled with chocolate or cream.  Boy, were they delicious! and an apricot juice...That was heaven!

Dinner can be at any time, depending on what's going on with my life, in that particular moment.  If I have events (DJ or other), I will eat early, most of the time, at 6:00 p.m..  If nothing is going on , I will eat at any time:  it could be 8:00 p.m., 9, 11 p.m., and, sometimes, at midnight. If I don't feel like cooking, or no one is cooking for me, I will eat fruit, or cereals!   I love cereals, as a matter of fact...

Italians eat pasta, which is an easy and quick way to prepare a meal, both for lunch and dinner, and, sometimes, they like to prepare pasta with garlic, oil, and hot chili as a midnight meal, especially, if they have guests over. Just like we Americans will prepare pancakes at any time.  I've prepared pancakes at midnight and my favorite drink with them is ice cold milk...However, in cold months, that cup or mug of hot cocoa is just purrrfect! Sometimes, with a dash of cinnamon, which I love.

Depending on where you're from, your eating habits are totally different from mine.  What do you eat for breakfast, for example?

Moving on to other meals:  for me lunch isn't that important, mainly because my breakfast is quite a rich one.  However, I know there are many people in the world who have all three meals, and many times, even a 4th one! Lol 😄  

Sometimes, especially in my country, lunch is just a quick sandwich, or a hamburger.  A lot of fast food! which is not so healthy...  I already mentioned, further up, what Italians love for lunch!  pasta in different ways.  There are people who have pasta both for lunch and dinner!  I could never do that...I have pasta two, sometimes three times a month and not every month! and could never eat all that food...

I remember, as a kid, my mom would warm up spaghetti and meatballs, from a can...As a child I loved it...Thinking of it now, after having tasted the real thing, I feel sick just at the very thought of it! Lol 😁 No way would I eat that again!  After all those years, I can still taste those spaghetti and meatballs...and it's awful, believe me!

Other people have a preference for dinner...when they can just sit down and enjoy their meal without any hurry.  This happens especially in Europe.  Just like we Americans love Sunday brunch, spending hours at the table with friends and family, savoring the moment and all the goodies served for brunch.  Italians love to dine and wine, taking it easy, enjoying their dinner without a worry in the world, especially those from the south. I don't know which is a better life style...maybe the Europeans?  Most of them live life in the slow lane, and their lives are probably longer.  We live in the fast lane...Everything fast, days rolling quickly, fast food, as we go about our daily lives, a race to nowhere. 

                                          My favorite album by Supertramp...hey hey, Trudy! 

It would mean the world to me if someone, from around the globe, would kindly leave a comment in the comment section here, at the end of the page.  I know the blog gets many visitors from all over, but rarely comment.  It would be really interesting to read about your eating habits and talk about your favorite meal and why.

PEACE! ☮☮☮

LovePEACEMusic (always and forever...)💙☮🎵