Imagine

8 Dec 2010 - Last October, there was an awful lot of hooh-hah about John Lennon. He would have been 70 years old had not Mark Chapman decided that a gun, not love, was the answer. So many magazines covered the occasion and at least two rock magazines devoted the whole issue to the subject. Today it is 30 years ago that Lennon was shot outside his apartment block in NYC. Yoko and her record label are releasing remastered versions of all Lennon's work. One wonder what would have happened if Lennon had lived? Would he have been as obscure as Ringo Star, or would he lead a relatively quiet life like McCartney? Probably more like the last. But some believe Lennon had to die, like Mozart, Dean, Monroe, or even Elvis and MJ, to reach his current cult status. He has become a martyr - forver an angel of peace. Imagine it would have been different, maybe Lennon would not even have liked it.