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John Lennon — (Just Like) Starting Over
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 12:34
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Oct 01, 2011 - 05:11
 
Lennon's solo work really takes me to another time, very nostalgic for me. Thanks John.{#Cowboy}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 19:32
 


What a beautiful album...  love this song...



jimbaca
(Albuquerque)
Posted: Jul 30, 2011 - 10:01
 
I'll give it a 98 Dick, plus you can dance to it!


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 19:01
 


Such a great song...  love it...

 

rachlan
(nyc)
Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 09:08
 
{#Daisy}

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 17:11
 
 horstman wrote:
I hear Elvis. Or Roy Orbison!

Shit! All these dead guys.
 

Lennon meets Elvis . . . Quite possible really.

calypsus_1
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 23:09
 

John by ~Lefthand666
©2009-2010 ~Lefthand666

John '64



jjballen
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 10:14
 
Bill — thanks for your recollections of your work at the station at the time Lennon was murdered.  Glad you did something to stop the tasteless tapes and create your own tribute. 

billystack
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 10:13
 
Great story about cutting the tapes! Thanks for sharing :)


mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 10:11
 
...oh gosh, carts, i remembre those!..

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 10:11
 
I always thought he was trying to channel Elvis Presley with this song...{#Mrgreen}

Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 10:10
 
 romeotuma wrote:


love it...

 
 
10


stephw
(From The Great White North)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 10:10
 
Never cared for this song when it was released but now it makes me a little nostalgic ..

rachlan
(nyc)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 10:10
 
 romeotuma wrote:


love it...

 
 


  big hugs to Bill G. 


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 10:07
 


love it...

 

Walrus_Gumbo
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 00:48
 
This was my wedding song, unfortunately I'm divorced now, so I suppose this was ironically prophetic!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 16:59
 
 philbertr wrote:

Oh yes...

 

It's always great to hear it... what memories...



philbertr
(Hurricane Target Florida)
Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 16:56
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This is an absolutely profound song...  we miss you, John...
 
Oh yes...


vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 08:47
 

Another nice Lennon tune - not my favorite, but praiseworthy. . .



rachlan
(nyc)
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 07:38
 
{#Good-vibes}

goodbugs
(in quarantine)
Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 20:40
 
thanks for the interesting history lesson - but just missed 2 hours of RP

 jagdriver wrote:



                                            The U.S. vs Lennon


 


Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 18:22
 
This song might not be great Lennon, but it'd be damn good for anyone else. Same goes for most of the rest of his tracks on Double Fantasy. (And I agree with the comment below that it's sacrilege to attribute this song to his greatest hits collection.)


Xeric
(Montana)
Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 18:20
 
Proof that the Beatles' occasional lapses into lightweight pop toss-offs weren't all McCartney's doing. . . .

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 18:20
 
 WonderLizard wrote:
Part of his genius was taking old forms and turning them into something new. You'd never heard this song before, but it's like you'd been hearing it all along.
 

Well said...  it's just like starting over...




WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 06:21
 
Part of his genius was taking old forms and turning them into something new. You'd never heard this song before, but it's like you'd been hearing it all along.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 17:38
 


love it...



HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: May 31, 2009 - 04:38
 
The expression of this Lennon picture brings tears into my eyes. #10

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 12:07
 


This is an absolutely profound song...  we miss you, John...



jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 12:02
 



                                            The U.S. vs Lennon



On_The_Beach
(Vancouver, Canada)
Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 22:03
 
 RadioDoc wrote:
I dunno . . . he could have turned into Fat Elvis throwing sweaty scarves to blue hairs in Vegas.
 
Gawd, let's hope it wouldn't have come to that!

I loved John as much as the next fan, but most of his solo stuff (and especially this latter-day "comeback" stuff) really wasn't that great.

His creativity burned like a supernova with the Beatles and carried over to his first few solo efforts, but somewhere around "Walls & Bridges", the creative juices started to dry up. Nothing wrong with that, it happens to every artist (one could argue that Dylan, Bowie and a few others are still vital). All I'm saying is that his God-like status may be at least in part due to his untimely death.


RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 10:53
 
 Xeric wrote:
Thirded.
 
Fourthded.

STEVIE1 wrote:
Who knows what he would have been doing if that "Tool" hadn't have killed him. It seems that the comeback he was making might have produced some great stuff.

I dunno.  He could have ended up an elder statesman of rock or he could have turned into Fat Elvis throwing sweaty scarves to blue hairs in Vegas.

I was on the air (as in on the radio) when the news of his murder came down.  Try telling a town full of college students that John Lennon is dead...and then handling the phone after.  {#Cry}

Jungle_Jim
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 10:53
 
I will always remember with unhealing pain, the day that this song went from being a mediocre cod-rock'n'roll comeback song, to becoming a shrine of remembrance to that awful time when the news of his murder was still fresh. 


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 10:46
 


This is a great song...  poignant memories...  we still miss you, John...  love this song...



rachlan
(nyc)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 10:44
 
oh my goodness.  so sad.   miss you john.   i should be up at the circle now...   people are there for George's birthday.  this hits home.
{#Meditate}

STEVIE1
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Jan 25, 2009 - 07:39
 
Who knows what he would have been doing if that "Tool" hadn't have killed him. It seems that the comeback he was making might have produced some great stuff.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 20:30
 


Love it...



philbertr
(Hurricane Target Florida)
Posted: Dec 24, 2008 - 05:57
 
 Antigone wrote:
I miss you, John.
 

Me, too.

(Oh, I already said that.  Never mind.)


drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Jul 19, 2008 - 06:22
 
And I suppose for all those who whine on about his nasal voice or sounding too much like elvis, zero fantasygopre wrote:
I was sooo looking fwd to John's return to recording when that fatal day happened. So sad.

When I listen to Double Fantasy, I skip the Yoko songs. So I guess, for me, it's Single Fantasy.

Xeric
(Up on the Roof)
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 17:32
 
musikalia wrote:


I feel similarly. I'm not so opposed to this song....but it must be one of, if not his very worst.
Thirded.
musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: Mar 15, 2008 - 07:25
 
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
I love this man. I am very much _not_ down with this song.


I feel similarly. I'm not so opposed to this song....but it must be one of, if not his very worst.
Fiji5555
(Over The River And Through The Woods)
Posted: Mar 15, 2008 - 07:23
 
Wonderful song! but why say this is from The John Lennon Collection?......that's like saying a song is from the Greatest Hits CD or something which is just plain being lazy.......Double Fantasy was the album okay?
Zep
Posted: Nov 10, 2007 - 13:22
 
Hold the line!
Love isn't always on time....

EssexTex
(Washing the dog at Pedernales)
Posted: Oct 10, 2007 - 03:20
 
I'm bored with him...and his nasal voice
HazzeSwede
(Stockholm)
Posted: Oct 10, 2007 - 03:20
 
horstman wrote:
I hear Elvis. Or Roy Orbison!

Shit! All these dead guys.

Imagine the jamming going on in heaven!
nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Oct 10, 2007 - 03:10
 
Immortal.
horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Sep 08, 2007 - 17:00
 
I hear Elvis. Or Roy Orbison!

Shit! All these dead guys.
Antigone
(A house, in a valley, Virginia)
Posted: Aug 08, 2007 - 06:54
 
I miss you, John.
rachlan
(nyc)
Posted: Aug 08, 2007 - 06:49
 
philbertr wrote:
I love this song! John was starting over and in love with life when he was stolen from us. He had done so much already but I think his best was ahead. My God, but I miss him...



its hard to listen to this song. sad. brings me back to that day. love this song though.
DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Aug 08, 2007 - 06:49
 
I remember being 8 and listening to this on the radio, not knowing who it was. My dad came by and asked "do you know who this is? It's John Lennon. He was a Beatle." Since I responded puzzled, he gave me his Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl tape, and I was off and flying from there. Thanks, Dad and thanks John.