It was 25 years ago today....

[brachiopod]

...that Terry Wogan told me that a syphilitic old has-been had been shot. I was just having my breakfast before leaving for school as I recall.

I shall now go and play "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" and wait for the backlash.....

[donegal]

was it not 25 years ago tomorrow that Terry told you? .yes it was 25 years ago that john lennon was shot dead but as it was the 9th that the news came out that he had beind shot

[brachiopod]

Good point, well argued !!

[andy hughes]

The 'has-been' part of your argument is personal opinion - fine - but 'syphilitic' is not proven, and possible libelous. Hope Yoko isn't on here - she is notoriously litigious!

[brachiopod]

"...notoriously litigious"

Indeed, I was eating an Apple� the other day and she wanted a 25% cut......

[Ivan idea]

What a coincidence, that was the same day John Lennon got shot! By the way, did Terry Wogan visit your mother often?

[brachiopod]

Why, so it was Ivan, I hadn't realised.

Yes, Ol' Tezza used to pop round all the time - you know, to borrow a cup of sugar, or a couple of quid to see him through 'til payday.
I clearly remember him telling me, as he clutched the two tea-bags and the bitty remains from our near-empty packet of cornflakes that he was 'borrowing', (you know, just until he got a chance to do some shopping), about some poor old gentleman-of-the-road who had been murdered down our way.

I don't know why people were making the potentially libellous inference that I was talking about Lennon....

[magicbeatle]

A has-been was he? What have you achieved in your life? If you dont like his music, fair enough. But dont start with the insults, it is very offensive to his fans. Just because your taste in music is inferior to the Beatles, you feel the need to be insulting. How childish!

[brachiopod]

"it is very offensive to his fans"

Oh, do grow up !!!

And what does my taste in music being "inferior to the Beatles" (sic) mean anyway?
I have absolutely no idea what The Beatles' taste in music is (well, two that are left at least). I know what music they produced, but not what their personal 'tastes' were.

And can someone's taste in music be inferior to another's anyway?

Now do run along and stop being so precious.

[brachiopod]

Come to think of it, you don't know my taste in music, magicbeatle, so who are you to judge? Nor do I remember stating that I disliked the music of either Lennon or The Beatles.

Good job we're not totally overrun with fawning, obsessive Beatles fans, as all the Fab Four would probably have been shot by now.

Then again....

[magicbeatle]

You are an idiot mate. You are an idiot mate. I meant 'The Beatles' music is far superior to whatever you listen to. I come to that conclusion because the music of 'The Beatles' is the greatest music there is. That is not my opinion, it is a fact. You may not agree, but that just means your wrong. You find it funny that he was shot do you? Well, it is a good job you were not here in front of me, as you would not say that to my face.

[magicbeatle]

Sorry, I accidently typed the opening sentence twice!

[brachiopod]

*sigh* This is too easy.

[brachiopod]

"The Beatles is the greatest music there is" - Fact.

So how do you explain "Ob-la-Di Ob-la-da", then?

[magicbeatle]

How do you explain 'A day in the life', 'In my life', 'Help', 'Ticket To Ride', 'I am the walrus', 'Yesterday', 'We can work it out', 'Hey jude', and two hundred other Beatle Classics? People like you, who dont like them, never mention these songs do you? You only mention their weakest tracks. However, I like 'Ob-la-Di-Ob-la-Da', and even that is better than most bands greatest tracks.

[brachiopod]

"People like you, who don't like them.."

As I am such an idiot, and one with such inferior taste in music to boot, would you care to point out for me where it was that I said I don't like The Beatles?

Yours, bowing humbly to your superior logic, taste and wisdom,

Brachiopod

[donegal]

the beatles are the best band ever!

just got their ''let it be'' album today, which two cd's and a dvd .

[B00]

magicbeatle- lol!!!

You cant state that The Beatles music is the best ever and that's a fact!

Perhaps you meant in your opinion that it's the best???