John Lennon’s Killer Shows Remorse
How Do YOU Sleep?
Mark David Chapman killed a man in cold blood right here in the streets of NYC. Happens almost every day. What makes Chapman special is he stole something from the WORLD.
I love John Lennon as an artist. As a musician, I sounded vaguely like him when I sang. The sound of heartache, depression, and rage, from the sub-basement depths of one’s soul. This is simply because I’ve heard his voice since the age of 2 or 3 every day of my existence. The Beatles were my first true love, of anything, ever. I was trained to have his inflections despite no one in the universe ever being that good or diverse a rock singer as the Beatle- version of John Lennon was. Before or since.
Lennon, to me, — was simply the best rock singer who ever lived. People would contest this but they’d be wrong. Name all other rock singers and Lennon was better than all of them. COMBINED.
Twist and Shout.
Recorded in ONE TAKE.
On a day when Lennon was completely sick and sucking on lozenges.
At the very end of a 13-hour recording session where the Beatles recorded their first entire album in a day.*
Case closed.
