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Imagine

While I was sleeping:-), Peter Gabriel sang 'Imagine' at the Opening Ceremony of the Torino Olympic Winter Games. That song reminded me of the following short essay I wrote in 1989.

Born in Liverpool, a member of the Beatles, murdered in NY. John Lennon is a man who has changed not only music scene but younger generation's life-style, a man whose song is shown next to Magana Carta at the British Museum.
When he was killed in 1980, I must confess, it wasn't a schock to me. Only what I needed then was to get love from a girl I love. But American people can't forget the day when he was shot forever as well as the case of JFK. Whenever the day in Dallas comes, they talk where they were and what they did on the very day.
Recently I have had more interest in Lennon than before.
In Japan men, including me, sometimes use the word '女・子供' contemptuously. But there are some peple who tell us it is wrong. John Lennon is one of them. For a few years before he was shot, he retired from public life. He was a full-time father. He found it much more important to live as a husband or a father. It was a new beginning. But one fanatic fan shot him.
It is a symbolic fact that he died the first year of 80s. John Lennon wished all of the people would love each other and live in peace, and someday the world would be as one.
Almost ten years have passed since his death, we face the last year of 80s. But his dream has not come true yet. His wisdom has not realized because of our prejudice, either.
by tiaokumura | 2006-02-12 14:58 | 音楽 | Comments(0)


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