某些日子会触动我们的内心:生日、结婚纪念日、亲人去世的悲伤时刻。但有些时候，它们会激起一场情感海啸。对许多人来说，这一天是10月9日。
约翰·列侬出生于1940年10月9日。这个男人通过他的音乐、歌词的力量和他个性的力量真正改变了世界，他作为披头士的一员和他的独唱都做到了。上周，世界各地的粉丝为他的生日干杯，但他们也比往常更加哀悼，因为如果列侬没有在1980年被一名疯狂的粉丝枪杀，他就80岁了。的披头士乐队成员Ringo Starr他在7月庆祝了生日，这让我们很多人都觉得自己老了，但更悲伤的是，列侬很快就会比他活着的时候离开。这真是个悲剧。即使是对谷歌的粗略访问也会让时间的流逝更加引人注目。1975年10月9日，列侬和妻子小野洋子迎来了他们唯一的儿子肖恩。也就是说肖恩前几天刚满45岁。父亲去世时，肖恩还是个小男孩，现在他已经是一个接近中年的成年人。还有小野。她本身就是一个偶像，尽管有人说她拆散了披头士，但她——你准备好了吗?-现在87岁了，明年2月就88岁了。她的头脑和商业头脑显然和以往一样敏锐，但近年来，她被拍到越来越罕见地坐着轮椅离开达科他大楼，这是她和列侬居住的纽约大楼。幸运的是，列侬的音乐依然存在。 It is, in a word, ageless. Among his most enduring Beatles classics are “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “In My Life,” “All You Need Is Love,” “Revolution,” “Across the Universe,” “Come Together” and “A Day in the Life.” Some hardcore fans believe that Lennon’s solo work is superior, and it’s hard to argue the point. There’s the fury of “Well, Well, Well,” “God,” “Working Class Hero” and “Remember” (and the infamous 5th of November is my birthday), the heartbreak of “Isolation,” the unvarnished honesty of “Jealous Guy,” “God,” and “Watching the Wheels,” and the hopefulness and affection inherent in “Imagine,” “Oh, Yoko,” “Grow Old Along with Me,” and “Woman.” But nothing hits home more than “Beautiful Boy.” Lennon was a volatile man and, by all accounts, not much of a father to his older son, Julian. However, by 1980, Lennon seemed to have grown up, matured, and he’d settled into fathering Sean, then five years old. “Beautiful Boy,” his ode to Sean, is gorgeous, a bedtime song like no other. The opening lyrics alone are a treasure for any child to hear: “Close your eyes/Have no fear/The monster’s gone/He’s on the run/And your daddy’s here.” How many of us wish our own dad could have left behind something as loving and eternal? That said, it’s not even the song’s most tear-inducing lyric. That distinction goes to “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” which has become a personal motto for so many.
列侬用他的歌曲、智慧、行动主义、个人奋斗和胜利感动了数百万人——而且，在他去世时，他也用他应得的所有承诺在未来几十年里实现。我们都被骗了。迟来的生日快乐，约翰。还有，谢谢。
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