"It's impossible for me to talk about popular music without mentioning probably my greatest mentor, John Lennon. I guess he defined for me how one could twist and turn the fabric of pop and imbue it with elements from other artforms, often producing something extremely beautiful, very powerful and imbued with strangeness. "I just thought he was the very best of what could be done with rock and roll. And ideas — I mean, I felt such kin to him. He would rifle the avant-garde and look for ideas that were so outside, on the periphery of what was the mainstream, and then apply them in a functional manner to something that was considered populist . . . and make it work! He would take the most odd idea and make it work for the masses. And I thought that was just so admirable. That was like making art work for the people, you know, and not sort of having it as an elitist thing. There was just so much about him that I admired. "One thing that I really adored about Lennon’s writing was his use of the pun, which was exceedingly good. I don’t think anyone has ever bettered Lennon’s use of the pun. I played on it more; Lennon would throw it away in one line. "We were talking about writing once — I’ve always admired the way he used to cut through all the bullshit, just come straight to the point with what he wanted to say — and he said it’s very easy, 'All you have to do is say what you mean, make it rhyme and put a backbeat to it.' And I keep coming back to that principle as a writer. "'Fame' happened like that. I mean, it was so easy. John had incredible charisma that made you cut through things. I can see the effect that he must have had on McCartney. "He could capture just what was going on around him, or anybody else, with 5 or 10 words or one sharp line. I once asked him, 'What do you think of what I do? What do you think of glam-rock?' He said, 'Aww now, it’s great you know, but it’s just rock ‘n’ roll with lipstick on.' Nobody has ever said it better. And I was impressed as I was at virtually everything he said. "He was probably one of the brightest, quickest-witted, earnestly socialist men I’ve ever met in my life. Socialist in true definition – not in a fabricated political sense, but a real humanist. And a really spiteful sense of humor, which of course being English I adored. I just thought we’d be buddies forever and get on better and better and all that, you know. Fantasy . . . when he was killed, a whole piece of my life seemed to have been taken away. A whole reason for being a singer and songwriter seemed to be removed from me." --#DavidBowie #OnThisDay #HappyBirthdayJohnLennon #Bowie #ZiggyStardust #ThinWhiteDuke #Chameleon #Grammys #HallOfFame #Influencers #Unicorns #TheBeatles #JohnLennon #Songwriting Sources: Berklee College of Music, Commencement, 1999; Rock Lives, Timothy White; YouTube; Bowie on Bowie, Egan, ed; Interview with Molly Meldrum, 1983; Rolling Stone, 1983

#JohnLennon - Beautiful Boy ( Darling Boy ) youtu.be/9eisqg7Ir7E?is=xlTf…

#Dodgers Lineup vs #Braves Chris Sale: Betts SS Freeman 1B T. Hernandez RF Smith C Ohtani DH Rojas 2B Pages CF Tucker RF E. Hernandez 3B Yamamoto SP

If you could travel back in time and see just ONE of these legendary bands live, who would you choose?

Walker Buehler has been placed on Postseason Paternity List. Buehler’s are expecting their second child. #Padres #Brewers #NLDS

Remembering Richard Harris. Born this day in 1930 in Limerick. Irish actor and well known hell raiser. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably in Michelangelo Antonioni's Red Desert, as Frank Machin in This Sporting Life and as King Arthur in Camelot #RichardHarris 🎥🥀

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September 25, 1978 The San Diego Chargers hire future Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach Don Coryell, following the dismissal of Tommy Prothro after a 1-3 start to the season. The news breaks as one of the most tragic events in the city's history unfolds — the crash Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182.

✞REMEMBRANCES September 26th In 2003..Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter ("Addicted To Love"; The Power Station), dies of a heart attack at 54. He was known for his powerful and soulful voice, sartorial elegance, and stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, and blues. Formerly ofThe Alan Bown Set, Dada, Vinegar Joe, The Power Station Look, it's ok to❤️this post, it's a way of remembering a great artist, gone way too soon.

Down by the river in Liverpool at dusk. Goodnight folks.