ah yes, the late great johnny ace.....immortalized in song by paul simon, ironically (because one has been mentioned in this thread) the song thread contains two other johns, kennedy and lennon.
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I was reading a magazine
And thinking of a rock and roll song
The year was nineteen fifty-four
And I hadn't been playing that long
When a man came on the radio
And this is what he said
He said I hate to break it to his fans
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, I really wasn't
Such a Johnny Ace fan
But I felt bad alI the same
So I sent away for his photograph
And I waited till it came
It came all the way from Texas
With a sad and simple face
And they signed it on the bottom
From the Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
It was the year of The Beatles
It was the year of The Stones
It was nineteen sixty-four
I was living in London
With the girl from the summer be-fore
It was the year of The Beatles
It was the year of The Stones
A year after J.F.K.
We were staying up all night
And giving the days away
And the music was flowing amazing
And blowing my way
On a cold December evening
I was walking through the Christmas tide
When a stranger came up and asked me
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
And the two of us went to this bar
And we stayed to close the place
And every song we played
Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
I think each generation has had it's own johnny ace.
Although I remember Kennedy, and Bobby & MLK even more so, but Lennon was the one that laid me low.
When it happen with Kurt Cobain a few years ago it wasn't the same but I felt empathy for those that felt the way I felt about Lennon.
I'm not about to tell someone they shouldn't feel bad about Darrell Abbott or that my pop-star's death is more important than your pop-star, it's ludicrous and insensitive.
well, on a sort of a side note, i went to see Godsmack last night (amazing show!) and Sully dedicated the show to Dimebag Darrell, so, just thought i'd throw that in
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I was reading a magazine
And thinking of a rock and roll song
The year was nineteen fifty-four
And I hadn't been playing that long
When a man came on the radio
And this is what he said
He said I hate to break it to his fans
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, I really wasn't
Such a Johnny Ace fan
But I felt bad alI the same
So I sent away for his photograph
And I waited till it came
It came all the way from Texas
With a sad and simple face
And they signed it on the bottom
From the Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
It was the year of The Beatles
It was the year of The Stones
It was nineteen sixty-four
I was living in London
With the girl from the summer be-fore
It was the year of The Beatles
It was the year of The Stones
A year after J.F.K.
We were staying up all night
And giving the days away
And the music was flowing amazing
And blowing my way
On a cold December evening
I was walking through the Christmas tide
When a stranger came up and asked me
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
And the two of us went to this bar
And we stayed to close the place
And every song we played
Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
I think each generation has had it's own johnny ace.
Although I remember Kennedy, and Bobby & MLK even more so, but Lennon was the one that laid me low.
When it happen with Kurt Cobain a few years ago it wasn't the same but I felt empathy for those that felt the way I felt about Lennon.
I'm not about to tell someone they shouldn't feel bad about Darrell Abbott or that my pop-star's death is more important than your pop-star, it's ludicrous and insensitive.
edit = man i can't do anything write today
Cheated from becoming famous by Lennon