he's still dead

so, John Lennon died 25 years ago today.

why, thank you for asking … no, I didn’t feel I’d lost a friend. I didn’t feel as if I knew him. I don’t remember where I was when I heard he’d died.

he was a pop star who was shot – it’s sad, but that’s all. It’s bad enough that we all have to suffer the Cult of the Celebrity. Now we have the Cult of the Dead Celebrity, FFS.

even our national treasure, the Home Service, is all over this like a rash. I fully expect to see Tony Blair during the course of the day, wringing his hands and talking about “the people’s Beatle”.

thermaland has summed it up nicely for me here, so I won’t rant any more.