John Lennon? Imagine Meeting You Here!
After my repeatedly-delayed 4-hour flight from Bordeaux yesterday, I’m finally back safe and sound in the UK. It’s pretty rare to get a “White Christmas” nowadays, so with recent reports about the UK getting its fair share of snow I was pleasantly surprised to see my car covered in a sprinkling. I was pretty tired from the journey, and had to wipe my eyes, but as I approached the car I saw John Lennon staring right back at me!
Yes, you heard me correctly – John Lennon! Okay, not literally, but by the way the snow had begun to thaw on my windscreen it was pretty much the best effigy of the bespectacled Beatle I had seen in quite some time. My friends do say I have an over-active imagination, but I was in a Liverpool Airport car park at the time and I think you’ll agree that the face that stared back at me was pretty close to the real thing.
So this got me thinking a bit more about the spirits of departed legends like Elvis Presley, and especially John Lennon (a keen world-traveller in his own right during his heyday).
Sightings of famous spectres aren’t really anything new, though. Elvis Presley is probably the most overworked celebrity on the planet. From supermarkets and petrol stations to his beloved Graceland, it appears the spirit of Elvis is still very much with us. Probably the most popular fan sighting has the ghost of Elvis marrying the ghost of Marilyn Monroe at Graceland itself – no doubt a sight to behold.
As with many of the 20th century’s most beloved celebrities and icons – John Lennon has continued to live through his music in the hearts and minds of adoring fans worldwide. For some though, his presence is a little more tangible than mere memory. For some, John Lennon is very much amongst us.
John Lennon Airport stands as one of the icon’s most well known legacies, yet curiously has no reported visitation from the spectral Lennon. He’s never even been spotted in a ghostly Bentley, circling around looking for parking at Liverpool Airport. Given how much time The Beatles spent flying in and out of the airport during their 1960s heyday, it seems puzzling that John wouldn’t choose to return to such familiar surroundings.
Even Paul McCartney, his most famous of pals, believes he has had an encounter with Lennon’s presence since his untimely passing. While recording the Lennon-penned “Free As A Bird” in 1995, he reported sensing the presence of his former songwriting partner. “There were a lot of strange goings-on in the studio – noises that shouldn’t have been there and equipment doing all manner of weird things. There was just an overall feeling that John was around”.
Since his death in 1980, rumours have been rife of Lennon’s ‘premonitions’ and concern for his own safety, particularly following the death of their former Road Manager. He even stated that this fear contributed to the break-up of The Beatles. He was even heard to say “I’m next, I know it”.
Whatever you believe, there’s no doubt that Liverpool’s most famous son continues to touch us all – whether through his legacy of timeless music or in a more, shall we say, ‘real’ sense.
It’s funny what kind of thoughts come to you when you combine a travel-fatigued mind with a little randomly-fallen snow, eh?
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