I had a discussion many years ago with a friend of mine (lets call him Bob for the sake of anonymity) about John Lennon and the recording of the Double Fantasy album. At a point in our discussion, Bob says "How did John Lennon die?" Of course my answer was Mark Chapman shot him 7 times in the back right outside of his apartment building. To which Bob tells me "No, he killed himself."
Bob went on to tell me that he wrote a research paper in high school that "proved" how he killed himself. Some of what he told me was rather compelling however Bob had something to learn about how to "prove" something if he's going to make such a bold claim.
There were a few things he pointed out to me such as in the song "Just Like Starting Over" you hear a indecipherable distorted voice appear toward the end of the song (Yoko?). Bob told me that was a voice saying "John Lennon will die on December 8, 1980". To this day, no one really knows for sure what the distorted voice is saying.
Bob also told me that the Double Fantasy album was compiled so that Yoko's songs would follow John's and if you listen to the context of each song it's as if they're arguing with each other (I agree with this part of his claim - read the lyrics to each song on Double Fantasy - Yoko seems rather bitter). Bob told me that their marriage was not going well at this point and it's possible Yoko was even thinking of divorcing John and this was devastating to him. Thus, reason for him to commit suicide.
So I ask why would John go through the trouble of writing an album saying he's going to kill himself, hire an assassin, put his family through such grief and misery, pay out all of this money to have his death publicized when all he had to do was just commit suicide? I even asked these questions to Bob and he really did not have an answer.
I also asked Bob how he thinks a big name like John Lennon, who knows a lot of people and is a connected personality in the name of entertainment would be able to keep such a thing secret? It just doesn't make sense!
So now I ask the JREF - Has anyone else ever heard this particular conspiracy theory?
Bob went on to tell me that he wrote a research paper in high school that "proved" how he killed himself. Some of what he told me was rather compelling however Bob had something to learn about how to "prove" something if he's going to make such a bold claim.
There were a few things he pointed out to me such as in the song "Just Like Starting Over" you hear a indecipherable distorted voice appear toward the end of the song (Yoko?). Bob told me that was a voice saying "John Lennon will die on December 8, 1980". To this day, no one really knows for sure what the distorted voice is saying.
Bob also told me that the Double Fantasy album was compiled so that Yoko's songs would follow John's and if you listen to the context of each song it's as if they're arguing with each other (I agree with this part of his claim - read the lyrics to each song on Double Fantasy - Yoko seems rather bitter). Bob told me that their marriage was not going well at this point and it's possible Yoko was even thinking of divorcing John and this was devastating to him. Thus, reason for him to commit suicide.
So I ask why would John go through the trouble of writing an album saying he's going to kill himself, hire an assassin, put his family through such grief and misery, pay out all of this money to have his death publicized when all he had to do was just commit suicide? I even asked these questions to Bob and he really did not have an answer.
I also asked Bob how he thinks a big name like John Lennon, who knows a lot of people and is a connected personality in the name of entertainment would be able to keep such a thing secret? It just doesn't make sense!
So now I ask the JREF - Has anyone else ever heard this particular conspiracy theory?
