Thirty years ago, a classmate was so upset by the death of John Lennon that he took the day off school. One of the reasons why I've always remembered it was because to his classmates, and many of the teachers, it wasn't that surprising a thing to do, given his well known devotion to the Beatles and Lennon in particular (and he certainly wasn't the kind of guy to miss class without a very good reason). While not at the point of taking a day off, I did have a moment of pause when I heard that the composer John Barry had passed away.
If my memories have a soundtrack, much of it was written by John Barry. He will be missed.
One of my favourite John Barry pieces has to be the theme from Midnight Cowboy but there are so many others to choose from.
No comments:
Post a Comment